Mika Seifert

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Mika Seifert is a writer, concert violinist, and broker of rare violin bows. His short stories have been published in the Antioch Review, Chicago Review, Image Journal, London Magazine, Missouri Review, Southern Review, and elsewhere.

The Secret Heart Cave and the Divine in Avant-Garde Pop Music

January 2026
Mika Seifert
Radiohead / Photo by Johnny Greig / Alamy.com Music can reach parts of the soul that have never been touched, leading to new revelations. Here, a classical musician traces the influence…
Critical Lovemaking

February 14, 2025 Mika Seifert
Photo by Jamez Picard / Unsplash Whether you celebrate or lament Valentine’s Day, here’s a new story of love’s demise.The Critic had a new girlfriend. He had met her at a Barnes an…
Beginners

Summer 2019
Mika Seifert
Photo: Jordan Whitt/Unsplash In this coming-of-age tale with a dark twist, two brothers engage in a deathly game. MY BROTHER LEMMY taught me how to die. I was then…