Issue 5 Archives - Arsenika

despair

Poetry•by Mark A. Fisher•Posted January 28, 2020•0 Comment(s)

face me Oxymandias / open your stone eyes / this world has changed

Galaxyfire

Poetry•by Josh Pearce•Posted January 28, 2020•0 Comment(s)

Pale hands beckon like open flame / foxfire on your lips / leads me deeper into your swamp / like…

The Story of Cyclops

Poetry•by Zella Christensen•Posted January 28, 2020•0 Comment(s)

1. cutting a pear / 2. the storm petrel does not land until it dies

Black Summer

Poetry•by Cassandra Rose Clarke•Posted January 28, 2020•0 Comment(s)

On the longest day of the year / we wait for nightfall, slouching on / your grandmother’s porch, pack /…

Manifest Destiny

Poetry•by Mack W. Mani•Posted January 28, 2020•0 Comment(s)

I am the place where / hooves join dirt / where fur and flesh / meet and cut apart

You Are Here

Poetry•by Davian Aw•Posted January 28, 2020•1 Comment(s)

in velvet grasp of eternal night / a building wrapped in strips of glass, light / slicing bravely through starless…

Electra

Poetry•by Y.M. Pang•Posted January 28, 2020•1 Comment(s)

I'm so glad / you killed her— / my doe-eyed sister / who could not read or dance or carry…

Secrets / / Reflections

Poetry•by Kat Riddell•Posted January 28, 2020•3 Comment(s)

I never understood the feeling in my stomach / When witches and monsters came / On the TV. For years…

where is the fish

Art•by Ewa Kielska•Posted January 28, 2020•0 Comment(s)

The Antidote

Extras•by S. Qiouyi Lu•Posted January 28, 2020

Arsenika would like to thank the following people for their support on Patreon. You make this magazine possible! ArsenikaAlexandra Erin…

S. Qiouyi Lu

S. Qiouyi Lu writes, translates, and edits between two coasts of the Pacific. Aer work has appeared in several award-winning venues. Ae edits the magazine Arsenika and runs microverses, a hub for tiny narratives. You can find out more about S. at aer website s.qiouyi.lu or on Twitter @sqiouyilu.

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