Rhythm & Bones
Rhythm & Bones
October 15, 2019
"A Very Thin Line" Review
by Neel Trivedi
"Three gunshots rang through the air, causing me to stumble and lose one of my shoes. My front tooth hit the pavement..."
The lines above would have fit like a glove had they been from a fictional tale of suspense and action. But...
September 5, 2019
Synthesis of the Daleks: A Formula for 55 Years of Fear
by Christopher Horrocks
“I thought you’d run out of ways to make me sick. But hello again.”
— The Doctor, “Asylum of the Daleks”, Doctor Who
Few elements in a work of fiction can escape incorporating influences...
September 3, 2019
ISSUE SIX SUB CALL ::: LOVE
Yesterday was my first year marriage anniversary with my husband after spending two years dating long distance in different countries. I recently started writing about our love story, so my mind has been on LOVE lately. An excerpt from my wor...
August 15, 2019
BY DEATH, SHE LIVES
a feature by Jenna Vélez
and we watched Midsommar and saw ourselves in romantic isolation
and you hold my hand like a dying thing
that could be caressed to life
your breath is a sparkling pink
and i have known to love you today
and it feels like the so...
July 30, 2019
Rosie’s
Christine Taylor
There’s a place down on old Route 66 out past free standing houses in The-Middle-of-Nowhere, Nevada, called Rosie’s. If you’re driving at night, you barely even notice the big acrylic sign bearing a red rose in bloom along with the name of the...
July 30, 2019
INSIDE OF A DOG
a feature by Kate Dowling
Sickness & Health
I’m having a bit of a poorly year. Things started with a poorly winter. I had a cold a month from December to April, and a terrible flu that meant for a hazy 24 hours my husband woke me to take my temperature an...
July 27, 2019
"INSATIABLE" BY KILEY LEE
ISSUE FIVE: HUNGER
Letter from the Editor
A woman gnaws away at herself, each anxious bite at her lip or inner cheek diminishing her.
Mile-a-minute devours a city, leaving people fumbling to figure out the new plant-based ecosystem.
A chef steals...
July 27, 2019
The world tastes of metal
Evan James Sheldon
The group of children scrambled and jumped and played their way through the orchard, occasionally lounging in the shade or hitting tree trunks with fallen branches. The orchard hummed gently—a deep buzz thrummed above...
July 27, 2019
Cover art: "Insatiable" by Kiley Lee
ISSUE FIVE: HUNGER
Main Editor: Charlie Allison
Meat-Hook Hungers - Alison Gerhard
the food I eat in secret - Rebecca Kokitus
paired w/
"Dinner with Diderot" - Elle Danbury
July 27, 2019
When Shadow-Beasts Stalk
Malina Douglas
"Quick, get in—"
He slams the door behind me.
"Why?" I saw nothing
in the twist of brush;
the rain-dark, spindly branches.
"Creatures," he mutters,
stirring to life the embers.
I squint and frown
but see only black
through the frosted and...