Gingerbread House Literary Magazine founder and editor, Christine Butterworth-McDermott, has a new book of poetry. THE SPELLBOOK OF FRUIT AND FLOWERS is available for pre-order. Spread the word if you can!
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“An electric ship holds still
at the edge of sea. Hasten. Observe.
Nothing moves but its own glow,
yet it cannot be caught or boarded.”
Luanne Castle’s’ “Self-Portrait as Elegy” is featured in our final issue. Art by Christian Schloe.
“Beautiful spider. Empathetic changeling.
What must I do to touch the cold fire
burning in your hands?”
“Orb Weaver” Seth Jani’s poem, appears in our final issue, alongside Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis’ art.
“My trembling scars, bunkers of death,
I offer at a deep discount to anyone
willing to climb the moonless ladder.”
“King Jussuf’s Long Crescent Night” by Richard Weaver, is featured in our final issue. Art by Franz Marc.
“Bring me the eyelash of a beautiful baby.
Sprinkle it with dewdrops from the petal of a spider lily.”
Suzanne Kamata’s poem “What the Witch Said,” is featured with Thomas Dodd’s art in our final issue.
“coaxing travelers into their great, unwavering forests before absorbing them into their trunks and growing their reach further outward”
Lucy Zhang’s “Arranged Marriage” is featured in our final issue. Art by Brooke Shaden.
Thanks to each and every reader, writer, artist & editor who participated in this endeavor of creating magic over the last nine years! We proudly present the last issue of Gingerbread House, available now at: https://t.co/9x8eKEBuYU
Mary McCormack has published her debut book of haiku, Tastes of Sunlight. I first got to know Mary’s work in 2020, when we were published together in @GingerbreadMag. Mary astonishes me with lovely, colorful images of the natural world. https://t.co/HR2Tq2JP9i
“My rib cage is aching for you,
splitting for you,
my ichor and bile
are for you.”
“Séance Me Like One of Your French Girls,” Xenia Taiga’s poem, appears in our 53rd issue. Art by Abigail Larson.
“And she flees, gulping extravagant draughts of smoke-tinged, winter-poisoned air, this shock of a woman, no longer a child.”
“#Never After,” Brian John Fehan’s story, appears in our 53rd issue, alongside Mary C. Carroll’s art.
“With each inhale
shards of bottleglass perforate
my lungs—
remnants of beer bottle skeletons
tossed overboard
a few kayak summers ago.”
“Do Not Wake Me, Take Me Up,” Abi Jo Shoaff’s poem, is accompanied by Brooke Shaden’s art in our 53rd issue.