Bones in a Dress from Black Pearls by Bethany Saint-Smith

Bones in a Dress from Black Pearls by Bethany Saint-Smith

Art: Keeping the Sun by Lynne Buchannan BONES IN A DRESS I’m burnt with trickery in my bones Wrapping its blessed deceit in the blood of my home Bait and switch, the true tackle I thumb Comes resiliently patterned The dress I wear, undone There’s luminous wax building...
Slow & Steady by Bethany Saint-Smith & Rexach

Slow & Steady by Bethany Saint-Smith & Rexach

Art: Nikolas Karathanasis,  @nikolas_k_photography SLOW & STEADY About the author:  Bethany Saint-Smith comes to writing from a career in songwriting. The Supreme’s Susaye Greene has said, “Bethany has the instincts of an aged American blues singer. Though...
bisexual law of luminous f(l)ux by Anastasia Jill

bisexual law of luminous f(l)ux by Anastasia Jill

Art: Dropletts by Marie McCloskey   About the author:  Anastasia Jill (Anna Keeler) is a queer poet and fiction writer living in the southern United States. She is a current editor for the Smaeralit Anthology. Her work has been published or is upcoming with...
The Porter by Anthony Lombardi

The Porter by Anthony Lombardi

Art: The Road by Alex Duensing THE PORTER  Motherfucking cunt whore.  Not tonight.  Did I say that to myself or out loud?  Does it matter?  I’m alone during what I have come to call the Panic Hour: the purgatory that stretches from 3AM to 4AM.  On any given night, if...