“I look like an unknown meadow.” 🤌

"And that would suddenly make me feel better because it becomes an accessory—one I could even make chic. My very own crown of thorns. Is this what I need? Why I stay? Waiting for acknowledgement?" Jana Godshall is in The Bulb Region today with a story from her home in Louisiana. 🔗👇

"[a]ll who fell from a waterfall became the sticks that floated / at the bottom. Waterlogged sticks not good for nothing. / Not even kindling." I promise this collaborative poem by @jlmoultrie.bsky.social & @ericsubpar.bsky.social is the best thing you'll read today. Hell, probably the whole week.

If you submitted work during our July reading window and are still waiting to hear from me, I promise I’ll get back to each and every one of you before the end of the month. I’m still slowly working my way through submissions. Sorry for the delay, and thank you for your patience!

"When you see God behind the wheel / of a passing car, close your eyes. / The headlights / are blinding anyway." Mea Cohen is in The Bulb Region today with a delightful remix of a poem. 🔗👇

"The boy thinks the bunny is weird. The red eyes freak him out and Rebekah’s always staring. He likes normal pets, like cats." We welcome the amazing Alex Rost to The Bulb Region with an amazing rabbit story. 🔗👇

We return tomorrow with two new pieces, but before then, read these wonderful poems translated by our recent contributor Ursula Carroll and published in Michigan City Review of Books. 🔗👇

Before tomorrow's new edition, make sure to read our recent contributor Kenan Meral's delightfully eerie longform story, "The Devil May Care but I Do Not," in Expat Press. I still believe it's one of the best stories available online, and you won't regret it. 🔗👇

"Even our land was getting up in dust storms to leave. So I learned to walk on an earth-poor territory. I learned to draw before I learned to dirt farm. Paper became a place for summoning oases." Don't miss Kenan Meral's stunning, mind-bending story in The Bulb Region. 🔗👇