Editors’ Note
Magician’s Force by Darcy Shargo I’ll teach you how to set your heart off like a skiff in rough water.
The Mutable Fields: An Ensemble by Anne Brettell In an old old house there is a new baby. It cries and shakes until it turns into a plum.
The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Devon Miller-Duggan My boatman’s hands are Like the silver branches. They tremble in the witchlight And shiver on my skin.
A Brief History of the Occult by Glen Armstrong Enclosed are my regrets that I will not be attending the séance.
The Death of a Hamster by Angela Allan I met Satan under a blanket. It was around the time I started thinking I could change red lights to green with my mind.
Lawn and Garden by Caleb José Tardío Bobby’s only privilege was that he could hang out with me, only me.
Something Rotten by Allison Wyss But as soon as the door clicked shut behind them, she noticed a strange smell. It poked out from beneath the expected dust and mildew.
Push With All Your Love by KL Pereira You do not yet understand your wings, black and webbed, bursting through your thin winter coat.
Rosaura and the Well by Michael Luis Dauro From a square plot of clothesline, white sheets hang like walls of limestone. Soaked in moonlight the sheets glow like the peeled skin of a luminous onion
Cut Down from My Hanging Tree by Sarah Sorensen They hung me high, but it didn’t take. I cut myself down with an old switchblade shoved inside my glove and walked into town that same night. Art by Stacy Nguyen
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