issue 02 - teeth.
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Call it forth to the mouth.
In ‘Pulled Tooth’ Genevieve Jagger casts a spell on us from the howling winds of a storm.
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Say it. Say it.
Emmie Christie reminds us to acknowledge them in ‘Unacknowledged Cows’.
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Just a small bite. Please?
Vale Prosper asks, ‘I’m Just Wondering - What If Want can Turn You Into a Monster?’
cycle
fiction by Charlotte Ariel Finn
They tell you it’s all in your head. You want to scream.
‘It was Epilator Day, then it was Pills Hour, and now, it's the Period Period.’
I’m Just Wondering - What If Want Can Turn You Into a Monster
poetry by Vale Prosper
I am afraid of myself.
‘why can’t I be fucking normal about this’
Unacknowledged Cows
flash fiction by Emmie Christie
Cohabitation
fiction by Taylor Arnette
What makes a ghost?
‘I walk along the walls and avert my line of vision from the ceiling. Away from corners and billowing curtains. At night, I lie on the floor, rolling the ridge of my skull back and forth over the hardwoods.
They Say the Medlar Fruit Ripens by its Own Corruption
flash fiction by RL Summerling
I am the king of all I purloin.
‘Open-arse, that's the Mediaeval name for the medlar fruit.’
Ulcerology
fiction by Olivia Payne
A new field of science could do so much for you.
‘If ulcers had been studied at the right time, perhaps we might have ulcerological maps in the way we had phrenological ones.’
The Alchemy of Apoptosis
fiction by Samir Sirk Morató
One day, the universe will have nothing to hide from Yuri, even if people always do.
‘New knowledge must come at a steep cost. As above, so below.’
Birds Don’t Have Teeth
…do they?
‘And for every time I touch a bird, I get the teeth they would’ve had in another world.’
First published in Superfroot Magazine. Reprinted with permission of the author.
poetry by Pascale Potvin
Slap
fiction by Rebecca Gransden
I don’t know what to do now you’re not here.
‘Will those Nefertiti eyes be washed away, before setting you in your closed casket?’
I Am Talking To You
poetry by Madelief Lammers
There’s a recipe for good conversation. This isn’t it.
‘I am talking to you. I am talking to you. I am talking to you.I am talking to you. I am talking to you. I am talking to you.’
Giallo (Everything Is)
poetry by Avra Margariti
It was all yellow.
‘Yellow. Do you even have to ask?’
werewolf.
flash fiction by Emily Lundgren
The definition of an idea.
‘Folklore always knew this: wicked stepfathers made irrational fear of what is/was unknown or mysterious, especially in connection with religion.’
Making Friends on the Internet
fiction by Henry Luzzatto
There’s power in self-destruction.
‘I was there to see something real, something honest. A person conquering their body.’
Pulled Tooth
fiction by Genevieve Jagger
A woman seeks revenge and respite to soothe a primordial wound.
‘See – she’s been busy since you left. Left as in faded slowly, removing your cloying hands from her life with the same pace of black mould growing in a basement.’
The Bloody Pulse of the World
flash fiction by Daniel DeRock
Don’t stop. Never stop.
‘he needed the rental car speedometer to keep climbing, 110, 130, 150, cop lights flashing in the rear view’
Value
poetry by Kelsey Webb
‘Human capital is
cast aside at the first
inkling of uselessness’
Satyr
poetry by Alice M.
Your parents trust him. Should be fine.
‘Ellie’s cat went missing. Blood on his teeth.’
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Kaisa is bodyfluids’ poetry editor. Her debut collection of fiction and poetry, 'Voideuse', is out now from Feral Dove. Her first novel, 'Weather Underwater', is forthcoming from Bellows Press in May 2023.
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Answered the call, like a boss.
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Sasha’s work has appeared in the bodyfluids newsletter, as well as Old Moon, Pithead Chapel, F&SF, and others. Find him on twitter @DantonSix.