Letter from the Editor July is the new June Edition, Editor’s Note This was supposed to be a June edition, but there you go, July rolls in. June 30th, my dad’s birthday, this year, the second one after his death. So as I’ve been building this edition, I’ve been thinking…
Read MoreThe Death of Harold Cassidy Colton Huelle __________ In the days following Harold Cassidy’s death, Joy’s Facebook feed was clogged with lengthy tributes to the late novelist and links to even lengthier blog posts about his contribution to American literature. Writers and critics of all stripes crawled out of the…
Read MoreSilhouette of a Girlhood Meghana Mysore __________ Lakshmi winced when she heard a thudding from upstairs. The kettle was on for chai, and its whistle grew from a tame whisper to a high-pitched scream. She turned off the kettle and ran upstairs to the bathroom where Mamatha took her showers.…
Read MoreMan on the Moon Christine Williams __________ Camille saw it as a good omen. The most outspoken of all friends who doubted your intentions with me, she changed her tune when I told her about your team’s bachata social last week, when you’d reached for my hand during performances, and…
Read MoreOlympians Kent Kosack __________ The kick becomes a glide in a graceful shuffle as Jon’s skis cruise along the cross-country trails carved into the ice-crusted snow of Lapland Lake, his body cruising with them, his thoughts and fears and hopes and memories cruising too, concurrent, behind, ahead, the same groomed…
Read MoreBoudin 2023 All Poetry: June ’23 Managing Editor: Mayank Manchanda “Tonight” by John Brantingham “Sagittarius A*” by Rohan Buettel “Sixteen Rounds of Chemo” by Sara Pirkle “A Typical Day in the Life of Love” by JC Reilly July is the New June: July ’23 Managing Editor: Michael Horner Letter from…
Read More“Boo”din: It Came from the Swamp, Oct ’22 Poetry Editor: Rachel Pittman Fiction Editor: Abbie Skinner Victoria de Benedicty, “Swamp Girl” (2022), oil paint and oil pastel Fiction “Dear Anonymous Cryptid Photographer” by William Hawkins “nothing to fear” by M. Caroline McMaulay “Summer Love” by Cassondra Windwalker Poetry “Feu-Follet” by…
Read MoreVictoria de Benedicty __________ “The Boyfriend” (2022) Charcoal and oil pastel __________ “Swamp Girl” (2022) Oil paint and oil pastel __________ Victoria de Benedicty is a multi-media artist, writer, and musician from central Florida. Victoria’s interests lie in what can be represented in an image and what an image inherently…
Read MoreBoudin 2022 Editors: Michael Horner and Mayank Machanda Johanna Barbier, “A Strand,” digital SFX Fiction “Everybody’s Everybody” by Brady Achterberg “#CoronaLife” by Terena Elizabeth Bell “When Mama Was a Moth” by Nick Caccamo “HIGHWAY 111” by Matthieu Cailler “Upon Returning From a Leadership Convention in Hawaii, the Superintendent Addresses the…
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