Author Archives: Editor

Laura G. Southern Ash’s Lament Words for what we are defy,       demand apology.   Magiholic. So ugly on the tongue, that sulfuric taste of victory like golden nectar or coins blood-bright, power sizzled and brutal funneling into soldiers’ veins – … Continue reading →

Joshua St. Claire The Man with the Stone Flute Don’t listen to the man with the stone flute, Who dances mad under the linden leaves. Don’t listen to his nymphs or their fair lutes. Their nightsongs bring a sleep that … Continue reading →

Sam Barbee Midnight Rainbow A late-night cloudburst releases glitter, shimmers the dim street. From our porch, we watch a full moon appear.             Your eyes stare around the edge of your new book. There is a lunar eclipse tonight.  Hmm, I … Continue reading →

Sara Backer Volume Only when I walk the narrow trails of the woods can I hear the past. No background noise but wind and the liquid melody of a hermit thrush— the bird I’ve never seen.   I catch myself … Continue reading →

Zebulon Huset They Came in One Huge Wave Like a susurration of starlings the alien ships swirled across the sky in intricate patterns, close as bumbling bees swarming yet never colliding. Our planes weren’t destroyed, but avoided by the beetle-looking … Continue reading →