He Said, She Said
His worst nightmare is that she’s still thinking about that guy from her college days, the one with the long hair who played the guitar, the one he’s sure she must have dated in the most vertical of relations. He wonders if she remembers his songs, if she could play them by […]
Accepting Impermanence
Strapped to the woman’s back — head bobbing slightly to one side, peacefully dozing in the sun and the shade of the canyon, and the soft rush of water as it pours down the rocky creek bed — is a child. A child with dark eyes that round with wonder so often at […]
An Unspoken Life
The child in the photograph is about four years old. She is not chubby, but there is a sturdiness in her arms and legs, and in the set of her shoulders. The girl sits stiffly on a cushion with her left knee bent and that leg tucked primly under the other. The toe […]
The submission period for the second issue of damselfly press has closed.
Look for the second issue on January 15th.
If you would still like to submit, your submission will be considered for the third issue.
The inaugural issue of damselfly press has arrived! The editors would like to thank all of the talented writers who submitted, and the women who expressed their delight in finding a journal focusing on female writers. Reading the submissions for our first issue has been a rewarding process. We received an impressive number […]
Mango
I bought a mango
from the market
in the Strip district
where the leaves
are half on the ground
and half in the trees
and the street is potholed and almost frozen
and I cut it
like you showed me
back in our Phoenix apartment
on Camelback Avenue
not quite in half
I slipped the blade
around the tough flesh seed
then scored the halves
and turned them inside out
like […]
The Attic Closet
Stand on the rocker and pull
at the latch: inside this cedar closet,
there is another: behind black watch plaid skirts—
school uniforms you have grown out of—
there is a brass-latched door. Slide the lock.
Red-winged Blackbirds from the marsh
out to feed—the shiny, black bird,
red on his shoulders, yellow tinge,
and the female like a large, striped […]
ISO
Daniel had kept the ad with him for weeks—at first figuratively. He chanted it like a mantra on the bus as he gripped the aluminum bar, pretending not to notice the BO of the blonde who was always on the 6, and who consumed enough coffee that it leaked from her pores. ISO […]
The submission period for the inaugural issue of damselfly press has closed. Look for the first issue on October 15th.
New genre addition!
Submissions of fiction, poetry, and now nonfiction are being accepted for the Winter 2008 issue. The deadline is December 15, 2007, with online posting slated for January 15th.
damselfly press, an innovative online literary journal for women, is seeking electronic submissions of original fiction and poetry by female writers for our inaugural issue, slated for online publication in October 2007. We welcome a myriad of women’s voices from new and experienced writers. Please check the About and Submissions tabs on the […]
