Joshua Walker __________ The Last Dragon at the Oklahoma Turnpike Service Plaza He folds his wingsbefore coming inside. Management sayscustomers find them distracting. Every Thursdayhe restocks the postcard rack, refills the coffee, asks travelerswhether they wanttheir receipt. Children know immediately. Adultsnever look up. His firehas grown practical. It warms biscuits.…
Read MoreStill Life John Brixter Tino __________ A woman hangs a SIM card from fishing wire beside the dried squid,the saint’s medallion. Her daughter screenshots a prayer and sendsit to the province where the river has taken back the road. In the capital,a man wraps his phone in plastic before wading…
Read MoreAmy Pugsley __________ An Era of Arrogance: From Patrick Süskind’s “Perfume” (Chapter 1) __________ Silence: From Patrick Süskind’s “Perfume” (Chapter 2) __________ Off to the East: From Patrick Süskind’s “Perfume” (Chapter 3) __________ Amy Pugsley is an Assyrian-Canadian writer, poet, and educator. Her poetry has been featured in a range…
Read MoreIn This Dream I Am Not Without My Lover Johnna Parker __________ i am walking to her dormin the cold night in a way that means nothing. i go to her dorm but neversee her—she, celestial being. she, dark void of astral dust.her cosmic matter clings to me but i…
Read MoreMythical Rain Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris __________ Heaven’s orchestra filled the booming silencelithe tiny fairies danced upon spring daisiesrain tinkled happily around themsplashing and sliding down the white petals Deep underground the rain seeped throughgnomes in homes of mud and rootsplaced buckets forged from bottle capsto catch the fresh life-giving water Further…
Read MoreTHE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS J B Polk __________ On the first day of Christmas, Snow White sent me a partridge in a pear tree, which, of course, took me by surprise and made no sense at all. The partridge was wrought iron, with sharp claws attached to a branch,…
Read MoreDarklings of Crepuscule Planet Mandira Pattnaik __________ Darkness descended in folds at the quarry from where the far side of moon was visible, the only place on Earth from where anyone could peep into the lives of the Darklings of Crepuscule planet. New settlers — descended from the caliginous outer…
Read MoreBright Eyes Griffin Paschall __________ The trick, Master Ollivant said, is that the little ones must be alive when they go into the sugar, or the eyes come out dull. He said it the way he said everything, without turning from the copper pot, his wooden spoon going round and…
Read MoreGolden Age Olivia Joy __________ The hotel’s back alley isn’t really an alley, more like a small gravel parking lot. When I’d askedfor privacy away from the bustle of the red carpet, having me pull around near the dumpster inthe back was the best hotel staff could do. I pull…
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