fugue 65
Fugue Literary Journal
A publication of poetry,
fiction, essays, hybrid work, and visual art from established and emerging writers and artists.
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“The lights dimmed, and the sheets pooled against our teardrop heels. Her speckled skin was honey-warm, expansive, saturated like tea leaves. The present stretched on before us. The rocking boat and the sputtering AC and the night air packed with wanting.”
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Satori Good
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“ In this piece, I stand at a funeral. What looks like a black funnel is wrapped around my body. Behind me, fire. The flames, flecks. Beside me, a tiny man as small as a peppercorn sits with hands folded. The Grapes of Wrath floats above my head like a thought bubble. I cry. Only a couple of tears, though, a dignified bit of emotion on the cheek. I accepting inevitable sadness in a mature way, a noble way even.”
Two Poems
Olivia Muenz
“I position
my body a garment I can
slink off gender sticks
like myth in mirrors.”
The Velvet Ant
“I desired
to be given something. To see the design
pulsing like heat off blacktop. At the horizon, a mirage –
the sky puddled, wet and intimate, on the highway.”
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Rachael Fowler
“I live in a snow globe of language
Which word will fall on my head?
The so-called real world is more statuesque
than whatever’s going on in here.”
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Issue 65
Spring 2025
Featuring
Andy Butter, Teresa Carmody, Hollie Dugas, Noah Francis, Jen Frantz, Katie Garcia, Rasha Lama, Roy Lowenstein, Rebecca McKee, Brooke Middlebrook, Austin Miles, Olivia Muenz, Seth Peterson, Jessica Petrow-Cohen, Riley Richards, Anna Schachner, Robyn Schelenz, Melissa Strilecki, Thea Swanson, Harriet Truscott, Evan Wang, Jordan Williamson
Cover Art
Alana Solin