Ilina Gjurovska
have you ever wondered
whose job it is
to determine the distance
between street lights?
have you ever wondered
how much darkness
is ok?
ILINA GJUROVSKA is a 22-year-old Australian university student, currently based in Tübingen, Germany. Her work has previously been published in The Ibis Head Review and she hopes to continue to connect with people all around the world through her writing. Love will make the world a better place. She posts more of her poetry and short stories on https://pensandparcels.weebly.com/about.html.
We will be launching a new issue in January, but in the meantime, please enjoy our nominations for this year’s Pushcart Prize:
Gavin Broom, “The First Week in July”
Calvin Celebuski, “A Legend Is Born”
Daniel Galef, “The Lady of the House”
Frances Klein, “Socrates the Frog”
We are thrilled to put these fantastic stories and poems up for consideration, and also to have had the opportunity to share them with you. All of the pieces are quite short, which makes them perfect for reading aloud to a weirdo you love.
Merry happy, everybody. Here’s hoping the new year brings many strange and wonderful things your way.
Mr. Punkincheeks, Devourer of Souls (and Snickers)
Welcome to issue One Hundred Two. The pieces in these pages share a contemplative tone, reflecting on the past, evaluating the present, and speculating on what is yet to come. Gavin Broom returns with a lovely and subtle seaside story, and C. M. Donahue imagines a lunar adventurer’s final moments in free verse. Heather Santo‘s flash fiction explains how science and art collaborate in the realm of the beyond. Askold Skalsky‘s sonnet explores the distance between desire and reality, and Emily Williamson‘s blank verse poem turns a landfill into a time machine. And if it’s straight-up horror you’re looking for, Predra6 has you covered with this month’s cover art.
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