"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant."
- Anne Bradstreet
- Anne Bradstreet
CELEBRATING 5 YEARS AS A LITERARY JOURNAL & TEN YEARS AS A SMALL PRESS
SEND US THE YUMMY STUFF, THE BEAUTIFUL AND SMART
AND MAYBE-A-LITTLE-SASSY STUFF
SEND US THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL
SEND US THE YUMMY STUFF, THE BEAUTIFUL AND SMART
AND MAYBE-A-LITTLE-SASSY STUFF
SEND US THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL
FEBRUARY
NONFICTION & PROSE POETRY
WORD OF THE DAY
THOMAS COOK
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I grow fonder of beasts, especially worn ones, along this windy trip.
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SEEING
TINA MITCHELL
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In 2006, I traveled with my partner Iván to Natural History Museum, London to behold one of the few giant squid specimens open to the public. I wanted to study the specimen for my dissertation, a collection of literary essays about sea creatures. During the flight from Spokane, Washington, I read Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and slipped into Dillard’s plunging current. If she simply wrote about exploring Tinker Creek, I might’ve kept my head above water, but she dives deep into the nature of nature.
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TINA MITCHELL
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In 2006, I traveled with my partner Iván to Natural History Museum, London to behold one of the few giant squid specimens open to the public. I wanted to study the specimen for my dissertation, a collection of literary essays about sea creatures. During the flight from Spokane, Washington, I read Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and slipped into Dillard’s plunging current. If she simply wrote about exploring Tinker Creek, I might’ve kept my head above water, but she dives deep into the nature of nature.
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THE DITHYRAMB
GRACE YANNOTTA
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Viva la Vida reminds me of you. Alright, alright. A glimpse of a shrew at a karaoke bar and her white peasant skirt. The souvenirs of men with mustaches and women with hair cut short around the neck, dyed honey blonde to look natural.
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GRACE YANNOTTA
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Viva la Vida reminds me of you. Alright, alright. A glimpse of a shrew at a karaoke bar and her white peasant skirt. The souvenirs of men with mustaches and women with hair cut short around the neck, dyed honey blonde to look natural.
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FEBRUARY
FICTION
(LITERARY FICTION)
THE JOURNEY SOUTH OF SNOW
DAVID S. OSGOOD
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Martin danced around an exhausted bonfire. Gatherers were passed out in the meadow or finishing cigarettes before tasting filter. The craft keg was long gone, now used as a stool to hang ribbons from a slouching tree.
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(WOODS FICTION)
GRIZZLY
MICHAEL FERRY
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“It’s a grizzly. It must be a grizzly. Please don’t be a grizzly.” Thoughts fired in quick succession through James’s mind. Two hours earlier he started for a run just outside the boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park
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FEBRUARY HIGHLIGHTED CONTRIBUTORS:
An editor and publisher of Tammy since 2009, Thomas Cook has published several chapbooks of poetry and prose. His work has appeared in Bennington Review, Chicago Quarterly Review, Cincinnati Review, New Orleans Review, and Quarterly West among others. He lives in Los Angeles.
Michael Ferry's goal as a writer is to create a piece so moving, meaningful, and memorable that someone will want to read it more than once. He lives in Salt Lake City, UT with his wife and three young children. They love spending time in the mountains, reading books, and inventing new games to play.
Tina Mitchell is coeditor of Kept Secret: The Half-Truth in Nonfiction (Michigan State University Press 2017) and cofounder and editor of The Turnip Truck(s). Her work has appeared in Whale Road Review and elsewhere.
David S. Osgood is a short story writer. He resides in Holly Springs, North Carolina, where rural and suburban collide among crepe myrtles. David has a Bachelor's degree in Creative Writing from the University of Southern California and a Master's from Babson College. This is his second publication.
Grace Yannotta is currently in her senior year of high school in North Carolina. She's an aspiring author and an aspiring historian and an aspiring a lot of things. She has work published or forthcoming in Dream Noir, Angry Old Man, Zin Daily, and Anti-Heroin Chic among others, as well as an upcoming astrology column in Dark Wood Magazine.
Tina Mitchell is coeditor of Kept Secret: The Half-Truth in Nonfiction (Michigan State University Press 2017) and cofounder and editor of The Turnip Truck(s). Her work has appeared in Whale Road Review and elsewhere. tinamitchell.info.
