The Land of Cockaigne
after the painting by Pieter Bruegel The table is always set. We can eat our way through anything. Memory and desire silence the squeals of the slaughtered— never…
The Beggars
after the painting by Pieter Bruegel Travel is travail the shortest trek is turmoil Mother Earth holds us close so low there is nothing we don’t look up…
Salamander 2018 Fiction Contest Winners
Matthew Dougherty is the winner of the 2018 Salamander Fiction Contest with his story "Tokoloshe," and Heather De Bel is the second-place winner with her story "Listening to Birds." Of the…
Salamander Fiction Contest 2018 Results
Winner Matthew Dougherty, “Tokoloshe” Second Place Heather De Bel, “Listening to Birds” Finalists Kelle Groom, “A Beginners Guide to Hieroglyphs” Kate Lister Campbell, “Boiling Out” Bridgette Shade, “Lifespan of a…
The Lesson
Snakes in the tall grass, sprinklers ticking the first time he forced my head underwater. I counted seconds in the blue, planetary flecks on the concrete wall underwater.…
The Lesson
Snakes in the tall grass, sprinklers ticking the first time he forced my head underwater. I counted seconds in the blue, planetary flecks on the concrete wall underwater.…
Augur of Time
The will of the tine shall break the soil into lines of seed seeds small as beads of sweat to roll & neaten our broken soil to rise from…
Lucky Penny
All day, blue mustangs of clouds charge from west to east, unfinished bodies over us. Though they aren’t animals, we are, and see equine jawbones in the vapors,…
from Audiology
My brain can barely fathom him at all. After the usual kiss, he fades away. But when I wake him he wants me to stay so I do. He…
Asylum Lake
Off the path: the demolished hospital’s littered ravine. Single yellow bricks stamped: Standard Steel, West Branch. Broken plates, the bottom of a mug. Jars, jars, jars, like larvae emerging…