History Lessons – Toshiya Kamei

    Toshiya Kamei is a fiction writer whose short stories have appeared in Bending Genres, New World Writing, and Utopia Science Fiction, among others. He was born in Japan and studied English and Spanish…

Full Stop – Tamás Inczédy

Time-worn steps creaking beneath my hurried pace as I am rushing down the staircase of the apartment building with the kid in my arms, countless bags, stuffed animals, a nursing…

I Am Francis – Reed Venrick

Reed Venrick lives on his orange grove farm in Central Florida, USA, and formerly studied Italian at the Università per Stranieri di Perugia, in Italy, French at the Alliance Francaise…

Edition #2 – January 2021

The Quiet Reader is an international literary magazine, born in a town called Solitaire, in the state of Quarantine in the country of 2020. Here is the line-up of our…

Straight Face – PGC Young

PGC Young is a young writer from Croydon, UK. Her fiction has recently been published in Mslexia. She’s also written articles for MPs on equalities, for The Radio Times, and…

The Fly Under – Jack Coey

Jack Coey, a 72-year-old grandfather of two, has navigated life’s many challenges with grace, always striving to leave others unharmed—a testament to a life well-lived, in his view. Writing brings…