Alan Semrow
WRITER

BIO

Alan Semrow’s fiction, nonfiction, and poetry has been featured in over 40 publications. Semrow’s short story collection, Briefs (Lethe Press), was published in 2016. Previously, he was a monthly contributor at Chosen Magazine, the Fiction Editor for Black Heart Magazine, and a Guest Fiction Editor for the Summer Issue of Five Quarterly.


Publications

Briefs (short story collection), Lethe Press. (2016)

“Beach House,” BlazeVox14. (2014) “The Next Great American Novel Sinks to the Bottom of the River,” Red Fez. (2014) “Abstracts of Other Men,” The Bicycle Review. (2014) “Hospital: Night” and “Television in Color,” Blotterature Lit Mag. (2015) “My Name is Sunshine,” Former People: A Journal of Bangs and Whimpers. (2015) “To Know Only the Sun,” Danse Macabre Literary Magazine. (March 2015) “For the Record,” “Players of the Game,” and “Pink Boy,” Danse Macabre Literary Magazine. (May 2015) “UV,” Earl of Plaid Lit Journal. (2015) “The Vanity Mirror,” The Corner Club Quarterly. (2015) “Red,” The Zodiac Review. (2015). “The Reunion” and “The Lawnmower” Inwood Indiana. (2015) “Girl Pimp,” The Kitchen Poet. (2015) “Get Home Soon,” Wilderness House Literary Review. (2015) “XOXOX,” Story Shack Magazine. (2015) “The Treehouse,” Tiny Moments Literary Anthology. (2016) “Fish Swim in Pools,” The Literati Quarterly. (2015) “Dull Resolution & Summer Cherry,” The Biscuit. (2015) “Closets,” “Heartlocks,” “Sugar,” and “Georgie Boy” Potluck Magazine. (2015) “Alien,” DoveTales Lit Journal. (2015) “Fools in Old Fords,” Eunoia Review. (2015) “Baby’s Daddy,” Calliope Magazine. (2016) “Pretty When I Cry,” Crack the Spine Anthology. (2016) “Down Where the Birds Sing,” The Bitchin’ Kitsch. (2015) “Walk in Jerusalem,” The Chaffey Review. (2015) “A Professor of American Lit” and “Boarding School,” The Rain, Party, & Disaster Society. (Feb. 2015) “The Lawnmower” and “The Six-Year Dance,” The Rain, Party, & Disaster Society. (June 2015). “The Massacre,” EAP: The Magazine. (2015) “What Mom Said About Tradition,” Peeking Cat Poetry Magazine. (2015) “Realistically Speaking,” The Commonline Journal. (2015) “We Used to Feed Chickens,” Indiana Voice Journal. (March 2015) “Hard Chairs,” Indiana Voice Journal. (July 2015) “Hydroponic Nights,” The Radvocate. (2015) “Pretty When I Cry,” Crack the Spine. (2015) “Walk in Jerusalem,” (audio) Golden Walkman Magazine. (2015) “A Professor of American Lit,” Great Jones Street. (2017) “Beach House,” “Put Under,” and “Wrong Girl.” Barney Street Anthology. (2014) “Diane Lane.” Wordplay Anthology. (2014) “If It Makes You Happy” and “Rolling Stone” (paintings) Chicago Literati. (2015). “Scenes from Unfaithful.” Cobalt Review. (2019). “Balls!” The Cape Rock. (2021). “The End” The Elevation Review. (2021). “Oneoff Weekend” Pinky Thinker Press. (2021). “Optometry,” Suspect Press. (2022). “Letter,” Drunk Monkeys. (2022). “Melrose Place,” Dreamers Creative Writing. (2022). “Date 3,” Tiny Moments: Vol II. (2024).

Editorial

Columnist – Chosen Magazine. (2018)

Fiction Editor – Black Heart Magazine. (2016-2017)

Volunteer Reader – Black Heart Magazine. (2015-2016)

Guest Editor – Five Quarterly, 2015 Anniversary/Summer Issue. (2015)

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Awards & Honors

Featured Fiction Writer – The Rain, Party, & Disaster Society (2015)

Essayist Award – UW-Stevens Point Department of English (2014)