
Shambles
a literary journal
Punchy poetry and pocket-sized prose published every four months.
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The Spider Trap by Luke Beling
By Hazel J. Hall Humanity has lessened since its peak of billions; selfishness proved to be as mortal as they were…
Two Poems by Josh Logue
By Josh Logue 12 Ways of Looking at the Being that Lives Inside My Daughter
Zen, Miles Davis, and the Dysfunctional Japanese Family by James Roth
By James Roth Humanity has lessened since its peak of billions; selfishness proved to be as mortal as they were…
In Stacia’s Book by Maggie Nerz Iribane
By Maggie Nerz Iribane Poppy still had flashbacks about that first appointment, when she’d entered the salon
Oceania: The Last Beach By Hazel J. Hall
By Hazel J. Hall Humanity has lessened since its peak of billions; selfishness proved to be as mortal as they were…
Paradoxes By Abu Ibrahim
By Abu Ibrahim The universe is full of paradoxes The way opposites attract — every night, darkness and light collides…
THEY TORE DOWN THE BERLIN WALL By J. Archer Avary
By J. Archer Avary Victor’s social sciences teacher wheeled a TV into the classroom…
Freckles By Jocelyn Jane Cox
By Jocelyn Jane Cox I nestle into the covers beside my mom at nap time. I hold her arm in front of my face to examine her skin…
Impressionist Art By Jennifer Ly
By Jennifer Ly nothing good starts in a getaway car I’m still trying to figure you out…
Stateless by John Chinaka Onyeche
in a silhouette of time as a nation. glooms and leadership attention breezes in…
Two Poems By Charlie Bowden
There’s a red man under my bed, ugly as sin with pitch-black fur and a voice that pricks like a pin…
The Man in the Moon By Frances Huffman
By Frances Huffman Moon My first word, my mother says..