2026 Best of Net Nominations
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Below are our eight nominations for the 2026 Best of Net anthology. Two short stories, two poems, two essays, and two webcomics.
All available to read for free:
🛩️ The Terminal Destination by Kai Holmwood
a desire to move west

🐸 Of Stuffed Frogs and Unshod Gods
How a symbol is created for all of history

🕳️ Black Hole Framing
🕳️ Black Hole Framing by Casey Aimer I sailed into an event horizon and
domesticated the apathy inside me. Here physical laws have broken
down and so have I. Emotional
detachment stays at arm’s length
as I embrace myself, disconnect
from reality and contemplate. The human equivalent of numbing
cream

🎭 Seventh Peril
a poem by Ruth Towne

📝 A Modest Proposal for the Fair and Equitable Distribution of Assets by L.N. Hunter
a satire editorial about managing wealth and assets of the uber-wealthy

🔭 The banana essay
an essay about art and fruit

😿 The Order of Nafus
the fourth comic from the world of abstract tears

🐶 Barking Up the Wrong Tree
a moment of realization








