Fiction
“Love Drugs” by Nathan Elias
02 November 2018 on FictionGray would take the pill and stop loving his wife forever. Down the hatch, sleep it off, and wake up without the same fervent, relentless, crippling heartache. That was the brand...
Storystorm
Writing from Autumn: Contrast and Transformation Or, Yellow Leaf, Blue Sky
02 November 2018 on StorystormWhile running the Sweet Trail through Longmarsh, I watched a yellow leaf tumble from sky to still, blue pond. I stopped, let myself linger there, with fingers balled for warmth...
Poetry
“The Lake, the House, the Bus” by Laurinda Lind
26 October 2018 on Blog, PoetryWater no, spirit no, water in dreams, water like Lake Ontario, water like mud always spraying stones— a dream about us. In the house, lake under us, big house made...
Storystorm
Small & Large
26 October 2018 on Blog, Nonfiction, StorystormI like Small. Always have. Not because of my height, which is average. Not because of my scope, which, I like to think, is Large. But because Small, in terms...
Nonfiction
“Good Neighbors” by Theresa Starkey
12 October 2018 on Blog, NonfictionMy mother and I lived in a tiny wood panel house shaped like a squat box. We had five sets of neighbors. The family to the left of us had...
Poetry
The Writer’s Hot Seat: Ada Limón
12 October 2018 on Blog, PoetryAda Limón, winner of the Pearl Poetry Prize in 2006 and finalist for the National Book Award in 2015, has come out with her new collection The Carrying, this past August....
Poetry
“Revenant” by Forrest Rapier
05 October 2018 on Poetrynight before last together we made azalea-shape bite-mark ornaments on our weak thighs yesterday lacewing flies hummed shaky songs across the buzzing micro kitchen countertop scatter my cup...
Storystorm
Why We Love Our Favorite Short Stories
05 October 2018 on Blog, Fiction, StorystormI’ll never forget the first time I read “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. My tenth-grade English teacher passed around a Tupperware container filled with folded squares of loose leaf—one piece...
Fiction
“No Fireworks Tonight” by Annie Schoonover
28 September 2018 on FictionOnce, in a fit of rage, Megan Kennedy cut off all of her daughter’s hair. They had less than an hour before they had to leave for Carrie Mullen’s birthday...
Storystorm
Writing by Hand
28 September 2018 on Blog, StorystormThere’s something so formal about Word document screens, with their clean, white pages and perfectly straight blinking cursors. They make me feel what I’m about to write must also be...
Poetry
“Post Card to a White Dwarf” by Jose del Valle
21 September 2018 on PoetryThe sun sparkles on the bay. Race day. Sailboats the color of ecological catastrophe jostle at the start. A vendor sells a local clam & children shout much louder than...
Blog
From the Editor
21 September 2018 on BlogDear Readers, Welcome! If you’re new to our literary journal, we encourage you to check out all that Barnstorm has to offer. If you’re a familiar face, we’re glad to...
