Brian Mosher

Brian Mosher writes poetry and fiction from his home in Mansfield, MA. His work has appeared in Lily Poetry Review, Nixes Mate, Anomaly Poetry, eMerge, Esoterica, and others. His unpublished short story collection was shortlisted for the Unleash Press 2025 Book Prize, and his short story “Fragments” was a winner of the Nikki Hanna Literary Challenge. He has self-published 3 books, all available on Amazon. Mosher’s most recent collection, “A Muster of Melodious Musings” (2025) is published by Metaphysical Fox Press. His poetry chapbook “Relict” is slated for January 2026 release from Finishing Line Press.

“Frida’s Tequila,” “The Pivot, or Streptococcus Pneumoniae and Me,” and “In the Evening, Sonnets”

Courageous Frida, icon to millions
who know no more of you than your eyebrows
on the t-shirts your face adorns,
what is your name worth now?

Severed

My friend Alex was twelve years old when it happened. Years later, he told me it was like time had stopped the instant his father parked the car on top of the railroad tracks on Spring Street, pulled the keys from the ignition and tossed them out the window. I’ve always imagined Alex, his mother, and his younger sister looking at each other in stunned silence as the father closed his eyes and calmly surrendered to the universe, which he believed had defeated him at every turn.
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