The Hemlock Journal

Year: 2025

  • ‘Space Race’ by Thomas Piekarski

    Engaged in a mad race against time peopleCreate gods that ebb and retract like tides,Feel a need to give every thing some nameAttempting to assign intelligible meanings. The streets hide…

  • ‘The Wait, The Goodbyes, The Takeoff’ by Mansi Chaturvedi

    The flight had taken off and what it left behind was a wait and the goodbyes. The wait that had been there before the boarding and after the takeoff. It…

  • ‘Live Better’ by Isaiah Janisch

    Cracked concretewastelandlittered with sand, gravel, andthe driest salt. Remnants of human pastwithinthe brown, dead grass.Owners gone, but they remain. Cups and bags blown by wind.Hats and gloves out cold.Sunglasses cracked.…

  • ‘The Light of the Sea’ by William Doreski

    Although the light of the seacreeps seventy miles inlandit fails to illuminate this page. But it brings news of tidepoolsflushed by unnatural warming,stocks of herring and haddock depleted and too…

  • Call for Submissions – Issue 7 (Spring 2025)

    Call for Submissions: Issue 7 (Spring Issue 2025 )–The Hemlock Journal The Hemlock Journal is excited to announce that we are now accepting submissions for our Winter 2024 issue! We…

  • ‘Unlit Things Known to Fire’ by Jacob Fortino

    I was given a cigar sometime ago and I’ve been meaning to light itLacking a cutter I keep saying I’m going to buy oneAn old cowboy zippo is also close…

  • ‘A Matter of Identification’ by Lisa Schantl

    Today we were found guiltyof our signature atthe bottom of the tea.Wilted leaves at random:our identities. The clues pointed to us,the traces we had disgraced. In fury the cup burst,…

  • ‘Pareidolia of the night sky’ by Christian Ward

    A comet of spilt white painton the road. Daffodilsdying like red giantsin the nearby gardens.Spiral galaxies of barbecuingsausages entertain office workersin the market. Trundlingmy way home, the asteroidbelt of cracked…

  • ‘Fame, Friendship and Flower Anatomy’ by Subramani Mani

                I knew fame and friendship can intersect in various ways. It collided unexpectedly, preventing Vasan and I from meeting each other in person again.             My first introduction to…