Insects and a Sprig of Rosemary, by Jan van Kessel the Elder

Clotlets

July 25, 2024




Further considerations

[poetry]

Glacier Kiss

By Tytti Heikkinen

Rime has settled on our wine fridge and the kitchen // island, making the quartz glacier shimmer in the // morning light.

[poetry]

Political Theatre

By Francis Dylan Waguespack

On the evening of Tuesday, March 18, 2025, the State of Louisiana, under the direct orders of Governor Jeff Landry, executed Jessie Hoffman, Jr., age 46.

[fiction]

Lock In

By Laura O'Meara

It’s not the gunshot that’s surprising. That’s just noise on top of other noise echoed by the cave-like walls of the bar. It’s the silence that follows. Shocking, complete silence. Then the screams that pour into it.

[poetry]

Haikus on Watching Love Island and Not Your Mom's Birds and the Bees

By Elizabeth Shanaz

A shaved-in side part // arrives with a new woman // who should not be there