vol. 62

Hasenpfeffer Supreme

Jay Reifel

This recipe has been in our family for generations. Generations.

Wonderland Pier

John Arthur

a few years back two riders died on Wild Wonder / clicking, clicking now above our heads

A Study in Minimalism

Kharys Ateh Laue

She stands spotlighted under the streetlamp, her head lowered and a backpack over her shoulder

Recent News

5 months 2 weeks ago

failbetter is saddened to hear of the untimely passing of one of our most inspiring authors and fb alums, Paul Auster.

1 year 10 months ago

As always, failbetter is proud to submit our nominations for the annual Pushcart collection

1 year 11 months ago


Our congrats go out to Laura Perkins’s whose story Wanted: Girls, 18–25 yrs, 5’7″ & Up was recognized as a fiction finalist for the 2022 Best of The Net Anthology. 

2 years 10 months ago

We are grateful to the entire fb family whose works graced our pages in 2021, but we are particularly proud to nominate for possible 2022 Pushcart Prize consideration