Alex Peterson

The Cen­ter for Fic­tion select­ed my entry as the win­ner in its first flash fic­tion con­test. The sto­ry was inspired by a Dorothea Lange pho­to from the New York Pub­lic Library’s col­lec­tion. Check it out here

My lat­est flash fic­tion for The Rum­pus is up now. Here’s a pre­view: “It was a tidy, mod­ern grave­yard in Cal­i­for­nia and traf­fic zipped by reg­u­lar­ly, but the place ter­ri­fied me. I got it into my head that if I took a sin­gle breath as […]

I’ve got a new sto­ry up at The Rum­pus as part of the lat­est Read­ers Report on “Impos­si­ble Res­o­lu­tions.” Here’s a pre­view: “The hike is to the top of Hill 88, a decom­mis­sioned mil­i­tary instal­la­tion with a view of the bay. We both love a […]

Thrilled to see one of my sto­ries fea­tured in the lat­est Pass­ing Through along­side some amaz­ing pho­tog­ra­phy by Chris McLean. Take a look.

My lat­est short piece is up over at The Rum­pus. This col­lec­tion was on the theme “Fall Back.” Here’s a peek: “She was study­ing act­ing and liked to prac­tice improv in pub­lic. She’d say some­thing out­landish and was teach­ing me to play along, say yes […]

I’ve got a new piece up at The Rum­pus: “The sun is out and the black­ber­ries on the bush­es lin­ing the road are shim­mer­ing like dark pearls. It’s August in the thir­teenth year of my life and we are in Wash­ing­ton State because my grand­fa­ther […]