Welcome to Barnstorm.

We are a literary journal.
We publish written and visual artwork that is playful, takes risks, and harnesses energy.

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Volume 16 Issue 6

Featuring writing by:

Rebecca Macijeski, Iliana Demas, Marina Hansen, and Rebekah Rowe

and visual art by:

Katie Hughbanks, Brett Stout, and Jim Ross

“the body, this old suitcase,

touch magnet, lazy bones, soft bleeder,

bruised apple”


— Rebecca Macijeski, “After”
Volume 16, Issue 6

Featured artwork: “A Child of Cast Iron and Rust” by Brett Stout

“ligament that sabotages itself when the body is pushed to its limits. How are my limits different from my body’s?”

— Iliana Demas, “Hypermobility”
Volume 16, Issue 6

Featured artwork: “Aqua Life” by Katie Hughbanks

“I saw the problem immediately. There were dead bees in the sand right where I wanted to walk. They blended in, so it took effort to spot them. I could keep my eyes trained downward to avoid them, but that would mean I couldn't look up at my surroundings or let my thoughts wander. Dead bees still had stingers. That year I had been stung by a bee twice, and both times flailed awake in the middle of the night for two weeks, manically itching my bee stings that swelled to the size of kumquats. No way was I going to risk that happening on the bottom of my foot.“

— Marina Hansen, “Beeline”
Volume 16, Issue 6

Featured artwork: “Evening Train” by Jim Ross

“The boys should be home and Shannon should be happy. Life was a litany of should.”

— Rebekah Rowe, “King of the Dirt Hill”
Volume 16, Issue 6