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    [Essay] History Repeats Itself
    • 2 days ago
    • 3 min

    [Essay] History Repeats Itself

    by Kaia Gallagher The story of her harrowing escape remained etched on her face. Years of fear, grief, and sorrow carved deep worry lines...
    [Poetry] Two Poems by Maria Maldonado
    • May 17
    • 2 min

    [Poetry] Two Poems by Maria Maldonado

    Puerto Rico Chaos without danger. Suddenly three lanes are two No honking In Bayamon, we are cowboys Drive over grassy medians Leave the...
    [True Horror] Travertine Rock
    • May 10
    • 2 min

    [True Horror] Travertine Rock

    by Robert Hamilton I was assigned to the Salton City station in the 1980s. At the time, there were only two deputies assigned to the...
    [Fiction] Laguna
    • May 3
    • 7 min

    [Fiction] Laguna

    by Matthew Johnson Breath in. Breath out. The blue mask covering Cassie’s mouth and nose rose and swelled like foam, trapping in her...
    [Interview] with Juan-Carlos Perez
    • Apr 26
    • 16 min

    [Interview] with Juan-Carlos Perez

    by AM Larks Click each image to enlarge. [KELP JOURNAL] With multi-media artists, such as yourself, I am always curious how they choose...
    [Book Review] Sabrina & Corina
    • Apr 19
    • 3 min

    [Book Review] Sabrina & Corina

    by Leslie Gonzalez Sabrina & Corina is hopelessly beautiful. In eleven short stories, Kali Fajardo-Anstine weaves soft yet biting tales...
    [Essay] Terrible and True
    • Apr 12
    • 1 min

    [Essay] Terrible and True

    by Evan Baughfman “Anybody hear us up there?!” voices shrieked beneath the waves of Pearl Harbor. Everyone heard. *** Trapped inside the...
    [Poetry] Two Poems by Cat Darby
    • Apr 5
    • 2 min

    [Poetry] Two Poems by Cat Darby

    Lake Constellations At Lake Constellations, stars mirror in small ripples, glimmer lace tumbles to a boulder crack. Inside diamondbacks...
    [True Horror] The Accident, 1984
    • Mar 29
    • 5 min

    [True Horror] The Accident, 1984

    By Robert Hamilton CW: sexual assault On Highway 111, north of the community college, there is an old, abandoned house, which used to be...
    [Fiction] Seafoam
    • Mar 22
    • 2 min

    [Fiction] Seafoam

    by Megan Jauregui Eccles When I sold my hair to save my sister, I thought she’d understand. A mermaid’s magic is in her hair. It was all...
    [Interview] with Rebecca Pyle
    • Mar 15
    • 5 min

    [Interview] with Rebecca Pyle

    By A.M. Larks Click on each image to enlarge [KELP JOURNAL] I always find it interesting to hear about how an artist found their way to...
    [Book Review] Emily Rapp Black's 'Sanctuary' Shimmers
    • Mar 8
    • 4 min

    [Book Review] Emily Rapp Black's 'Sanctuary' Shimmers

    By Melissa Greenwood Emily Rapp Black’s third memoir, Sanctuary, is as stunning and complex as she is. In it, she not only tells the...
    [Essay] She Comes in Waves
    • Mar 1
    • 3 min

    [Essay] She Comes in Waves

    by Penne Lynne “You move on from it, but the death will never disappear from view.” —Elizabeth McCracken Navigation Horizontal on a...
    [Poetry] Three Poems by Daniela Z. Montes
    • Feb 22
    • 2 min

    [Poetry] Three Poems by Daniela Z. Montes

    Cocoxochitl (Dahlias) Grown from tubular bulbs to be eaten, to treat epilepsy their long hollow stems used as water pipes. Only their...
    [True Horror] The Call
    • Feb 15
    • 3 min

    [True Horror] The Call

    by Robert Hamilton In 1993, I was working as a patrolman in the Salton City area of Imperial County. One day as I was writing reports...
    [Interview] with Hanna Wright
    • Feb 8
    • 5 min

    [Interview] with Hanna Wright

    by A.M. Larks Click on each image to enlarge [KELP JOURNAL] I always find it interesting to learn about how an artist began their...
    [Book Review] Agave Blues by Ruthie Marlenée
    • Feb 1
    • 3 min

    [Book Review] Agave Blues by Ruthie Marlenée

    by A.E. Santana Maya Miller, née Hildalgo, is the strong, independent woman who has built a life on hard work, dedication, and ignoring...

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