Alec Solomita’s fiction has appeared in Peacock Journal, the Southwest Review, The Mississippi Review, Southword Journal, and The Drum (audio), among other publications. He was shortlisted by the Bridport Prize and Southword Journal. His poetry has appeared in The Ekphrastic Review, The New Criterion, The Galway Review, Bold + Italic, Litbreak, ONE ART, Red Dirt Forum, and elsewhere.  His chapbook, “Do Not Forsake Me,” was published in 2017 and is still available at Finishing Line Press. His first full-length book of poetry, “Hard To Be a Hero,” was published  by Kelsay Press in 2021. Both can be found on Amazon. He’s just finished another, “Small Change.” He lives in Massachusetts.

“He Hath Set the World in Their Heart”

Ecclesiastes

The world has entered our hearts,
taking up room where neuroses
are accustomed to abide, nudging
aside obsession, neurasthenia, and phobias.

When annihilation is pitted against the
the scuttle and scurry of long-legged
black spiders, it tends to emerge victorious.