“they grew up on the outside of society. they weren’t looking for a fight. they were looking to belong.”

two of our editors came across this tagline on a movie poster and said to each other, you know if ponyboy and johnny cade were real, they would submit to shady side review. shady side review seeks work that exhibits the gritty side of life: cigarette butts that litter sidewalks, a half-drunken bottle of whiskey left on the porch, the empty corridors of a dead mall – work that encompasses the underbelly of society, whether it be rural or urban. shady side review publishes both upcoming and previously published writers. just send us what you got. at this point in time, shady side review is operating as an online journal.