The Apple Valley Review
A Journal of Contemporary Literature
About the Journal
The Apple Valley Review is an international literary journal. Issues feature a collection of short fiction, poetry, personal essays, and translations. The journal was founded in 2005 by its current editor, Leah Browning, and is published semiannually.
From the Spring 2025 issue
“I opened my eye a slit and looked down. Our frog, Peg-Peg, sagged on the ground. His bulbous eyes stared up at the anthropomorphic frog fount. It dribbled water from a hose installed in its mouth.”
— “Growing House” by Madison Ellingsworth
“now that it’s already getting dark during rush hour
and you’re reminded of previous winters in this
neglected part of the city, when you’d head home
after work and see the light behind curtains
shining on tables”
— “antwerp street” by Miriam Van hee
“I felt certain that near me was a portal through which a whole other kind of life, parallel to mine but much richer, was being conducted. That gateway seemed very close, almost visible through the flat grey cloud low above me.”
— “Saint Zinaida’s Day” by Peter Newall
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The Spring 2025 issue of the Apple Valley Review features flash fiction by Madison Ellingsworth and Luke Rolfes; short stories by Peter Newall, Zehra Habib, and Tony Rauch; and poetry by Miriam Van hee (translated from the Dutch by Judith Wilkinson), Athena Kildegaard, Mark Lilley, Mickie Kennedy, and David Armand. The cover artwork is by painter John Singer Sargent.