Author: Kristin Garth

Kristin Garth is a poet from Pensacola, Florida. Her sonnets and stories have appeared in Glass, Five:2:One, Cheap Pop, X-R-A-Y Lit, Rhythm & Bones Lit, TERSE. Journal, Isacoustic*, Mojave Heart Review, SWWIM Miami, Feminine Collective, A Restricted View From Under The Hedge, Barren Magazine, Dark Marrow, Rag Queen Periodical, Sidereal Magazine, Work To A Calm Zine, Fly On The Wall Poetry, Collective Unrest, Pulp
Poets Press, Tiny Flames Press, Bone & Ink Press, Wyrd & Wyse, Constellate Journal, Awkward Mermaid, The Ginger Collect, Pussy Magic, The Pangolin Review, Rabid Oak, Burning House Press, Rose Quartz Journal, Bone & Ink Press, Cauldron Anthology, Porridge Magazine, Luna Luna, Quail Bell Magazine, Neologism Poetry Journal, Speculative 66, The Blue Pages, Pink Litter, The Mystic Blue Review, Rise Up Review, Lonesome October Lit, Peculiars Magazine, Cabinet of Heed, Deracine Magazine, Tepid Autumn, Rising Phoenix Review, Rumblefish Press, Murmur Journal, Foxglove Journal, Water Soup Press, Here Comes Everyone: The Brutal Issue Spider Mirror Journal, The New Southern Fugitives, The Cerurove, Horny Poetry Review, Wanton Fuckery, Three Drops From A Cauldron, Ghost City Review, 8 Poems Journal, The Sophomore, Picaroon Poetry, Soft Cartel, Chantarelle's Notebook, Former Cactus, Drunk Monkeys, Midnight Lane Boutique, Infernal Ink, Horror Tree, Anti-Heroin Chic, Quail Bell Magazine , Mookychick, Infernal Ink, Occulum , Digging Through the Fat and No Other Tribute: Erotic Tales of Women in Submission (an anthology)

Animal Flowers by Juliet Cook

Your high power water hosedestroys all the flowers. I’m not a part of your gardenbut you hurl yourself in my face anyway. You say it’s everyone else’s faultfor choosing to ownour own bodies. You say we’re not allowed to choose anymore.You say we’re not allowed to abort your venom. You say a snapped animal cracker… Continue reading Animal Flowers by Juliet Cook

Wank by Dale Booton

I picture him bringing himself off    eyes glued to the lucid screen of men in their prime    heated bodies thrashing against the cold glare of the camera forced moans    inherent script    the rock-and-roll lullaby of fucking    I reckon he would time it    strum himself to the point of relief… Continue reading Wank by Dale Booton

An Interview with Olivia Loccisano author of “Fairy Blood”

KRISTIN GARTH: Since your poems reference a lot of the mythology of fairytales, I wanted to ask you first what your favorite fairytale is and why. OLIVIA LOCCISANO: I have many fairy tales that I love and resonate with, but my favourite has to be “The Steadfast Tin Soldier” by Hans Christian Andersen. It is… Continue reading An Interview with Olivia Loccisano author of “Fairy Blood”

STEPPING FURTHER INTO PERIL — a review of nudes by Jesse Hilson

NUDES. Elle Nash. Short Flight/Long Drive Books, 2020. 242 pages. The very first impression of Elle Nash’s collection of short stories Nudes is that it is a very slick, small paperback book of a higher quality than a lot of paperback books I’ve purchased lately from indie lit outfits. The authors photo in the back… Continue reading STEPPING FURTHER INTO PERIL — a review of nudes by Jesse Hilson

How Many Eventually Paid For Me?

I’m funding my way out of religious abuse with small town art modeling which does not produce enough cash.  When prompted, I choose the lewd, lucrative path in a southern hottown famous for white beaches, showgirlsecclesiastical wrath. This town is topless clubs, Pentecostal revivals; world tourists converged in Pensacola confess their urge for God or something less — like me,off… Continue reading How Many Eventually Paid For Me?