CATEGORIES:
-
By Kathryn Harry So, you’ve finished writing your newest short story. You’re wrapping up somelast-minute edits as you come to a crossroads: what, exactly, do you plan to do with your piece? You could keep it in your drafts, only to be seen by your eyes for the foreseeable future, or you could share it…Continue…
-
By: Nabeeha Mudassar The book you’re reading certainly does lend to a lot of tears and ache, doesn’t it? Your favourite character dying? Your endgame never getting together? Them dying without ever having gotten together? Don’t we all relate to that. Well, do I have a little treat for you. Here to fix the shattered…Continue…
-
By Sariya Camp Springtime calls to mind birdsong and flower fields, gentle sunshine and the flitting of dragonflies: the sights and sensations of the earth renewing itself. As we ease out of the colder months, we turn to the comfort of books that capture this spirit of new beginnings. Stories that celebrate the beauty of…Continue…
-
By Kathryn Harry, Content Writer Writing is often considered a uniquely sedentary practice. While it has the power to transport writers across worlds, many of us only do so from the confines of our homes. There is, of course, nothing wrong with this, however the monotonous nature of this setting could dampen one’s creative spirit…Continue…
-
Spring I learn to grow the flowers I keep. I flower the grief that splits me like birds practicing vaulted V’s in the air. Go into the water & fill your lungs – the flood of girlhood says, a river where memory has unraveled me. Song after liquid song – I should be the first…Continue…
-
After Green glow after stormSilence, smell of rain, moistureSoon to dissipate Loss I am lost to herTaken by the sea sirensNever wed widow Alisa is an aspiring writer of queer short fiction and poetry. Alisa’s work has appeared in an anthology by Tim Saunders Publications and a collaborative issue of The Minison Project and Moss Puppy Magazine. …Continue…
-
Red Red is loud. I hear it when I see it, in its rumbling cacophony as it Stands out in a crowd, Rolling off shoulders of confident signages, Dripping from brimming canisters of words outspoken I feel it when I see it. Viscous as it clings adamantly to those Who fearlessly painted themselves to show…Continue…
-
Alicia Turner holds an MA in English and is an English Instructor, poet, & storyteller. She believes that writing is welcoming yourself back home. You can find her jotting down confessional, conversational tidbits of every-day life somewhere in WV. Her work is featured or forthcoming in Four Lines (4lines), CTD’s ‘Pen-2-Paper’ project, Voicemail Poems, FreezeRay…Continue…
-
To My Cat Find my peace like you have found The hamster in the nook; I get it not on earthly ground Or in a holy book; While you or it, an obeyer To Nature’s charter be, But ‘Unrest’, the sovran preyer, For self joy it kills me. Morn Song The Bellflowers are dancing, The…Continue…
-
After weeks of work in preparation, the Expressionist is now live! We are accepting submissions for our very first issue! Please head to our submissions page to learn more about how to submit to the Expressionist.
The Expressionist Literary Magazine 