Grief does not wait for Death
Dida does not know deathhas planted her spine in an egg carton that someone willforget on a windowsill until winter, […]
issue 18
Ask a Necromancer
A Fantastic Voyage Adam wants to know about “phases of decomp, assuming [a] cool/cold outdoor setting.” I love a good
The Watchers in the Stairwell
It is Sunday afternoon, and Silvia is watching her husband from the corner of her eye while she tries to
Burning Sassafras
My grandpa’s antique shelf clock sits on my mother’s fireplace mantel. It unnerved me as a child—the glass of its
Death Work
Shave your head every third sunset, and the eyebrows, as is proper; sharpen your beak every sixth; if its straps
I’m Gonna be a Country Girl Again
Summer has comein waves of pollenand exhaust heart-cut rhinestonesin the eyesof velvet fawnshidden in the shadeof wood geraniumand mandrake snapping