My Flash Fiction piece,  No More Bears has a home in the Pine Hills Review. In 2025 I've had flash fictions Cats in The Freshwater Review and upcoming, Dogs will be out in The Literary Underground in early September. 

Cats

and Dogs

and Bears, oh my!

The story behind the story: This is a basic dysfunctional family story which fits anyone who grew up with an overly critical mother. No More Bears stars Goldilocks from that other story with the bears. The piece was accompanied by a picture and an audio file read by me. 

Here's a little history behind The Pine Hills Review

Our history is varied. Established in 2014 in association with The College of Saint Rose as part of its M.F.A. in creative writing program, Pine Hills Review was founded by Daniel Nester and Sarah Sherman. After the M.F.A. program was discontinued, Pine Hills Review began a second iteration in 2019 as an independent journal.

Since the closure of the colle in June 2024, Pine Hills Review (ISSN 2470-8321) continues as a wholly independent and unaffiliated literary journal. We welcome interest from others to help edit the journal as well.

My friend Daniel Nester is on their masthead:

Masthead

Alex J. Tunney (editor; he/him) is a writer somewhere in downstate New York. His writing has been published in the Lambda Literary Review, The Rumpus, Complete Sentence, The Under Review and The Inquisitive Eater. You can keep up with him on Instagram at @axelturner.

Daniel Nester (editor; he/him) is the author most recently of Harsh Realm: My 1990s. His other books include Shader, How to Be Inappropriate, and God Save My Queen I and II. For 19 years, he was a professor of English at The College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY. Subscribe to his Substack.

Samantha Zimmerman (editor; she/her) is an all-over-the-place poet with a passion for all things experimental and confessional. Her work has been featured in Sledgehammer Lit, Bullshit Lit, Discretionary Love Magazine, BarBar Lit, and The Afterpast Review. You can keep up with her on Twitter @samthezim.