Tag Issue 20 Winter 2022/23 5th Anniversary
From the Files of Burning Dad: Dangling Modifiers

I mean Michael Jackson was a pedophile, but we enjoyed his art, his unique, god-given talents, so we looked the...
May the 5 Be With You

the Thieving Magpie is now a feisty 5 years old!
Alice Kinerk – Bio

Alice Kinerk earned an MFA in English and then spent several years raising babies and not writing much. But now…
Alice Kinerk – Fiction

This was the Heather that Darien laid eyes on when he opened the door of the baling shed. She was...
Brent Short – Bio

Brent Short lives and works in Kansas City, Missouri. His poetry chapbook, The Properties of Light was published in 2015…
Brent Short – 3 Poems

Who could see
in the murk of those first pictures
with their subdued browns,
dismal flat farmhouses,
overcast skies,
what was to come
Smitha Vishwanath – Bio

Smitha Vishwanath is a blogger, artist, poet who moved to Bangladesh as an expatriate in October, 2022. These poems have…
Smitha Vishwanath – 3 Poems

I'm not an explorer
in search of a spark to ignite my soul
Nor am I an immigrant looking for another man's...
Fernanda Hong – Bio

Fernanda Hong was born in Costa Rica to Asian and Latino parents, and she has an MFA degree in Creative…
Fernanda Hong – Fiction

A most unfortunate event took place the day that Isabel decided to take her grandfather on a trip to Caldera,...