vol. 62

We The Believers (Pt.1)

Sheldon J. Pacotti

A story is a wish for a new world. A good story delivers that world with a tectonic shock, destroying what has come before.

Permanent Revolution

Sinclair Cabocel

Roland had sworn that he would never return to la Bretagne

Relatable

David Starkey

Each year, these fires seem to get more relatable /

Recent News

6 months 3 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 11 months ago

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

2 years 3 weeks 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 11 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