Creative
Nonfiction
January Contributors
Moshen Askari, Emma Atkins, Andy Betz, Chel Campbell, Tony B. Cardiff, Julie Duck, Seth France, Meg Bloom Glasser, Lydia Hyslop, Patrick Johnston, Christopher Locke, Lamont Neal, Hirço Orsetti, Christie Page, G M. Rowbotham, Darci Schummer, Johannah Simon, Justine Sweeney, Mohammad Tolouei, and Sally Huggins Toner
January Highlights
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exhumation
by Sally Huggins Toner
“Tombstones cover nothing but the earth and the carbon underneath that feeds the leaves of next year’s trees. Tombstones cover lies and the truth. We don't know exactly where she lies.”
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drunken meditations on taking it too far, or a degenerate mysticism of immanence
by Hirço Orsetti
“At the worst of it, I begged vague deities for a few more years. I wanted to rub up against death’s leg like a slutty cat begging for detrital scraps.”
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freedom with an asterisk
by Lamont Neal
“Their freedom came with caveats, legal, social, spiritual. They were the early recipients of discrimination in housing, employment, and marriage. The canaries in the coal mine. You have your freedom, now can you have your dignity?”
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verified #2
by Christopher Locke
“A stairwell rises infinite as people stumble through smoke, a dark crush of firefighters splits the surge of jackets and ties; a barefoot woman appears in a green dress on fire.”
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when my father hugs me
by Chel Campbell
“He admits he was young once and did things young men do—and the betta fish is still in that concrete basement, in that old house, circling his aquarium.”
three micros
by Christopher Locke
“A stairwell rises infinite as people stumble through smoke, a dark crush of firefighters splits the surge of jackets and ties; a barefoot woman appears in a green dress on fire.”
things you’re not googling this morning
by Justine Sweeney
“5.43am: How to talk to children about... Instead look up a recipe for muffins, check you’ve got the ingredients in and get cooking before the kids wake up.”
when my father hugs me
by Chel Campbell
“He admits he was young once and did things young men do—and the betta fish is still in that concrete basement, in that old house, circling his aquarium.”
broke
by Johannah Simon
“I keep my damn mouth shut. I can’t afford the truth. Talk isn’t cheap, its expensive AF. And I’m broke.”
exhumation
by Sally Huggins Toner
“Tombstones cover nothing but the earth and the carbon underneath that feeds the leaves of next year’s trees. Tombstones cover lies and the truth. We don't know exactly where she lies.”
words unwinged
by David Henson
“The heaps and our dismay grow. Resigned, we build bonfires and sweep in the words. As they ascend with the smoke, we wonder if we'll ever know their beauty again.”