BloomlandAuthor: John EnglehardtDzanc Books, 2019ISBN: 978-1-945814-93-8$26.95 A Bloomland of Fabulist Realism: On John Englehardt’s BloomlandReview by Carling RamsdellJohn Englehardt’s debut novel, Bloomland, is about immediate trauma—a school shooting, a...
Issue 20 / Winter 2020 They call me “beautiful.” They call me “darling” and “sweet mama” and “cocksucker.” They call me “hey faggot.” They all call me “baby.” They call me “redbone, what’s your name?” They call me “wanna put those big lips on this fat dick?”...
Issue 20 / Winter 2020 Magic Man and I walked hand in hand down the worn wood pathway, looking for the perfect musical snow globe. The ocean rose in the distance, caressing the hot sand. His thumb rubbed circles on my knuckles. Families flew bright kites on the...
Issue 20 / Winter 2020 Remember the hydra: if you cut off one of the hydra’s heads, several more will grow to replace it. Difficulties have a habit of multiplying exponentially. An unholy tryst in the trees and four heads emerged. * The four...
Issue 20 / Winter 2020 This is what I know. August: He tells the nurse who lives next door that the strange gash above and behind his right ear is from falling in the night. Disoriented and tangled in the sheets, he hit his head on a piece of furniture. But he...
