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Happy new year!
“And now let us believe in a long year that is given to us, new, untouched, full of things that have never been...”
Rainer Maria Rilke - Letter to Clara Rilke, 1 Jan 1907.
Nadiya Volodymyrivna Martynenko - (Ukrainian) 🇺🇦
We are closing out the year with two new abortion essays on Tangled Locks Journal. This feature will be continued in 2023. You read these essays atTangled Locks Journal and find out how to submit your own.
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Author Lev Raphael shares the story of his mother and her reproductive decisions following her internment at a N**i concentration camp.
A Polish Holocaust survivor, my mother carried herself with the steely grace of a 40’s movie star, the kind who always had men waiting to light her cigarette, buy her a drink, and try to sedu…
AFTER “Has the bleeding subsided at all?” Doctor Ziegler has hair that probably used to be deep, deep brown but is now turning silver at the roots. She’s attempted to tie it back into a loose ponytail but there are several gray tendrils that curl around her cheekbones. Her face is void of makeup, save for a thin sweep of mascara and some medicated lip gloss....
AFTER “Has the bleeding subsided at all?” Doctor Ziegler has hair that probably used to be deep, deep brown but is now turning silver at the roots. She’s attempted to tie it back into a loose ponyt…
Each day, sunlight spends a little more time with us. In Sunlight Opened, Kelli Lage captured the joy and hope of new beginnings. This piece was beautifully illustrated by Leticia Plate.
Happy Holidays!
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Sharing some winter-themed works from past issues. Pinecone Icicle at the Teeth of Night by Clem Flowers.
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Wishing you and your loved ones a wonderful holiday season and much creativity in the new year.
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A year of creativity by CLMP member presses.
We’re excited to share this year-end roundup of multi-genre anthologies, art and comic books, drama and performance books, and more published in 2022 by independent literary publishers! (Read our year-end roundups for fiction, poetry, children’s books, and nonfiction as well.) Multi-Genre Ant...
Dive into this compelling poem.
"this midnight beast compels my nervous stomach to howl as rosy fingertips
dive deeply into pools near the back of my throat. three times each day"
A poem by Michele Evans
Dive in to this compelling poem.
"this midnight beast compels my nervous stomach to howl as rosy fingertips
dive deeply into pools near the back of my throat. three times each day"
A poem by Michele Evans
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month by reading these works!
For Native American Heritage Month, observed annually during the month of November, we asked our members—independent presses, literary journals, and others—to share with us some of the books and magazines they recommend reading in celebration. Literary Magazines “surrender, no, siren” by ...
Just a few more hours to get your microprose or poetry in for our NOVEMBER moonbite.
In the meantime, take a look at our October moonbite.
A poem by Melanie Alberts
From our editor, Teresa Berkowitz.
This morning, the earth’s shadow ate the moon. Too ravenous, not even leaving a brilliant bite. Thanks for reading Teresa Berkowitz! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Even with all my science, I am struck with awe by the celestial drama.
The veil between earthly and spirit feels thin this morning. This stunning poem by seems made for a dark morning like this.
tangledlocksjournal.com/2022/10/31/oct…
Magical new poetry by Melanie Alberts.
A poem by Melanie Alberts
So many great things to read. :)
Reviews of the year’s notable new fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.
Slipping Away
Myna Chang has a fresh voice and packs so much into so few words. Hear the music and the thunder of first love in her vivid microfiction piece.
https://tangledlocksjournal.com/2022/10/04/slippin-away/
Message in a Simple Delusion
Shatara Liora captures the feeling of being consumed by passion with her stunning imagery.
https://tangledlocksjournal.com/2022/10/04/message-in-simple-delusion/
After Nick Died
Lasara Firefox Allen captures the transformative heartbreak of loss in this speculative memoir.
Be transformed as you join them on a journey of healing.
https://tangledlocksjournal.com/2022/10/04/after-nick-died/
There’s Movement
Oh, how we depend on our technology, some more than others. When darkness falls, a young blind woman has an unexpected ally in her battle against evil in this suspenseful and humorous short story by Austin Gilmore.
https://tangledlocksjournal.com/2022/10/04/theres-movement/
Eight Reasons for Silence
Alison Colwell takes the fairytale and pushes it to a new place. The world is a scary place and there are lots of reasons to be silent for our young heroine.
https://tangledlocksjournal.com/2022/10/04/eight-reasons-for-silence/
Ruthless
What is strength? E. D. Lloyd-Kimbrel explores what it means to be ruthless in her beautifully paced poem.
https://tangledlocksjournal.com/2022/10/04/ruthless/
Just a few days left to submit to our October microprose or poetry moonbite.
It doesn’t have to be scary but it can be. 😱
https://tangledlocksjournal.com/submit/
We need more empathy in our world. Reading trains our brains to think from another person's perspective. Writers and readers, you are changing the world.
https://tangledlocksjournal.com/2022/10/09/changing-the-world-word-by-word/
What if the world valued words more than dollars? Writers don’t just tell stories, they develop empathy, the most precious commodity in humanity. Writers and poets! You are making the world a bette…
Issue 6 is out featuring new work by Myna Chang, Alison Colwell, Lasara Firefox Allen, Austin Gilmore, Shatara Liora, and E. D. Lloyd-Kimbrel.
Find beauty in the Shadows.
https://tangledlocksjournal.com/issue-6/
Morning magic. Reading beautiful words from writers from all over the world, looking for those threads that tangled them together.
Our fall issue is almost ready. Every moment brings us closer.
photo: Ella de Kross
In this month’s MoonBite, we pair a thoughtful exploration of with muted images of daily life. by Lynda Scott Araya.
https://tangledlocksjournal.com/2022/08/22/our-august-moonbite/
Fiction, Poetry, and Essays
Kim Horner's poetry packs a punch. We were immediately drawn to her powerful and contemporary feminist voice.
https://tangledlocksjournal.com/2022/07/15/run-like-a-girl/
With intimate and distinctive prose, Jenny Forrester explores COVID, political divisions, family, and the complexities of life in her essay.
https://tangledlocksjournal.com/2022/07/15/its-complicated/
Anxiety, summer heat, and a growing pack of dogs haunt this parent-to-be. New fiction by Liz Clarke.
https://tangledlocksjournal.com/2022/07/15/hotdogs/
Fantastic poetry and prose. A literary journal invested in the .
Read our summer issue and be a part of our community of readers and writers.
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Laura Warner uses vivid imagery to convey the alchemy of our physical and celestial selves.
https://tangledlocksjournal.com/2022/07/15/women-on-a-book-cover/
Decisive Action, a witty literary choose-your-own-adventure story by Sarah Garnham.
https://tangledlocksjournal.com/2022/07/10/decisive-action/
Situs Inversus, a provocative story of sisters. I love this piece so much that I have read it more than once. And, every time I read it, I pick out new details from this carefully crafted prose by Ilana Lindsey.
https://tangledlocksjournal.com/2022/07/15/situs-inversus/
Thank you Jenny Forrester. So honored to have you be a part of this issue!
Thank you for publishing so many wonderful words and their accompanying ideas and ideals. You’re a force!!! I appreciate you taking care of my words, too.
Our summer issue is out! This summer, the work we feature is inventive. Whether it’s a unique voice, beautiful imagery, imaginative plots, or experimental writing, all these pieces made us stop and think. Some made us laugh, and others inspired us. Please enjoy new work by Liz Clarke, Jenny Forrester, Sarah Garnham, Kim Horner, Ilana Lindsey, and Laura Warner.
https://tangledlocksjournal.com/issue-5/
June 2022 Roundup of Member Magazines - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
We’re proud to share this list of literary journals—all members of CLMP—publishing new poetry, fiction, nonfiction, artwork, and more in June 2022. 128 Lit Digital | June 2022 Featuring poetry by Saddiq Dzukogi and Joseph Lease, artwork by Shaqayeq Ahmadian, and fiction by Liza St. James. ....
We are now for our August Moonbite and our fall issue. We are looking for , , and essays.
https://tangledlocksjournal.com/submit/
Today Roe v Wade was overturned. This won’t stop abortions, it will stop safe ones. That’s clear when you read . The right to choose when to be pregnant, when to have a child is fundamental to civil rights.
https://tangledlocksjournal.com/abortion-stories/
We just published our June Moonbite, a moving and poetic micro memoir by
Joanell Serra Author.
https://tangledlocksjournal.com/2022/06/20/making-amends/
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