Rivet 7: Love, loss, and a little redemption Fall into the flesh and risk everything for a dream. In this issue, you’ll find utterly original fiction and poetry penned by award-winning and emerging authors from the U.S. and abroad. These works ask: Where does faith reside? How does love survive? And: Is there an equation in…
Dog With Ulna Charles Springer Left the house looking for the dog down the street the beat cop waved his gun a little red girl hiding inside her poodle skirt with windup tail needling a compass stopped on east and stepped on toes, head west young pup found in ice atop mount cannibal. ©…
fleshy & feral Tomas Moniz tonguelashed & licked home is never farther than your mouth that whispering rebel god eschewing commandments smiting no one no thing knowing faith resides fleshy & feral on the tip of tongue …
Fizzy Star Box Lorraine Schein I kept my star In a fizzy star box So it wouldn’t shoot off And disappear. Mother astronomy, take me beyond Beyond. Like the children running the magic shop, We live in the occult, not always knowing how The trick is done. Nice storm, thanks for the reminder Of lightning….
(The One I Will Not Name) Goes to the Doctor Aleph Altman-Mills He put his stethoscope to her chest and heard the sound of nails being filed. He looked in her ears and saw smoke stains. He looked in her eyes and saw bear traps. He told her to say “Ahhh…” It came out “Uggg…”…
