'FIRE BURN & CAULDRON BUBBLE'
OCTOBER 2019
“Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.”
—William Shakespeare, Macbeth
“Only a madman believes what every child knows to be true: There are monsters that
lie in wait under our beds.”
—Rick Yancey, The Monstrumologist
SHORT FICTION
Amy Clarkin
Abby Simpson
Martin White
Tristan Drue Rogers
Riley Cross
Grace Arenas
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FLASH FICTION
Joaquin Fernandez
Mileva Anastasiadou
Lisa Lerma Weber
Jacqueline Bartle
Luis Felipe Hernández
(Translated by Toshiya Kamei)
Catherine Kleindienst
Alexa Hailey
Vera Armstead
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MEMOIR
Tracy Pitts
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POETRY
E. Samples
‘Making a Jack-O-Lantern’ & ‘Blood Stiletto’
Marc Alan Di Martino
‘Reason For The Season’ & ‘Bare Bulb, Bare Stage’
Paige Poe
‘How Do You Like Them Apples?’ & ‘Halloweentown.’
Courtenay S Gray
Catherine Zickgraf
December Lace
‘Hernysadharc’ & ‘Enfield, 1978’
Molly Eyre
Dave O’Leary
Melissa Tyndall
‘Spell To Bind Your Lover’ & ‘How To Curse Your Mother’
J. Summerisle Wilson
Kiley Creekmore
Rickey Rivers Jr.
Dragos Bogdan
Amee Nassrene Broumand
Sandy Phillips
‘Scrimshaw’ & ‘help me help me [...]’
Hannah Madonna
‘~Literally~’ & ‘They Came From The Walls’
Ellen Huang
Claire Loader
‘Cheval Mallet of Vendée’ & ‘Salem Coven’
Christina Ciufo
Cecile Bol
Parul Yadav
Fabrice Poussin
‘Crow's Eve’ & ‘In Pythonissam Est Hora’
Ivy Robb
‘Buried In A Living Grave’ & ‘A Notable Enchanter’
Ray Ball
‘Boogieman’ & ‘The Longest Day’
Sarah Marquez
Tricia Atkin
‘Midnight Walk’ & ‘Pale Lady of the Night’
Thomas Zimmerman
‘Falling In Love (And Other Spells Cast)’ & ‘When Magic Is Spoken’
Ariel Moniz
‘Even Modern-Day Witches Have To Eat’
Tricia Waller
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EXCLUSIVE
Alessandra Podda