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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