Year: 2025

  • ‘Roy’ by Jeff Burt

               My father, Georgie, told me days before he died that my grandmother had delivered a baby out of wedlock, that my great-grandparents had raised the boy. My dad had…

  • Poetry Writing Contest is here!

    Call for Submissions: The Hemlock Writing Contest Volume 2 – POETRY WRITING CONTEST Deadline Extended until 15th of June. Take this opportunity to win the cash prizes, get featured in…

    Poetry Writing Contest is here!
  • Book Review of Arjun Shaji’s ‘The Four Horsemen’

    Arjun Shaji’s new novel “The Four Horsemen” is straight out of a fantasy video game but with a lot of sparkles from the classic literary works. If you are a…

    Book Review of Arjun Shaji’s ‘The Four Horsemen’
  • The Hemlock Poetry Contest is coming!

    ATTENTION ALL THE POETS OUT THERE! The Hemlock Journal is excited to announce The Hemlock Contest Volume 2, our second annual Poetry Competition! Poets are invited to submit their original…

  • ‘The Aftertaste of Us’ by Aditi Dasgupta

    Me: When you left, I slowly watched the emptying toothpaste tube in my room,The door never opened again on moonlit nightsI was addicted to the thrill of momentary highs like…

  • ‘The Need of Bohemian Spirit in Today’s World’ by Selena Elizabeth

    Ever since our existence came to this world, all our lives we have been told enough to live by conformity, meaning that we must live in the set of values…

  • ‘The Fable of 32-11 and 2’ by Michael G McLaughlin

    You usually saw him drinking with the expats in Tom’s Bar on Calle Constitution in Ajijic, Mexico. No one knew where he came from in the States. He always wore…

  • To Save ‘The Hemlock Journal’ Kindly Donate

    The Hemlock Journal is a volunteer-run international literary journal that has published emerging voices from more than 20 countries. To continue supporting emerging creators, we primarily rely on donations to…

  • ‘May Mara Devour You’ by Nicole Yurcaba

    she will arrive with Viy& hold you down in bed her frigid handswill stall your breath     paralyze your body     laugh as the souls of women who never marriedleave her body & gather…

  • ‘Tranformation’ by Stephen Myer

                I speak to my psychology professor concerning the rash of suicides. “Yes, I’ve read about it,” he says. “Not to worry. It is a series of coincidences. Things go…