vol. 62

We The Believers (Pt.1)

Sheldon J. Pacotti
Published on November 14, 2024

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
Published on October 31, 2024

Roland had sworn that he would never return to la Bretagne

Relatable

David Starkey
Published on October 17, 2024

Each year, these fires seem to get more relatable /

Recent News

RIP: an author, an artist
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.

2023 Pushcart Nominations
1 year 11 months ago

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

Best of the Net Nod Congrats
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. 

That time of year.... Our 2022 Pushcart Prize Nominees
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

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