Pixel Beach.
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A short story about a questing widower, set in San Francisco, now available in the Spring '21 issue of Sou'Wester lit journal.
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Peebags for Manboy.
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A tragic little short story I wrote for The Spokane Spokesman-Review’s annual Summer Stories series. This year’s theme was the 40th Anniversary of the Mt. St. Helens eruption, so the story follows the three stages of the catastrophe: Rumblings, Apocalypse, and Aftermath.
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Little Men.
A short story about an old woman who finds a very tiny naked man. Selected by Roxane Gay for The Masters Review Anthology, Volume VI.
Rubicon.
A short thriller about a narcissist whose reality begins to dissolve after a stranger makes a passing comment. Published in Joyland.
A short thriller about a narcissist whose reality begins to dissolve after a stranger makes a passing comment. Published in Joyland.
Unfound.
A genre-bending short story set in New Zealand. Winner of the Robert Olen Butler Story Award and The Florida Review Editor's Award for fiction. Published in an anthology by Del Sol Press and in The Florida Review.
From NEWPAGES.com: “'Unfound' by Matthew Sullivan is one of the best short stories I’ve yet encountered in the little magazines: a work of mystery, romance, culture shock, and family secrets that transcends all genres. What does one strange photograph mean to Ricket, an American with one friend dying in California and another with a hidden past in New Zealand? Once Sullivan grabs you with the image, it’s hard to stop reading."
From NEWPAGES.com: “'Unfound' by Matthew Sullivan is one of the best short stories I’ve yet encountered in the little magazines: a work of mystery, romance, culture shock, and family secrets that transcends all genres. What does one strange photograph mean to Ricket, an American with one friend dying in California and another with a hidden past in New Zealand? Once Sullivan grabs you with the image, it’s hard to stop reading."
Lost and Found.
A short-short story about an old man who has a magic relationship with gloves. Won first place in the Write on the River Fiction Contest.
The Falling Nun.
A short story about a nun, a starfish, and a dying cow. Published in The Chattahoochee Review. Nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
Starfish Nipple Swim!
A short story about a sitcom creator who, while trying to quit smoking, completely loses his shit. Published in 580-Split.
The Ugly Tree.
A short story about a man who uglifies a tree in his front yard out of spite. Guest appearance by Uma Thurman. Published in The Evansville Review xii.
Outsiders.
A creative nonfiction essay about living alone in a Colorado campground and visiting a hermit in Idaho. Published in Weber Studies: Voices and Viewpoints of the Contemporary West.
Last Wishes: Sisyphus Retold.
A short story about a basketball coach who gets caught in a Sisyphus-inspired loop. Published in Fugue. Nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
The Map Maker's Colors.
A short story that uses collage to explore the life and suicide of Jerzy Kosinski. Published in Painted Bride Quarterly #69.