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 17: The February Issue

Featuring writing by: Itto Outini, Ayla Gard, and Charlotte Ungar

And art by: Nasta Martyn, Jamie Harrison, Tamzih Ponni VP, and Andrew Carlisle

Read Vol. 17 Here

Featured artwork: “I See Things In The Dark (They See Me Too)” by Jamie Harrison

“If I could tell my younger self one thing, it would not be to take a different road, or even to turn back sooner. It would be to waste less time on shame.”

—Itto Outini, “Second-Hand Cheese”

Volume 17, Issue 4

Featured artwork: “Cha!” by Tamzih Ponni VP

“You never want your doctor to think you are normal, especially not if your doctor’s naked body has spent so many nights curled around yours like a question mark.”

—Ayla Gard, “Canarino”

Volume 17, Issue 4

Featured artwork: “Blue Dream” by Nasta Martyn

“we’d jump into a pool of mosaic glass

our hair sleeked

wild as film sluiced from a reel”

—Charlotte Ungar, “Lesson in Buoyancy”

Volume 17, Issue 4