Leon

Published by Dead Mule School Of Southern Literature.

‍ ‍https://deadmule.com/13931-2/

Braided

Published by Quillkeepers.

‍ ‍https://www.amazon.com/dp/1969601035?ref=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_SMHNEF5V0APJZ381449G_2&ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_SMHNEF5V0APJZ381449G_2&social_share=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_SMHNEF5V0APJZ381449G_2&bestFormat=true

Warrant

Published by Roe River Review.

‍ ‍https://issues.roeriverreview.com/en-cad/products/roe-river-review-autumn-2025

Granddad

Published by Plands & Poetry (pg. 37…you have to scroll down)
‍ ‍https://www.plantsandpoetry.org/rituals-remedies-vol-2

At The Dollarstore

Published by Blood + Honey

Available at: https://www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/at-the-dollar-store

The Surprise

Published by In Parentheses

Available at: https://inparentheses.art/2025/10/15/now-available-in-parentheses-magazine-volume-10-issue-1-fall-2025/

Misery Balloon

Published by The Listening Eye

Available at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gsbkJZH8nQMhiDoDfVWKwImysjzQy2Vbd0tqH58duio/edit?pli=1&tab=t.0#heading=h.xxqc6es96wpn (on page 106)

Caesar

Published by Wordrunner eChapterbook

Available at: https://www.echapbook.com/micros/micro-issue3.html#Caesar

Brother Grimoald

Published by Words Of The Lamb

Available at: https://wordsofthelamb.com/2025/11/10/brother-grimoald/

Hymns To The Dead

Published by Vine Leaves Press in 50, Give Or Take

Subscribe at: https://www.vineleavespress.com/50-give-or-take.html

Fox Cubs

Published By The Mid-Atlantic Review

Available at: https://midatlanticreview.com/2025/07/one-poem-by-erik-peters/

Bulb

Published by Plants & Poetry

Available at: https://www.plantsandpoetry.org/journals/plant-people-vol-5-1

Groceries / Perhaps / Dr. Joe

Published by Word’s Faire

Available at: https://www.thewordsfaire.com/theexhibition/groceries-

Snowdrop

Published by Journal X

Available at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Yu8ztTuckezKmv-VP6icch1R9WFfK2rd/view (pg 147)

Phoebe (Pheeeee-Beeeee)

Published by Common Ground Review

‍ ‍Available at: https://www.cgreview.org/magazine/pheeeeee-beeeee

In The Ark

Published by Wingless Dreamer

Available in “Macabre Musings” at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F4R98R5J

Etymologies

Published by Juste Milieu

‍ ‍Available for purchase at: https://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/3036527?__r=7548714

Abuelo

Published by Mag Pie Magazine.

‍ ‍https://indd.adobe.com/view/45b08a0f-f875-40c7-9d80-49326abc22ce (pg. 45).

Manuel

Published by Sinking City

‍ ‍https://sinkingcity.as.miami.edu/erik-peters/

Hay & Horses

Published by Thirty West.

‍ ‍https://thirtywest.substack.com/p/hay-and-horses?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1437834&post_id=153700830&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1k5vfw&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Eleanor

Published in Takahe.

‍ ‍https://www.takahe.org.nz/eleanor/

Ira Beck

Published by Zoetic.

‍ ‍https://www.zoeticpress.com/alphanumeric-10/2025/2/12/ira-beck

Fruit & The Real Loss

Both published in Ink Nest.

‍ ‍https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DWY33QDF/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3Q2W4N82U89CH&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.5ffGrYwvDnpafEGvnymuLI6dbn5GbeAugDdP7b4uHXZcnMMd9QwEkph4-FwhOyJT.pnwcJ_iv1VIDVbxJSj4S9xPdbTsFR8A_yxzx8PKgXXw&dib_tag=se&keywords=ink+nest+poetry&qid=1739390319&sprefix=ink+nest+poetry%2Caps%2C108&sr=8-2

Enfrijoladas

Published by Vermilion Press.

‍ ‍https://sites.google.com/cua.edu/vermilion/flash-issues/flash-issue-26-food-dishes/enfrijoladas

The Composer

Published in Nunum’s ‘Done In 100’ Anthology.

‍ ‍https://www.blurb.ca/b/12263415-done-in-a-hundredy-2024-a-nunum-anthology

A Finch Breakfast

Published by The McNeese Review.

‍ ‍https://www.mcneese.edu/thereview/2024/11/27/a-finch-breakfast/

Terracotta Bunnies

Published by Beyond Words Literary Magazine

https://www.beyondwordsmag.com/online-store/Beyond-Words-Magazine-Issue-52-November-2024-p701341652

Three Poems

Published by Parley Lit.

‍ ‍https://www.parleylit.com/erikp3

Leather Coat

Published by Odessa Collective Magazine

‍ ‍https://www.odessacollective.com/onlinezine/leather-coat-by-erik-peters

Grandpa Fritz

  Published by Wordpeace Online Magazine

‍ ‍https://wordpeace.co/fiction-9-2/erik-peters/?fbclid=IwY2xjawEsai1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHeUSKvX1FcrFcNwahKIQ5inmW5oOT1LE-By6cSJjrhigA9qhTxigYkEj7Q_aem_dh1A8wg0ZliT6yoyHIB5SA

Explanation To A Flower

Published by Festival For Poetry.

‍ ‍https://festivalforpoetry.com/2024/06/25/love-poetry-explanation-to-a-flower-by-erik-peters/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJStlpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHQCLquW2NHMRyRPI-r7qFR2qdmp4AExUxNP4jdpbdvdhMJsgYI-sp72u1Q_aem_HbVzQKaVunP9pv2W3VfPHA

Evening, Midnight, Cock-Crow, Dawn

  Published by Poet’s Choice

‍ ‍https://poetschoicepublisher.com/product/easter-e-book/

The Cro-Magnon

  Published by 300 Days Of Sun (Vol. 2; Is. 5)

‍ ‍https://300daysofsun.weebly.com/store/c1/Featured_Products.html

La Tiendita

  Published by Maniscus (pg. 138)

‍ ‍https://www.meniscus.org.au/_files/ugd/7c40c1_325aa73c36cd4e7d9571103c8a72fc0d.pd

Don’t Step On The Cracks

  Published by Progenitor Magazine

‍ ‍https://progenitorv59.wordpress.com/2024/05/01/dont-steps-on-the-cracks/

Sentinel

  Published by Poor Yorick (pg. 37)

‍ ‍https://pooryorickjournal.com/spring-issue-2024-revival/

I’m Trying To Help

  Published by Quillkeeper Publishing's Aerial Perspective Magazine

‍ ‍https://www.quillkeeperspress.com/the-aerial-perspective-literary-journal/1-4-4th-quarter-2023

Purple Bag

  Published by Sheepshead Review (Spring 2023, vol 46, No 1, pg. 88)

‍ ‍https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/68479826/sheepshead-review-spring-2023

Mexican Elegy

  Published by Ignatian Literary Magazine

‍ ‍https://ignatianlitmag.com/2023/12/05/mexican-elegy/

Solving The World’s Problems

  Published by Nunum’s Done In A Hundred Anthology

‍ ‍https://www.blurb.ca/books/11856281-done-in-a-hundred?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0fLjcmYwOQsve9KVs_CRNNu6KOKXJFNrdLA-fbALpq4iM6OMpVP-OPTHI_aem_AfQBCKGo5i-0EVmYp6j1f9UvQD2SRU2Sp5NXsJ-jtvUJ8mZR-OwfHpotpuUmyL0LfHf_13II1F9tN9zRyHjW5Ye0

Lilly-LillyBug

  Published by Zoetic's Nonbinary Review #34: Lies For Children

‍ ‍https://www.zoeticpress.com/issue-34-lies-for-children

The Orchard

  Published by Plants & Poetry Journal

‍ ‍https://www.plantsandpoetry.org/blog/the-orchard-by-erik-peters?rq=Erik%20Peters

What My Father Found

  Published by Orange Blossom Publishing

‍ ‍https://www.orangeblossombooks.com/blog/my-father?fbclid=IwAR2gj7J1gb2UJTp5Mo2ijTFqfw1b9cC4C1NamR3RVV7FghmWbnn-P9mNUcY

Mongo

  Published by Welter

‍ ‍file:///C:/Users/erik-/Downloads/Mongo.pdf

Book-Exchange

  Published by BarBar

‍ ‍https://www.bebarbar.com/blog/book-exchange?fbclid=IwAR3B30odS2PO5hrtqvUNSiVwb4uEnXAtTmaDs_XXvkfBjdn75sfiwkj56OE

The Lessons Birds Teach Us

  Published by Penumbra

‍ ‍https://issuu.com/csustanislaus/docs/penumbra_spring_2023

Roses & Tulips

  Published by Red Wolf

‍ ‍file:///C:/Users/erik-/Downloads/Roses%20&%20Tulips.pdf

Crickets

  Published by Apricity (Vol. 7)

‍ ‍https://theapricitymagazin.wixsite.com/volume7

She Reads To Me In Spanish

  Published by Papers Publishing.

‍ ‍file:///C:/Users/erik-/Downloads/She%20Reads%20To%20Me%20In%20Spanish.pdf

Hell-Fire Hearts

  Published by Papers Publishing

‍ ‍file:///C:/Users/erik-/Downloads/Hell-Fire%20Hearts.pdf‍ ‍

Sea Monsters

  Published by Ignatian Literary Press

‍ ‍https://ignatianlitmag.com/2022/12/05/sea-monsters/‍ ‍

The Old Woman In The Red Coat

  Published by Superlative Lit Journal (Issue 3: Futures)

‍ ‍file:///C:/Users/erik-/Downloads/The%20Old%20Woman%20In%20The%20Red%20Coat.pdf

Cutting Plant

  Published by Cardinal Sins (Vol 42.1)

‍ ‍https://www.cardinalsinsjournal.com/_files/ugd/b66b71_cc168b4aaf8245f0bc34faf403bb0a6e.pdf

The Dead Bird

  Published by Niftylit

‍ ‍https://niftylit.io/publication/the-dead-bird-erik-peters/

The Cafe

  Published by Millennial Pulp (Vol. 3)

‍ ‍https://millennialpulp.com/shop

Threads

  Published by Penumbra (Spring 2022)

‍ ‍https://issuu.com/csustanislaus/docs/penumbra_spring_2022

Beard Lichen

  Published by W.I.E.R.D.

‍ ‍file:///C:/Users/erik-/Downloads/Beard%20Lichen.pdf

Raiding Song

  Published by Wingless Dreamer

‍ ‍file:///C:/Users/erik-/Downloads/Raiding%20Song.pdf

The Rope Swing

Available inside issue# 1 of Kind Writers: Literary Magazine.

‍ ‍file:///C:/Users/erik-/Downloads/The%20Rope-Swing.pdf

Vancouver Dawn & Wait A Minute

Both are available on issue #5 of Prospectus: A Literary offering.

‍ ‍file:///C:/Users/erik-/Downloads/Vancouver%20Dawn%20_%20Wait%20A%20Minute.pdf

Cold Nights

Published by Vermilion Literature’s Flash Issues.

‍ ‍https://sites.google.com/cua.edu/vermilion/flash-issues/flash-issue-6-stolen-children-and-broken-objects/cold-nights

A Long Way Back

Published in Io Literary Journal’s Refraction.

‍ ‍file:///C:/Users/erik-/Downloads/A%20long%20Way%20Back.pdf

Learning To Cook

Published in The Elevation Review.

‍ ‍file:///C:/Users/erik-/Downloads/Learning%20To%20Cook.pdf

In Our Alley

Published in Vermilion Lit’eratures Flash Issue.

‍ ‍https://sites.google.com/cua.edu/vermilion/flash-issues/flash-issue-6-stolen-children-and-broken-objects/in-our-alley

Blame

Included in The Louisville Review, Volume 90, Fall Edition.

‍ ‍https://louisvillereview.org/tlr-90

That Wasn’t For Me

Published in Salvation South.

‍ ‍https://www.salvationsouth.com/that-wasnt-for-me/?fbclid=IwAR3NvT8KP2fnURO75m1RImFWl5KkJcxoPwoywL53Cq7tDJavVDcyXyBoFMI

The Black-On-Brown Path

‍ ‍With Wingless Dreamer (in "Praised By December", a poetry anthology)

‍ ‍file:///C:/Users/erik-/Downloads/The%20Black-On-Brown%20Path.pdf

Kristen

  Published in Coffin Bell Magazine.

‍ ‍file:///C:/Users/erik-/Downloads/Kristen.pdf

The Faucet

  Published in, Oddball Magazine.

‍ ‍https://oddballmagazine.com/oddball-stories-with-erik-peters/

Decisions That Need Making

  Published as an ebook by Summer Solstice Publishing.

‍ ‍https://www.amazon.com/Decisions-That-Need-Making-Peters-ebook/dp/B098TMKB39

Your Body Tells A Story

‍ ‍ Included in Poet’s Choice’s “Anthology of Poems: Joys of Aging”

https://poetschoicepublisher.com/product/joys-of-aging-2/

Grathaholt & Ever-Grower.

Published by Lancelot Schaubert’s Showbear Family Circus.

‍ ‍http://lanceschaubert.org/2020/11/06/grathaholt-ever-grower/

The Wide World

Published in The Secret World In Her Vase.

‍ ‍file:///C:/Users/erik-/Downloads/The%20Wide%20World.pdf

Thirst.

Published in The Dead Mule School Of Southern Literature.

‍ ‍https://deadmule.com/erik-peters-flash-fiction-nov-2020/

Movier And Stillier.

Published in Abstract Elephant.

‍ ‍file:///C:/Users/erik-/Downloads/Movier%20&%20Stillier.pdf (

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