I Look Up Again
by Ryan Van Winkle
It has been so long
since I have seen even
a casual moon I forget I can Continue Reading
Godmotherless
by Erin O’Loughlin
As a child, I was my father’s princess. Now that I am to be Queen, I like to think that he would find it a fitting end for me. He always believed in fairy-tales. More fool him. In this world, the strongest must make their own happy endings.
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Fragments of the Eternal Mixtape
by Tom Minogue
Yesterday you were a samurai in drag,
today a priest counting acts of charity. Continue Reading
Interview with Kirsty Logan
by Jane Flett
We asked Kirsty Logan to be our first featured writer, because she’s a total badass Scottish folklore obsessed writer with a semicolon tattooed on her toe, and all of that is pretty fabulous with us. Continue Reading
Until Your Eyes Bleed
by Allegra Franziska Lipanje
You begin in a catholic country. Unchristened, you are the offspring of unorthodox parents who fled the worship. There you are, sat at your chipped enamel desk, wearing your blue apron. Crucifix on the wall, aimed at exactly the space between your eyes, primary school. Continue Reading
SCUMBAG NATION / I AM HOME ALONE ON A FRIDAY NIGHT BECAUSE NO ONE LOVES ME
Black Diamond Mountain
by Isabel Rock
‘You’ve got your Facebook face on.’
‘What?’
‘Your Facebook face, the one you get when you’re looking at Facebook.’
‘Yeah.’
‘And your Facebook ears,’
‘What?’
‘You’ve got your Facebook ears on, the ones you get when you’re looking at Facebook and you don’t listen to anything I say.’
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Bottle-Shaped Poem
by Rafael Mantovani
the aliens
call all earthly creatures
by one name, that in their language means an airbag
(but in their planet
there is no air) Continue Reading
Safety Measures
by Christine Brandel
A woman approached a man on a plane.
“I think you’re in my seat, young man.”
“Oh, I’m sorry. Let me move my stuff.”
“If you don’t mind.”
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In a Pure State We Enter
by Jessie Janeshek
ice floes pantyhose
fat thighs gravy fries. Continue Reading