Poetry: “What You Say When You Die,” by J. R. Forman

you think of hot evenings watching cottontails scatter
at the yip of waking coyotes
you think of watching clouds of heat lightning
glimmer like pearly gates
you think of baseball fishing in the pond

Poetry: “Strange weather we’re having these last days,” by Jane Wiseman

Startled awake, I left my frayed brain
resting in its head-case as I floated away
up to the ceiling, out of the long window
into the northern hardy redbud just outside
beginning its flower, tight pink nodules

Poetry: “Eldest daughter’s first solo trip to New Jersey,” by Z. Z.

In Newark, spring opens its mouth, yawns
across the Manhattan skyline, like a promise.
Yesterday, I asked what love was beyond
laughter skipping on broken vinyls, hands
on the steering wheel, beyond umbrellas. I

Prose: “Yellow Shift,” by Mary Lewis

I couldn’t believe they’d put all of us into this cramped basement room with stone walls and tiny windows too high to see out of, but maybe that was part of the therapy. A dozen people looked up from their chairs at Dr. Ward who stood on this little platform, jerking his arms like some sci-fi […]

Prose: “Interloper From Another Neighborhood” by Douglas Steward

At any one time there are scores of houses in the Grosse Pointe area that sit empty, serving time as silent citadels of the neighborhood. They’re owned by family estates whose administrators diligently pay the taxes and heating expenses year after year. They never dream of putting the property up for sale and risk having […]

Poetry: “Always Something Unpleasant to Do on Saturday” by Christopher Clauss

The sugar maples survived the taps
their viscous blood dripping into galvanized pails […]

Poetry: “Decaf” by Jonathan B. Aibel

The rest of the coffee
was disturbed by nightmares, […]

Poetry: “Can’t Tell You I Love You Until I’ve Had a 6 Pack or Several” by Justine Lynell Mercado

Abuelo falls into the ice chest
chugs another Modelo, admits […]

Poetry: “Clockwise Dreams” by Holly Day

Robots don’t believe in ghosts, they attribute
the wheezing and clicking of late-night phantoms […]

Spring Contest: Monsters and Mermaids and Myths, Oh My!

Euphony’s annual Spring Prose Contest is here, and we want your monsters and mermaids and myths! Submit short fiction that adapts or retells a myth or fairy tale for the chance to win $20 and be published in Euphony’s Spring 2023 issue! Deadline: February 17th, 2023 Format: Prose, 12 pages or less (in 12pt double spaced […]