by Kashiana Singh My nana’s bookshelf was my paradise readers digests, Huckleberry Finn a Britannica encyclopedia a Quran too then he grew older, my Nani died, and aloneness arrived. He decided to transform into a […]
Dream Noir
literary + art magazine
Case Solved
by Kashiana Singh After the news article that states the Sacklers are one of America’s richest families thanks to OxyContin I am vigilant, aware of the toxins that will meet me at the other side, […]
Haiku on Grief
by Grace Gilbert i. the mind is a room, &&&&&a child against the window listening for snow ii. drowned boy, still missing: &&&&&smooth stone in god’s deep pocket this wet, joyless thing iii. a sunken […]
Art by Rebecca Pyle
Rebecca Pyle’s photographs are in The Healing Muse, Thirty West, Tulane Review, Belle Ombre, and soon to be on two covers of Castabout. She’s a writer and painter, too, with work in New England […]
Dripping in Clouds by Kelly Emmrich
Kelly Emmrich is an illustrator and animator living and working in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Her work has appeared in the magazines ‘Moonhood Magazine,’ and ‘The Emerald.’ She studied creative writing and animation at the […]
Off Season
by RC deWinter &&october rain &the baptism of dead leaves &&i cannot trust the song these raindrop s sing &&what do they know of the sacred space &where everything’s permitted and nothing ¬hing’s denied &where […]
Agrypnotica
by RC deWinter &on the deep blue nights you know the ones i mean &velvet pile thick and plush &the ones no matter how exhausted when eyes close they flicker and twitch &&i can’t sleep […]
Risen
by Deborah Morris After mushroom tea with honey, My head in a place of fungal beauty, Taking a slow mental trip, I’m baking bread, Is it wise, I ask myself, to work with heat, with […]
I’d Forgive You If I Could Do It Without Hurting Myself
by Lucy Bishop Each time I try to speak, the urge to shout about the past rumbles in the back of my throat, growling Pacing like a tiger in a shrinking cage Trying to compensate, […]
