• Author Interviews

    Interview with Author and Guest Judge: Heather Jane Johnson

    This interview appears in the May 2021 Issue of The Open Doors Review. To view the magazine, click here. To listen to the podcast, subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or click the link below to listen on Podbean. https://opendoorsreview.podbean.com/e/6-heather-johnson-author-of-1500/ Introduction Heather…

  • May 2021,  Visual Art

    Spring Street Cafe, Rome

    Featured in the May 2021 Issue of The Open Doors Review. By: Juliana Bleh Author Bio: Juliana Bleh is the pseudonym of this Irish expat artist in Italy. Several years ago she developed a dripped-paint technique to mimic her fast…

  • May 2021,  Short Fiction

    A Kindness

    Featured in the May 2021 Issue of The Open Doors Review. Fiction by: Sarah Barnett-Benelli I was travelling with a dear friend in England. We were heading north to attend the funeral of a mutual acquaintance but had missed a…

  • Lingua Italiana,  May 2021,  Short Fiction

    Ogni Desiderio

    Featured in the May 2021 Issue of The Open Doors Review. Racconta da: Giovanni Vergineo “Ogni tuo desiderio è un ordine”—disse Gennaro, ma non lo pensava. Pensava: “mi hai rotto i coglioni, mo’ ti do una testata brutta cicciona americana…

  • May 2021,  Visual Art

    Nostalgia

    Featured in the May 2021 Issue of The Open Doors Review. View Current Issue Here. By: Vinita Salomé Film / Rome, 2004 Author Bio: My working philosophy is based on perceptions and feelings, which have been polished and honed through my…

  • English Language,  May 2021,  Short Fiction

    More than Fire

    Featured in the May 2021 Issue of The Open Doors Review. Fiction by: Flavia Brunetti When Eva appeared at the water’s edge in Brindisi, the god Tevere was already there, a figure wrapped in oilskin, looking into the sea. He…

  • Lingua Italiana,  May 2021,  Short Fiction

    Giuseppina della Tempesta

    Featured in the May 2021 Issue of The Open Doors Review. Fiction by: Andrea Tani Dalla sera prima una tempesta di vento incurvava gli ombrelli, sbandierava i manifesti elettorali e faceva sbattere le persiane di legno. Le strade e le…

  • Essay,  May 2021

    Silence on the Alban Ridge

    Featured in the May 2021 Issue of The Open Doors Review. View Current Issue Here. Essay by: Scott & Trang Crider On a cool, clear late-winter afternoon in Marino, we stepped up into the Cotral bus from Roma to Velletri and…

  • May 2021,  Visual Art

    Bottega Bici di Firenze

    Featured in the May 2021 Issue of The Open Doors Review. Visual Art by: Marion Younan Medium: 5×7 in ink and watercolor on archival watercolor paper Author Bio: I probably would not be an artist today if it had not…