Happy Anniversary, damselfly press!
A year ago today we published the inaugural issue. Our journal continues to be a rewarding experience. We truly appreciate the continued support from such an amazing community of talented female writers across the world.
As always thank you to our submitters. It’s a pleasure to read your work.
Our fifth issue honors […]

Sleepless
Twenty minutes to midnight
the frogs are still calling
and somewhere in the far distance
a woman is flinging clothes
into a suitcase. Her shoes
echo like gunshots on the tile floor.
In my sleep I am forever
counting the times my parents
have left me alone in the house,
the frenzy of my fingers reaching,
the deadbolt drawn back
with an unexpected snap.
Ann Walters lives […]

Ed is Orb
The truth about mattresses? Generally speaking, the best times we have on them have more to do with our company than anything else. I’m in the business of selling furniture, not sex and so this is what I tell customers. Your spine should look the same lying down as it does standing up. […]

Of all the Things I Could Try on for Size…
The day after Christmas, 2007, C, a guy I barely knew, asked me to marry him, and I said yes. As he slipped the ring on my finger and the restaurant burst into applause, we kissed, trying desperately to keep from laughing.
“We are such bitches,” I […]

Condolences, You’re Having a Baby
I’d never be able to have my friend Tracie baby-sit. In fact, I figured she’d probably never visit my house once my daughter was born. But I never thought she’d get hives because of my baby shower, especially since the “shower” was more like a co-ed drunken bash where I was […]