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©2018 Barren Magazine. An Alt.Lit Introspective.

©2018 Barren Magazine.
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To Burn Like Late Summer Fire


Issue No.1

Editor's Picks

After D

Jody Collins

perhaps the sea

Chris Wheeler

Growing Up Polack

John Guzlowski

White Knives, Blue Tears, & Red Whips

Shirley Jones-Luke

Arsonist With Unlit Match

Matt Fiander

Marigold

Katie Karnehm-Esh

Fiction

Chinese Bleeding on a Friday

Peter Ngila

Comfort, Dogs

Matt Fiander

Tristia

Nathaniel Lee Hansen

Road Trip

Paul Beckman

Fantastic Fabrics

A.E. Weisgerber

Hilltop Chats

Samuel V. Mariano

Poetry

Ghosts

Susan Mulder

Owl-and-Wolf-Infested Lands

Jack B. Bedell

Ghosts of Birds

Jack B. Bedell

Urban Boys & the Blues

Shirley Jones-Luke

the silence is very clear

Darren C. Demaree

there is a small song

Darren C. Demaree

what you want is

Darren C. Demaree

Bird Study

Kimberly Dawn Stuart

Still, a Twist of Pale Limbs

Marley Stuart

A Haunting, Spring

Marley Stuart

All Too Familiar

Marley Stuart

Remember That You Are Dust

Cyndie Randall

Lemon

Lisa Weber

Tree of Temptation

Ceinwen Haydon

from ‘Atlas’ (excerpt one)

Glenn Bach

from ‘Atlas’ (excerpt two)

Glenn Bach

On US-41

Mary Harwell Sayler

Alms

Mary Harwell Sayler

no fresh air

Matthew Yates

A Loud Message

Hannah Calkin

Underground

Daniel Cowper

Walking

Daniel Cowper

Cinematheque

Daniel Cowper

Loving June

Motunrayo Adeneye

My Grandma Told Me Once

Stephen Briseño

Drinking Coffee on a Friday Evening

Stephen Briseño

Remembrance

Antony King

Why Poetry Is Not A Hobby

Kelly Belmonte

Ex-Stasis

Kelly Belmonte

Ode to the Fabric of the Cosmos

Marcus Goodyear

a red house in the trees

Andrew Lafleche

the silence

Andrew Lafleche

The Man Who Could Work Miracles

Ace Boggess

Where Do People Draw the Line in Hurting Others in Pursuit of Their Own Happiness

Ace Boggess

Those Who Chose Death

Julie Dibble

Break Forth

A.M. Pine

Valley of Bones

Caroline Bardwell

brwn frnd

Ikem Ukeka

blue

Ikem Ukeka

the Point

Ikem Ukeka

At the Threshold of Carnal Anxiety

Z.M. Wise

Between Dreaming

Ray Ball

Shots Found by Kristine Esser-Slentz

Subject Line – Usage Notification by Kristine Esser-Slentz

Essays

To Lie With Silence

Jamie A. Hughes

Memorial Day

Jack Rossiter-Munley

Coyote Road and Inner and Outer Geographies

Brian Michael Barbeito

De Consolatione ad Kamil: On Death

Kamil Ahsan

Marigold

Katie Karnehm-Esh

Growing Up Polack

John Guzlowski

Photography

Caroline Bardwell

Angie Hedman

Thank you for reading.