

Barrelhouse Television Workshop
For the longest time, when somebody asked me to explain why we started Barrelhouse, I would say something along the lines of this: It...


Barrelhouse at AWP
Planning to attend the 2015 AWP Annual Conference and Bookfair in Minneapolis? Here’s your guide to all things Barrelhouse. Book Fair:...


Sheila Squillante's Beautiful Nerve
Each year Barrelhouse hosts the Conversations & Connections Conference, a one-day writer's conference that brings together writers,...
Merry Christmas, Monkeys
The Barrelhouse crew has been struggling with our Christmas list. How do we say thank you to you, our great readers and subscribers and...
We are open for nonfiction submissions!
We are now open for nonfiction submissions. There are no guidelines beyond the standard guidelines, and also that we're not interested in...


A White Christmas, by Dan Brady
Betty was a woman who could get anything she wanted when drunk— those blue eyes, deep blue— but she never stopped running away at the...


Out of Who-Ville, by Amber Sparks
The phone rings and the woman swirls her glass, watches wine the color of ruby coat the sides of the crystal. Wine is the only red she...


White Elephant, by Matt Perez
He won every time, which was part of the game. Because John McClane does not lose. Nor would we want him to. In the end, Uncle John...


Lumpy, by Phong Nguyen
for Nam “If there’s a bright center to the universe, you’re on the planet that it’s farthest from.” –Luke Dearest Father, Last year I...


Weirdsmobile, by Leslie Parry
The fight had left Betty with a cut on her hand and a speck of metal oxidizing in her cornea. It all started when Bob was rehearsing for...