From the Archive: Rumpus Original Fiction: Mustard Seeds
At the end of the week, which was long with sleepless nights, Miri picked her heart out of the kitchen sink, put it in a paper lunch bag, and took it to the witch.
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Join NOW!At the end of the week, which was long with sleepless nights, Miri picked her heart out of the kitchen sink, put it in a paper lunch bag, and took it to the witch.
...moreElissa Washuta discusses her new essay collection, WHITE MAGIC.
...moreAnna North discusses her new novel, OUTLAWED.
...moreA compendium of pungent and poignant biographical narratives of numerous so-called witches, The Witch of Eye is difficult to put down.
...moreJenny Hval discusses her new novel, GIRLS AGAINST GOD.
...moreBut this is We Ride Upon Sticks: someone’s perm falls out, someone becomes prom queen.
...moreThe moment presented itself at dusk the following day.
...moreFaylita Hicks discusses her debut poetry collection, HOODWITCH.
...moreAugusten Burroughs discusses his new memoir, TOIL & TROUBLE.
...moreWe seldom forget when people promise to give us something, whether we need or want that thing or not. I promise you death, you want a death.
...moreI’m an atheist who often carries crystal rosary beads and a relic of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. My grandparents, Mary and Gus, bought them both at the Vatican where they had traveled to see Pope Paul VI canonize Mother Seton. The rosary beads were a gift to me some months later when I made my […]
...moreI’ll go one further and posit that we need our illusionists: to disprove our eyes, investigate our dreams, and sometimes charm the money from our pockets.
...moreA totally fantastic new comic of literary witches over at Electric Literature. Let your day get a bit magical.
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