The Apple Valley Review
A Journal of Contemporary Literature
About the Journal
The Apple Valley Review is an international literary journal. Issues feature a collection of short fiction, poetry, personal essays, and translations. The journal was founded in 2005 by its current editor, Leah Browning, and is published semiannually.
From the Spring 2024 issue
“I squint – step into a blue-green daylight
and look for the entrance to the sunken city”
— “The Diver” by Jadranka Milenković
“You’d be more comfortable in the house, I said.
I dipped a cloth into the eucalyptus water.”
— “Patchwork” by Andrew Siegrist
“Shadows wave from the closet
like flowers in a forest.”
— “Wave” by Stan Sanvel Rubin
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The Spring 2024 issue of the Apple Valley Review features flash fiction by Andrew Siegrist, K. A. Polzin, and Leo Vanderpot; short stories by Thomas Mixon, Roger Mensink, and Molly Lurie-Marino; and poetry by J. R. Forman, Stan Sanvel Rubin, Jadranka Milenković (translated from the Serbian by Petar Penda), Brian Johnson, Sarvin Parviz, and Judith Harris. The cover image is by Colombian photographer Edgar Serrano.