Tree Housed & The Swallow House
THOMAS MEINZEN Tree Housed The birch outside my window died years ago but housed in that rotting wood beetles are stirring wings unfurling tendrils are spreading spring is coming within…
Issue.53
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Salt Water
NORAH MORTENSON “you don’t die, because you were never born, you’d just forgotten who you are.” – Alan Watts ⸙ They say that drowning in salt water is one of…
Some Other Way
JOHN RHOADES Storytime I noticed the beast first when the neighborhood kid went missing. Camryn ran the irrigation ditch along the street, her styrofoam ship bobbing in the tiny rapids…
United States v. Selling Sunset:
ANTHONY REALE When I return home from working at the organic Pepper Jack factory every evening, I turn on the television. There was such respite in the halls of House…
Ghosts of Minor Inconveniences
DAVID CLIFFORD TURNER “A year and a half ago, on a moonless night just like tonight, Irene was getting ready for bed. Just as she put her favorite toothbrush into…
Open House
This issue, you’re invited to come in and poke around. The door’s wide open, and the rooms are rife with knickknacks and tchotchkes to befriend. Like any home, this one…
The Witch House
LAURA BUCHANAN “This house is a festering lesion on my side,” Gwendolyn thought, sipping her milkweed and pigtail tea. Despite the crisp autumn air and vibrant red leaves, Gwendolyn gave…