Category: From Previous Issues
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‘Barn Cat Proliferation’ by Caitlin Woodford
There was a woman not long ago who lived in a small farmhouse in the valley. Though she lived alone she was mostly happy, with her chickens—all of them named…
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‘Orpheus, 2025’ by Kayla Knight
Friends hang around, leftover edges of the party. Smoke curls in ribbons from the ashes of their cigarettes. “Honey, come over,” she pleads. He sighs into the receiver on his…
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‘Boxer at Rest’ by Ivars Balkits
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, butto escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. –Marcus Aurelius How tiredness looks. Slumped-over…
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The Hemlock’s Issue 10 is Here!
We’re proud to announce the release of Issue 10 of Hemlock Journal — our most diverse and global issue yet. This edition brings together voices, ideas, and creative work from contributors of…
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‘7 Lanes Away from Losing a Rib’ by Banashri Sengupta
I carry the face of my grandfathers,dragged across a river and a border—it remembers what their gods whisperedinto their ribs. This household haswitnessed these almond-shaped earlobeson countless faces, tucking ideologiesbehind…
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‘Unfinished Exit’ by Claudia Wysocky
I keep thinkingabout the time in high schoolwhen you drewmea map of the city,I still have it somewhere.It was so easyto get lostin a place where all the treeslook the…
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‘What has love done to you mother?’ by Krisht Saikia
What has love done to you mother?Look at your yellow- stained palms,Wrinkled with the lines of the past,Belly scarred by days of endless fast.Skin infested with timeless enduranceFrail Voice aching…
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‘War Core’ by Elisha Thompson
The metal beat to a craterExposing the mantle of flesh. Behind those blue screens is a beastOf skin and boneOf fear and happiness. Maybe a father, definitely a son.No question…
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‘Beyond the Scar’ by Ritobeena Kanjilal
I float in a fancy,when you touched my skinwith fingers wet and glossy,Like the panels of your cabin’s windowson a pleasant summer evening.The ailing sun with a glowing womb,pushes down…
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‘Castle of the Wild Bees’ by Lawrence Winkler
‘When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.’ ~Ramakrishna The road was held together with flocks of goats and serpentine curves. Thirty cents had bought us an hour and a…
