"A Season with the Geese"

The Best of Abyss & Apex, Volume One $16 from Amazon "A Season with the Geese" by Rachel Swirsky Once when we were young, we flew to Europe with the geese.

"My Apologies"

Talking Back: Epistolary Fantasies $12 from Amazon "My Apologies" by Rachel Swirsky There can be no light without shadow no silence without noise no sweet in the absence of bitter. We are here to make beauty.

"Remembering the World"

Electric Velocipede 15/16 $12 from Nightshade Books "Remembering the World" by Rachel Swirsky (For now, the world flat and finite like his mind. The ocean's crisp boundaries spill over four corners like memory, disappearing.)

"Dear Melody"

Sybil's Garage #4 $2 for PDF from Senses Five Press "Dear Melody" by Rachel Swirsky When we floated together in our mother's womb, I consumed you as one scared thing will do to another in this lonely world.

"Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam"

Kaleidotrope #5 $4 from Kaleidotrope "Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam" by Rachel Swirsky The peasants whose huts you burned died, huddling naked in the snow

"The Moth Explains"

Kaleidotrope #3 $4 from Kaleidotrope "The Moth Explains" by Rachel Swirsky Halt your accusations. This is no base desire. In the name of scholarship I have to go.

"How to Be a Bunny"

Kaleidotrope #2 $4 from Kaleidotrope "How to Be a Bunny" by Rachel Swirsky The sheen of your coat is important. Keep your fur straight and silky. Make them want to stroke you.

"Pro-Life Patter"

Diet Soap #2 $7 for print, .50 for download "Pro-Life Patter" by Rachel Swirsky what if he's the next Mozart if he cures cancer could end racism

Header illustrations by Sam Weber (left and right) and Fantasio (center).