Arsenika

a magazine of speculative flash fiction and poetry

Issue 8Spring 2021

Detention by Shay Fan
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  1. Detention” by Shay Fan
  2. What the Humans Call Heartache” by Jiksun Cheung (967 words)
  3. The Early Teleporter: A Successful Use” by Kimberly BMW Wade (40 lines)
  4. Princess” by P. H. Low (40 lines)
  5. To Seek a Fairy Sovereign [Diptych]” by Xuan Nguyen (927 words)
  6. On the Getting of Husbands and the Spawning of Children” by Sophie Sparrow (967 words)
  7. Thank You by S. Qiouyi Lu (256 words)

Issue 7Fall 2020

Medusa by Carly A-F
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  1. Medusa” by Carly A-F
  2. Olam Ha-Ba (4th Movement of the World to Come in B Flat” by David-Christopher Harris Galhea (1,000 words)
  3. Bee poem” by Margarita Kos (43 lines)
  4. He Tears His Hair and Asks Me What I Want” by Clarice Hare (55 lines)
  5. a siren whispered in my ear one night” by Ashley Bao (39 lines)
  6. Lover, You are the Vampire” by Martina Litty (29 lines)
  7. This Is Your Life Now” by Lev Mirov (994 words)

Issue 6Spring 2020

The Toadman's Ritual by Abi Stevens
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  1. The Toadman’s Ritual” by Abi Stevens
  2. We Are the Bees” by Andrew Kozma (988 words)
  3. Bank of Emergency” by Na Zhong (23 lines)
  4. Elegy from the Blue” by Wale Ayinla (26 lines)
  5. Dear Monster Huntress” by Avra Margariti (10 lines)
  6. if Saturn” by Tamara Jerée (27 lines)
  7. What You Lost in the Wildermere” by R. J. Howell (750 words)
  8. The Antidote

Issue 5Winter 2020

where is the fish by Ewa Kielska
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  1. where is the fish” by Ewa Kielska
  2. Secrets / / Reflections” by Kat Riddell (28 lines)
  3. Galaxyfire” by Josh Pearce (19 lines)
  4. The Story of Cyclops” by Zella Christensen (26 lines)
  5. Electra” by Y.M. Pang (27 lines)
  6. Black Summer” by Cassandra Rose Clarke (38 lines)
  7. You Are Here” by Davian Aw (48 lines)
  8. Manifest Destiny” by Mack W. Mani (66 lines)
  9. despair” by Mark A. Fisher (14 lines)
  10. The Antidote

Issue 4Fall 2019

Ghost Love Story by Rhiannon R-S
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  1. Ghost Love Story” by Rhiannon R-S
  2. Call to Action In Translation” by Lynne Sargent (17 lines)
  3. If Sappho Met Persephone” by Laura Mayron (16 lines)
  4. Sparrow’s Medication Guide” by Jordan E. McNeil (196 words)
  5. The Last Girl” by Karen Steiger (72 lines)
  6. Pledge Week” by Alexandra Seidel (37 lines)
  7. Phantom” by Aigner Loren Wilson (49 lines)
  8. It feels good to love her” by Anastasia Jill (11 lines)
  9. The Antidote

Issue 3Spring 2018

Pulse by Aspen Eyes
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  1. Pulse” by Aspen Eyes
  2. Mother?” by Cynthia So (1,004 words)
  3. Past Far Gone” by Toby MacNutt (97 lines)
  4. The Stories of Your Name” by J. M. Melican (578 words)
  5. Leda’s Womb” by Alix Bosley (20 lines)
  6. Jiak liu lian” by Yap Xiong (974 words)
  7. The Antidote

Issue 2Summer 2017

Cotton Candy Mermaid by Serena Henderson
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  1. Poison-Pen Letters by S. Qiouyi Lu (239 words)
  2. Cotton Candy Mermaid” by Serena Henderson
  3. The Scarecrows’ Daughter” by Hamilton Perez (995 words)
  4. Only the Trees” by Marina Berlin (79 lines)
  5. two am” by Kiara E. Bell (28 lines)
  6. Homebrew Wine Recipes for Favourable Effects, from the Regrettable Life of Mrs Poulman” by Matt Dovey (997 words)
  7. The Metaphysics of a Wine, in Theory and Practice” by Brandon O’Brien (94 lines)
  8. Sealskinned, Crowned” by Hester J. Rook (38 lines)
  9. The Antidote

Issue 1Spring 2017

Slow Day at the Flower Shop by Geneva B
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  1. Poison-Pen Letters by S. Qiouyi Lu (276 words)
  2. Slow Day at the Flower Shop” by Geneva B
  3. Reflected Across the Dark” by Laurel Amberdine (861 words)
  4. Mirror, Reflect Our Unknown Selves” by Tlotlo Tsamaase (65 lines)
  5. White Herons” by Lana Bella (14 lines)
  6. Praying to the God of Small Chances” by L Chan (961 words)
  7. the lagahoo speaks for itself” by Brandon O’Brien (24 lines)
  8. if ink could flow backward” by M. Darusha Wehm (30 lines)
  9. The Antidote

Issue 0Winter 2017

Zekiel by F. Lee
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  1. Poison-Pen Letters by S. Qiouyi Lu (307 words)
  2. Zekiel” by F. Lee
  3. Letter From an Artist to a Thousand Future Versions of Her Wife” by Neon Yang (1,152 words)
  4. The devil riding your back” by Nicasio Andres Reed (29 lines)
  5. Speaking Language” by Betsy Aoki (29 lines)
  6. Not an Ocean, But the Sea” by Nino Cipri (930 words)
  7. Jupiter of Jupiter” by Lora Gray (37 lines)
  8. White Bread Mother” by Kate Lechler (26 lines)
  9. The Antidote