Welcome to the second issue of Interfictions: A Journal of Interstitial Arts, an extension of the Interfictions anthology series published in conjunction between the Interstitial Arts Foundation and Small Beer Press. As writers with one foot in the academic world…
Issue 2
poetry
PeelMaria Romasco-Moore
fiction
The Mechanism of Moving Forward Nikki Alfar
the mechanism of beginning What enables the karakuri ningyo to commence operation is the auto-adjustment pin, which—as with all parts save the mainspring—must be crafted of nothing but the most appropriate wood, harvested and fashioned at the proper time of…
poetry
Jacob’s Tale Nancy Hightower
one’s life can be read through bodies: my arms reach out to steal my brother’s blessing, then, legs twist around my waist and in the darkness I press my lips against a salty neck, crying out her name …
nonfiction
Rise of the Irregulars: The Radical Potential of Fantasy from Jerry Cornelius to Downloadable CharactersMark P. Williams
Between populist fictions and avant-garde experiment there are a series of hinterlands of stylistic and conceptual excess where the two meet and interact. I argue that these liminal spaces mirror both the linkages and critique of globalisation, and they also…
fiction
The Presley Brothers Molly Gloss
Recorded at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on the occasion of the induction of Elvis and Jesse Presley into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, January 23rd, 1986 [Sustained applause] [Elvis Presley]: Well, the last record Jesse and I made…
poetry
Hamsa Sonya Taaffe
I want to give you Lilith of the towpaths, the woman who watches joggers pass in the pearl-wet morning like sand drifting closed against doors, shaking her hair back over her rain-turned collar, calling your black dog to heel. She…
nonfiction
The Interstitial Practice of Wonder Katharine Haake
In the spring of 2013, the CSUN chapter of Sigma Tau Delta hosted a student conference titled Worlds Between. Early in the day, one student presenter, Karlee Johnson, remarked that an interstice is not a “void to get lost in…
fiction
The Plans, The Blueprints Kevin Brockmeier
Excerpted from A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip: A Memoir of Seventh Grade, forthcoming in April of 2014. “‘Which one of the letters does not belong in the following series? A – D – G – I – J – M…
poetry
Orthography: A Personal History Sara Norja
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Lecture #1 Palaeography – the science of the study of handwriting. From the Greek, of course: παλαιόϛ ‘ancient’ + γραφία. Papyrus, parchment, paper; wood, metal, stone: all marked by human hands…
nonfiction
Supplemental Declaration of Henry Lien Henry Lien
I, Henry Lien, declare: 1. I am the former Trustee of the Trust of Thornton J. Hess (the “Trust”). Except where noted, the following facts are of my own personal knowledge and, if called as a witness, I could and…
fiction
The Philip Sidney Game Alan DeNiro
Several years ago, I started writing a story about a man who was flying into Minneapolis-St. Paul and saw a car crash from above. The plane was about a thousand feet up and was descending when he saw the crash.…
poetry
I am the lost scarf chased by the wind, I am the snowdrift and the snow Kathrin Köhler
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] The night is dark and winter is filled with both. I cannot see for all this waiting. There is more emptiness than light radiating down through the universe, the great Void echoing…
nonfiction
Mapping the Interstices: Reif Larsen’s and Umberto Eco’s Illustrated Texts Brenda Hammack
“A novel is a tricky thing to map.” So says the twelve-year-old narrator of Reif Larsen’s The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet (2009). Certainly, this book can’t be easily tacked to any of the usual genre categories, although it could…
fiction
The Jaguar’s Wife Anil Menon
To read Anil Menon’s story, The Jaguar’s Wife, please click on the link below in order to read it as a pdf file. The Jaguar’s Wife ANIL MENON’s short fiction has appeared in a variety of international magazines and anthologies…
poetry
My Language, My Voice Alexandra Seidel
You see, there is a plane of raw thought, and a plane of working that raw thought into something the world outside of your head may recognize as real, most of the time in the form of language. …