I look up at the godhead. The sand is white around my bare feet, a damp seal. There is no horizon. Where the sea should fall away into the distance, it curves up instead. A towering tidal wave so high…
Tag Archive for issue06
Psychopomp
poetry
Answering Crow’s CallAlina Rios
There is a patch of clover in my back garden. If I stand in it at night, I can hear a crow calling my name. It calls my true name, not the name I answer to during the day. In…
fiction
Shimmering, Warm, and BrightShveta Thakrar
for Jennifer Walkup apricity, n.: the warmth of the sun in winter Tejal peered out the window at Marseille. The day was gray, a rarity for the normally sunny city. Not the reassuring gray of an old sweater or…
poetry
glass wombLisa Bradley
i. In the jar the twins float, each the other’s anchor to a world they’ll never see. From one angle: a comforting embrace, heads curled to one another’s necks. From another: an assault, eyes screwed shut, gums hungry. ii. My…
Editorial
Announcement: April 2016
Dear Friends of Interfictions, With your support, we have run a marvelous magazine for three years. At this point, Interfictions needs to take a break to allow the Interstitial Arts Foundation to figure out how to best support us. Our…
fiction
A Primer on SeparationDebbie Urbanski
For C. These are the notes I wish I had when I had you. Abandonment If you wish to abandon your child in the woods, even if temporarily and in fair weather, such as on a particular sunny afternoon in…