Thieving Magpie

From the Files of Burning Dad: Flicker & Flame

Old Flicker, New Flame It’s a cold grey morning. A workday. A school day. Burning diesel from the tailpipes of…

Lisa Segal is a poet/writer/artist and past contributor to the Thieving Magpie (Issues 1 and 3). She has lived in Los…

My shirt and jeans are off.
I’m undressing.
I’m closing this day down.

Los Angeles native Robert Adan Williams is a teacher, photographer, writer and world traveler. The photos featured here were part…

504 North Beverly Glen: where I spent seven of the happiest years of my life. When we moved there in...

the privateer at my door
salty gatekeeper guarding my treasure
with brass bones

In Poem #15, “Constantly Risking Absurdity” from A Coney Island of the Mind, the great San Francisco poet and publisher,…

The Sadhus along the Girivalam Road

Milton James earned his B.A. in English from U.C.L.A. and his MLIS from San Jose State. He has worked as…

I’m standing behind Billy Zoom on line at the Starbucks. Yeah, I admit it: I go to the Starbucks. I'm...