December 2024
Volume 5, Issue 4
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Poetry
Chen Chen Quintessence: A Kid in Late 90s Western Mass — homophobia
Julien Strong The God in the Basement and Pop Quiz — pedophilia, grooming, child abuse, pregnancy loss, sexism, queerphobia
Katie Beswick Wreathing — death
Amanda Chiado Rolling the Mask — addiction, parental death, domestic violence
Rene Lytle Fig Middle — animal death
Kit Sibert Once upon a time here — death
Clare Bayard Intergenerational — school shooting, death, murder, war
Rebecca Faulkner Dendrochronology — child death, war
Chloe Hanks Anniversaries — poison, spousal death, murder
Samantha Moe DRUPE — domestic violence
Matthew Murrey Inside Little Boy — nuclear disaster, war, death
Prose
Ali Choudhary Sweet Haemorrhage — illness, eating disorder, self harm, domestic assault depression
Eugénie de Rosier Queen Uncaptured by Bishop — rape
Yifan Li Dear Mama (The time is soaked in blood and semen) — self harm
Kristin Kovacic On Power — child sex abuse