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UPDATED POSTER Euphony and Memoryhouse are having a joint launch party to release our spring issues! Come join us at Hallowed this Thursday, 5:30pm-7pm, to listen to some awesome music and grab copies of our latest issues. Performances by Puddlejumper, Leila, and Jake Marsh, as well as an open mic for poetry and songs. Bring your friends and come celebrate with us! :) LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, the COVER REVEAL youve all been waiting for!!! Thank you to the wonderful and talented David Edwards @daviid.e for this beautiful photo. Issue finalization is in the process as I type, and I can promise there are some amazing poems and short stories in store for you this spring!! Barnacles and burning stumps and GOTH GOODNESS!! Oh my! Lot of words on this post. It’s okay, you’re all readers and writers. More info can be found on our website!! SUBMIT!! ONE MORE DAY!!!! See the website link in bio for more information!!! OPEN MIC AT HALLOWED ON FRIDAY! Get in the Valentine’s Day spirit (💘💐) or throw it out the window (💔🥀). We don’t care. We just want to hear your music and poetry! Bring all your friends for a fun Friday evening! :) pssst…. PSSSST!!!! What’s that? It’s time for our ANNUAL PROSE CONTEST????? Submit your recreations, retelling, adaptations, etc., of a MYTH OR FAIRY TALE by FEBRUARY 17 FOR THE CHANCE TO WIN 20 WHOLE DOLLARS!!!! DM for details and GET WRITING Don’t miss our launch party this Friday at Hallowed Grounds! Stop by from 5:30-7:30 for live performances from Jake Marsh, Jhung, and Puddle Jumper, as well as readings from our newest issue. Bring your friends and hang out with us!! :) Happy Holidays, Euphoneers! We’re back with another staff bookcase tour. Today we have @sammy.aiko , our wonderful poetry editor! What’s everyone reading this winter break?

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

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

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Poetry: “Decaf” by Jonathan B. Aibel

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

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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 […]

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Poetry: “Clockwise Dreams” by Holly Day

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

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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 […]

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POETRY: “Lotería” by Philip Kobylarz

At the gate, bottles with cut lips. Crypts of grass cuttings. Moth wings. Stationary […]

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POETRY: “Eavesdropping On The Redwoods” by Sharon Lopez Mooney

I thought I heard some tough young redwoods
trying to get the ancients’ attention
but the elder trees are not interested in prattle, […]

Read More POETRY: “Eavesdropping On The Redwoods” by Sharon Lopez Mooney

POETRY: “Ribs” by Corey Hill

I’d like to know the
Funny thing in your ribs. […]

Read More POETRY: “Ribs” by Corey Hill

POETRY: “Music Lessons” by Ellis Elliott

I can tell you about the student learning
by holding a bag of beans in her palm
in order to feel the weight of the notes […]

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POETRY: “Hawk Over Nantasket Beach” by Sarath Reddy

At first my eyes said
a kite hovering a hundred feet above
but there was no thread attached,
no child anchored in sand, arms outstretched,
countering the coastal gale. […]

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