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 MoreOtherWorlds, September ’26 Editor: Vallie Lynn Watson Managing Editor: Tyler Campbell Associate Editor: Dusti RW Levy and Stephanie Smith Assistant Editors: Madeline Ricard, Chelsey Wright, Joel Lema, and Kathrine Winter Interns: Nick LaRocca Basak Devrim Andreutti, “Dreaming,” oil on wood Letter from the Editor by Vallie Lynn Watson Letter from…
Read MoreVignettes: A Literary Photo Album, July ’26 Editor: Vallie Lynn Watson Guest/Outgoing Managing Editor: Taryn White Incoming Managing Editor: Tyler Campbell Vishaal Pathak, “That Afternoon in Daman,” photograph Letter from the Editor by Vallie Lynn Watson Letter from the Guest Editor by Taryn White Fiction “Olives” by Lori Sambol Brody…
Read MoreVincent Rendoni __________ Horse Facts My mother couldn’t afford rent,but she could afford horses.We gave her a check for groceries.It went to hay & stable.It’s not that horses are expensive, she said.It’s all the feeding & caring that adds up. Like kids. Whenever we would meet for breakfast,she would tell…
Read MoreTruckstop JoLee Passerini __________ He’s gone. Taillights blurfast away in the hard rain.No stars. Working here she’s backlit, lit up,bright as the big sign they raisedwith a crane. She shines like wet countertops,rings the register open,changes her dollar, plays 24B,her mother’s favorite song—. She’sscattered, smothered, topped, diced. Smile nice. (Next…
Read MoreI yelled at God that I wanted to die Madison Nanney __________ and then I passed a dead deeron the side of the road. I sawno horns, no spiky bits. She.Her belly as bloated as mine.No bounce in the muscle. Hermouth frozen open on a breathshe won’t take again. A…
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