Issue Thirteen Written

  • Making feet for baby shoes – Jareth Armstrong

    [vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Making feet for baby shoes [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Jareth Armstrong [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9575″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]stalking along the carpet            sullied socks abound                        the sounds of the grunters                                 gnashing… Read more.

  • Autumn’s Symphony – R.S.

    [vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Autumn’s Symphony [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] R.S. [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9491″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]As golden tresses feather through  And gently with the wind they swerve,  They kiss the earth as… Read more.

  • The High Priestess – Beth Davis

    [vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] The High Priestess [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Beth Davis [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9995″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]May I be the woman encased in blue satin for years to come; adorned in… Read more.

  • Until You Are Warm and Dead – Mitchell Gant

    [vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Until You Are Warm and Dead [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Mitchell Gant [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9652″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]The universally fatal core temperature for the human body is unknown.  In… Read more.

  • Old Gods – Connie Griffin

    [vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Old Gods [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Connie Griffin [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9552″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]When my father would drink—after he’d had his first two but before he got too far—he’d… Read more.

  • The Weather Man – Kacy Toombs

    [vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Weather Man [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Kacy Toombs [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9615″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]I know some people at this party. Aunty Leslie is over by Mum, arm around… Read more.

  • Dussek vs. Caligari – Kyrah Honner

    [vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Dussek vs. Caligari [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Kyrah Honner [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9520″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]I pressed the last key, the final note resounding for only a moment before it… Read more.

  • Matthew 7:15 – Cyndra Galea

    [vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Matthew 7:15 [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Cyndra Galea [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9523″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]I am a pretty man with whiskey  brown eyes; my skin, warm, tan,  the universe haloes… Read more.

  • My Love, Artemis – Andrew Kenny

    [vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] My Love, Artemis [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Andrew Kenny [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9534″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]The first I ever saw of you was the light’s reflection on the cold wet… Read more.

  • AGORAPHOBIA – Cyndra Galea

    [vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] AGORAPHOBIA [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Cyndra Galea [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9461″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]My hands were shaking, my pants long forgotten on my bedroom floor. The bright laptop screen stung… Read more.

  • Catfishing a Real Friendship – Jas Saunders

    [vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Catfishing a Real Friendship [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Jas Saunders [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9602″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]My first friendship heartbreak was on Moshi Monsters.  Because that’s what those online chatroom… Read more.

  • Sown – Euri Glenn

    [vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Sown [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Euri Glenn [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9449″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Once I read  of a path of  red. A woman,  ​​​she danced on fire’s edge  and with… Read more.

  • Same old song – Jareth Armstrong

    [vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Same old song [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Jareth Armstrong [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9636″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]such a foggy salad  oblivious, I wanna love you  you’re pure stuff, deserving to stand… Read more.

  • April – Shamik Banerjee

    [vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] April [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Shamik Banerjee [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9486″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Before a full breath’s done, the Stock Dove flies,  From the fork of a tree,  And in… Read more.

  • Alike – Chloe Satine

    [vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Alike [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Chloe Satine [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9533″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]If you kill most of your plants, I think we’re quite alike.  I’ve never finished a journal… Read more.

  • i want to be one of the sourdough people – Ella Pringle

    [vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] i want to be one of the sourdough people [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Ella Pringle [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9907″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]i want to live in an affluent suburb, accustomed… Read more.

  • Bug – Samuel Maguire

    [vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Bug [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Samuel Maguire [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9591″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]The late night Ipswich line stank of sugar and booze. After a ten and a half hour… Read more.

  • Climax – Ella Pringle

    [vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Climax [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Ella Pringle [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9906″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]I’ve never personally climbed anyone called Max, but I’ve climbed others to disappointing peaks of intellectual vigour… Read more.

  • Tyrannosaurus Sex – Rory Hawkins

    [vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Tyrannosaurus Sex [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Rory Hawkins [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9608″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Feels like 65 million years roaming  this grimy restroom and Jez  still can’t hatch a line.… Read more.

  • Dogstep – Brock Scholte

    [vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Dogstep [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Brock Scholte [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9556″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]A man walked into a bar, but he couldn’t remember why.  He stepped on a dingy floorboard,… Read more.

  • Ganking the Rust Lord – Ella Witney

    [vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Ganking the Rust Lord [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Ella Witney [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9509″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]I want you to hold me the way you hold your controller  hips in… Read more.

  • On death – Jareth Armstrong

    [vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] On death [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Jareth Armstrong [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9622″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]It sits in a funny way  Like the way my room does  When, for some reason,… Read more.

  • Dear Alice – Jack Biggs

    [vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Dear Alice [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Jack Biggs [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9642″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Dear Alice,  Before you berate me, I have no idea why I left the rope by… Read more.

  • nosebleed season – Tara Robinson

    [vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] nosebleed season [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Tara Robinson [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9565″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]the days are getting shorter, and   my dreams are sullied with heavy forewarning   of the violence… Read more.

  • The Sun is Screaming – Breeh Botsford

    [vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Sun is Screaming [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Breeh Botsford [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9598″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Did you know that the Sun is screaming?   Well, not exactly screaming. It’s not… Read more.

  • Two Lotuses – Beth Davis

    [vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Two Lotuses [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Beth Davis [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9502″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] ​​​Today I saw two lotuses that reminded me of us. I​​ smiled, unmaimed. I ​​felt… Read more.

  • Demurrer – Euri Glenn

    [vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Demurrer [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Euri Glenn [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9453″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Eyes behind my eyes.  Oh, how freeing would it be  to act on​​ instinct. I chase after … Read more.

  • Paradoxes Don’t Live Long – Euri Glenn

    [vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Paradoxes Don’t Live Long [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Euri Glenn [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9466″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]2021  ​​​I began writing when I was eleven, but only started writing lyrics when… Read more.

  • From the Heart – Jamie Stevens

    [vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] From the Hearts [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Jamie Stevens [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9628″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]‘Good morning, Alphie, how did you sleep last night?’  Subject Alpha did not respond. It… Read more.

  • Sand Angels – Hannah Vesey

    [vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Sand Angels [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Hannah Vesey [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9650″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]The party starts in 50 minutes, which means that I have 20 minutes to decide if… Read more.

  • Destiny’s Flush – Melanie Hutchinson

    [vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Destiny’s Flush [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Melanie Hutchinson [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9576″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]​​​Sylvia kicked the bucket​​ sitting on the outdoor lavatory. It was a Monday, just like any… Read more.

  • Every Day I Thank My Engineers I’m Not Human – Duncan Butcher

    [vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Every Day I Thank My Engineers I’m Not Human [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Duncan Butcher [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9587″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Netos was an ecological marvel. For decades to come… Read more.