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Barren Magazine – Introspective Lit.
Issue 23
Deliverance

[Letter from the Editor]

Lowlights

[by Jason D. Ramsey]

[Contributors]
Shauna Friesen | Alison Linnell | Marina Hatsopoulos | Olivia Flaherty-Lovey | Megan Turner | Kelsie Bennett | Dan Keeble | Joseph Omoh Ndukwu | Aaron Sandberg | Justin Permenter | Melissa Eleftherion Carr | Kaylah Bozkurtian | Jackie Sabbagh | Maddie Downie | Mark Stroschein | Ashley Yount | Em Robidoux | Don J. Rath | Roberta Senechal de la Roche | Susan Grimm | Mario Aliberto III | Caroline Fleischauer

[Contents]
Poetry
Flash Fiction
Fiction
Flash Creative Nonfiction
Creative Nonfiction

POETRY

[Poetry]

Elegy for Chris

[by Melissa Eleftherion Carr]

[Poetry]

Museum of Natural History

[by Joseph Omoh Ndukwu]

[Poetry]

Petroglyph

[by Roberta Senechal de la Roche]

[Poetry]

Liminal

[by Maddie Downie]

[Poetry]

Auction of the Never-Sold

[by Aaron Sandberg]

[Poetry]

I Start Crying After the Dentist Puts Her Finger in My Mouth

[by Jackie Sabbagh]

[Poetry]

Hollowware Confessional

[by Kaylah Bozkurtian]

[Poetry]

Confession

[by Justin Permenter]

[Poetry]

Maladapted

[by Ashley Yount]

[Poetry]

Sonnet Manifesto or Dead Men’s Clothes

[by Susan Grimm]

[Poetry]

Lone Quail

[by Mark Stroschein]

[Poetry]

Parts of a Face

[by Em Robidoux]

FLASH FICTION

[Flash Fiction]

Kanle Kule

[by Caroline Fleischauer]

[Flash Fiction]

Marilyn

[by Don J. Rath]

[Flash Fiction]

The Swear Jar

[by Mario Aliberto III]

FICTION

[Fiction]

Blood in the Straw

[by Kelsie Bennett]

[Fiction]

Viktor’s Violin

[by Dan Keeble]

[Fiction]

The Intruder

[by Megan Turner]

FLASH CREATIVE NONFICTION

[Flash Creative Nonfiction]

Possessed Bodies

[by Mrityunjay Mohan]

[Flash Creative Nonfiction]

Tequila Splitfin

[by Melanie Unruh]

CREATIVE NONFICTION

[Creative Nonfiction]

The Bother of Watermelon Seeds

[by Marina Hatsopoulos]

[Creative Nonfiction]

Disconnection Notice

[by Alison Linnell]

[Creative Nonfiction]

St. Anthony’s Mistake

[by Olivia Flaherty-Lovey]

Cover photo by Melody Couch (RIP)

Issue 23 photography by Jason D. Ramsey

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