A Playlist for a Chill Weekend

September 28, 2018

Joanna C. Valente is a human who lives in Brooklyn, New York. They are the author of Sirs & Madams (Aldrich Press, 2014),The Gods Are Dead (Deadly Chaps Press, 2015), Marys of the Sea (Operating System, 2017), Sexting Ghosts (Unknown Press, 2018), Xenos (Agape Editions, 2016), and the editor of A Shadow Map: Writing by Survivors of Sexual Assault (CCM, 2017). They received their MFA in writing at Sarah Lawrence College. Joanna is the founder of Yes Poetry and the managing editor for Luna Luna Magazine. Some of their writing has appeared in Brooklyn Magazine, Prelude, BUST, Spork Press, and elsewhere. Joanna also leads workshops at Brooklyn Poets. joannavalente.com / Twitter: @joannasaid / IG: joannacvalente

Writing Prompts Inspired By Popular Fairy Tales

September 26, 2018

…reimagining popular narratives can be both challenging and an act of resistance.

Charlotte Seley’s 'The World is My Rival' Will Break Your Heart & Mend It All At Once

September 24, 2018

Kailey Tedesco's books She Used to be on a Milk Carton (April Gloaming Publications) and These Ghosts of Mine, Siamese (Dancing Girl Press) are both forthcoming. She is the editor-in-chief of a Rag Queen Periodical and a performing member of the NYC Poetry Brothel. Her work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. You can find her poetry featured or forthcoming in Prelude, Prick of the Spindle, Bellevue Literary Review, Vanilla Sex Magazine, and more. For more information, please visit kaileytedesco.com.

Sex Magic: A Weekend Playlist for Witches

September 21, 2018

BY LISA MARIE BASILE

I bestow upon you fine friends and witches my current on-rotation playlist, full of all that weekend mood and magic.

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Lisa Marie Basile is the founder of Luna Luna. She is the author of Light Magic for Dark Times (Quarto, 2018), a modern grimoire of inspired rituals and daily practices. She's also the author of a few poetry collections, including Apocryphal and Andalucia, along with the forthcoming Nympholepsy (Inside the Castle, 2018). Her work encounters the intersection of ritual and wellness, chronic illness, magic, overcoming trauma, and creativity, and she has written for The New York Times, Narratively, Grimoire Magazine, Sabat Magazine, The Establishment, Refinery 29, Bust, Hello Giggles, and more. Lisa Marie earned a Masters degree in Writing from The New School and studied literature and psychology as an undergraduate at Pace University.

Poetry by Nicole Yurcaba

September 20, 2018

Nicole Yurcaba, an Instructor of English at Bridgewater College, is an amalgam of otherness: a poet, an essayist, a goth (yes, with a lowercase “g,” a Ukrainian-American. In an effort to dispel negative stereotypes of goths and other subculture members, Yurcaba’s poetry often focuses on subculture aesthetic, Slavic mythology and culture, death positive aesthetics, and landscapes. Her poems have appeared in such places as The Atlanta Review, Chariton Review, West Trade Review, The Lindenwood Review, Artemis, and many other online and print journals.

The Circle

September 18, 2018

Ronnie Pope is currently based in the strange land of Wales, UK.

The Music of My Mother’s Gut

September 17, 2018

Talulah Brown graduated from Sarah Lawrence College with a bachelor of arts in May 2018, and is from Los Angeles, California but currently lives in New York.

2 Poems by Trista Edwards

September 13, 2018

Trista Edwards is an associate editor at Luna Luna Magazine. She is also the curator and editor of the anthology, Till The Tide: An Anthology of Mermaid Poetry (Sundress Publications, 2015). You can read her poems at 32 Poems, Quail Bell Magazine, Moonchild Magazine, The Adroit Journal, The Boiler, Queen Mob's Tea House, Bad Pony, Occulum, and more. She creates magickal candles at her company, Marvel + Moon.

The Demon of West Virginia

September 11, 2018

Charlotte Laws, Ph.D. is a BBC TV political pundit, a former California politician, and the author of Devil in the Basement (2018) and Rebel in High Heels (2015). She is best known as the “Erin Brockovich of revenge porn” for her victims’ rights activism and was voted one of the thirty fiercest women in the world by Buzzfeed. You can follow her on Twitter @CharlotteLaws

Fiction by Natalie Baker

September 10, 2018

Natalie Baker is a freelance writer and editor based in London. Her writing has appeared in Occulum, Severine Literary Journal, Bad Pony, Synaesthesia Magazine and For Books’ Sake. When she’s not writing, you can find her supporting the charity project Bloody Good Period as their fundraising coordinator, and working (late into the night) on her first literary novel. Follow her on Twitter as @NataBakeEditor or visit her website https://www.natalieclairebaker.com.

6 Things to Wear When It’s Still Warm But You’re Ready for Halloween

August 31, 2018

If you’re the type of person who breaks out your cider scented candles, pumpkin spice coffee, and hanging skeleton decorations on the first of August, this list is for you.