Snow White by Katie Pagano
The huntsman’s clothes soaked through, pocket breast full of artery and aorta valveleaves a toubling stain like the jealous rage of a queen who won’t let it go the wayshe, the thousand times more fair, lets her last breath go, alone in fox-infested forest—done with the in and struggle out,…
Letter from the Editor
Dear Readers, Holy cow! It’s been, as of the moment Issue 7 released, one year since our very first issue! This last year has been a wild ride to be sure. There were ups and downs, stressful moments that almost resulted in some intense hair pulling, and more than a…
Snow White by Christina Ciufo
Brightened black eyes, glimmering like black crystals twinkling in the water’s rippleswithin the stone well in the Queen’s garden. Each ripple reflectsher faire beautyand naïve nature. Raven silken hair, combed with a silver encrusted brush, still on her burrow, underneath an oval mirror covered in fog. Her pale complexion, like pure snow,covering the oak trees and forest in…
Low Hanging Fruit by Aviva Treger
Long ago, in the woods by the glen, a dead body was found. In a yew tree hollow, a girl was unearthed; had kids not glimpsed her hair whilst goblin hunting, she might have sunk, embedded in deadwood. She wore a crown of nightshade flowers and in her hands dark…
This Shattered Sky by Evan James Sheldon
A boy lived with his father and mother in the woods far from the city. There was a lake nearby, deep and clear, and when it was cloudy the lake shown silver like slick, wet metal. The boy and his father would play by the lake then, throwing sticks and…
Overslept by Judith Kingston
The world had changed. It was full of roaring noise.The sky was greyand her lungs achedwith the effort of drawing breath. Reluctantly her lashes liftedto reveal the hungry eyesof the man –dripping, dishevelled,strange-looking clothesaround his feet– who had woken her. Covertly he had crept closerto her limp bodyput a hand…
The Wolf by Chloe Gorman
The night I died, the cold permeated everything. The kind of cold that got into your bones. My fur had thinned so much that I feared hypothermia may kill me, but that wasn’t how my story would end. It was unusually dark at the edge of the forest. I could barely…
A Dragon’s Tale by Bruce Louis Dodson
Oh settle your tails and lift up your flagons We’ll start a good fire and sing of great dragons Of Rusty knight’s armor and fights in the forest Adventures forgotten recalled by our chorus. How few still remember the Knight of TrafulgaThe time he attacked the green dragoness, Olga.She…
The Wedding March by Elizabeth Chatsworth
Albion Star System: CE 3048The Planet Britannia Cathedral Zee’s silver ankle bells jingled with every step, light and lively after her prison chains. She kicked out her toes, talons retracted, careful not to shred her snowy bridal robe. Her merry tune played off-beat to the guards’ slow, booted march. Thud,…
Cinderella Reflects on her Gateway by December Lace
I don’t want to spend the rest of my life running down steep palace steps with a swollen ankle bound in glass and a shoeless foot, throbbing vagina, my evening interrupted by strokes of a clock whose noise tears the world in two // No, I’m devastated to be running away from…
Take Us On A Journey To Somewhen
