Only that nothing's exactly as it appears in a cornfield

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My poems "Homeric Hymn to Demophoon" and "Soli Invicto" are now online at Goblin Fruit. They should be more or less self-explanatory. Of their bramble and ballad compatriots, I particularly recommend Erik Amundsen's "Feather, Halo, Hook and Line," Shweta Narayan's "Triumph XII: Tapah," Joshua Gage's "Argot," Rose Lemberg's "Godfather Death," and Mike Allen's "Reynard the Revenant"; it's a good autumnal issue. I am very taken with the banner illustration, which reminds me of Aubrey Beardsley.

In addition to butter-pies, the sea, and sparkly goth kitties, my birthday also brought me Not One of Us #42, in which my poem "Phersu"—for Vanth—appears alongside Patricia Russo's "Palava," J.C. Runolfson's "The Ocean's Daughter Takes a Lover," Adrienne J. Odasso's "Queen of May," and Eugene Mirabelli's "Love in Another Language," to name a few. As soon as there is an appropriate link, I will post it. This issue's theme is communication: let the stories talk to you. You might be surprised what talks back.

It is brighter and cold outside. The maple's leaves are yellowing. Half this season is air, anyway.

Comments

and the banner illustration

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

do you mean the one with the mask--I love that too, and would love to see such masks created (would love to create them...)

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do you mean the one with the mask--I love that too, and would love to see such masks created (would love to create them...)

The one at the head of the issue that reads "Goblin Fruit," so I think yes. But your comment about masks reminds me that you should read Cynthia Voigt's Jackaroo (1985), if you have not already.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I did read it! Thanks to you--it was an excellent story, and I particularly liked how the main character's relationship with her brother changed (it wasn't the main point of the story, but it was important to me).