Claire J. Bateman

Claire Bateman is the author of eight collections of poetry, prose poetry and flash fiction, most recently SCAPE (New Issue, Kalamazoo), and the forthcoming collection WONDERS OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD. She has received two Pushcart awards and a NEA grant, and is the poetry editor of Weekly Hubris. Her stories in The Fabulist are part of "The Pillow Museum," a chapbook of fabulist flash fiction that is seeking a home. You can find Claire at pw.org/directory/writers/claire_bateman. She is also a visual artist — some of her work can be seen at instagram.com/clairejbateman/

Secret Histories of Central Park

The old man sidles up to her bench in Central Park.  She’s drinking her latte and listening, with equal parts frustration and fascination, to yet another podcast about how everyone has some kind of Great ...

Universal Cognitive Maintenance

After its inception, everyone was both happier and more distracted. Fear of forgetfulness, of the forgotten itself? Gone! Gloom about the ephemeral nature of experience? Also gone. On the other hand, every citizen spent a lot ...

The Fleet Ones

It’s a fine time to be born with feet all over your body, though it does increase parental workload with so many little socks to wash, dry, and sort. In adult life, except during ceremonial ...