Chapbook
available now.

About the writer

Zachary Kocanda is the author of the chapbook Self Defense for Gentle People (Bottlecap Press, 2022). His fiction has appeared in Joyland, Oyez Review, Another Chicago Magazine, and elsewhere. He is currently working on a novel and a short story collection. He lives in Chicago, Illinois, where he works as a freelance editor and proofreader.

Selected stories

Find some links to a few recent publications below.

“Biblical Errors”

Joyland, online (2023)

“Volvo Island”

Midway Journal, online (2022)

“Tell Them You Love Them in Person”

Grist: A Journal of the Literary Arts, online (2024)

Contact me

Email me at zacharykocanda@gmail.com with your favorite Midwest town named after an international location. (I like Paris, Illinois.)

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