June 2025 Issue
Julie was the Bell of the Ball by Francine Witte
Still Life Pain-ting by Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos
before i let go by Skye Jackson
A Garden of Pink Flowers by Sudha Balagopal
My Nighttime Husband by Mileva Anastasiadou
Slips by Robert Vaughan
In The Mamava At Gate C3 by Ciera McElroy
Not every man but her man by Catherine O'Brien
To Be Devoured by Laila Amado
Searching by Lauren Kardos
The Haunting and Other Shared Leases by Sarp Sozdinler
The way of the world is to bloom by Evan James Sheldon
Everyone in My Family is a Road Sign by Anne Anthony
Help by Cheryl Snell
Hunger Three Ways by Joyce Bingham
Artist Credit:
Orlando native Kaylan Stedman Friedman has consistently illustrated for Ghost Parachute since 2016. She was honored to have her illustrations featured in 2021’s Ghost Parachute: 105 Flash Fiction Stories alongside prolific writers and other talented illustrators. For more art, peruse past Ghost Parachute issues, and follow Kaylan on Instagram, @k.s.illustrations.
Amy Marques grew up between languages and places and learned, from an early age, the multiplicity of narratives. She’s been nominated for multiple awards, longlisted twice in Wigleaf 50, and has visual art, poetry, and prose published in journals such as Streetcake Magazine, South Florida Poetry Journal, Fictive Dream, Unlost, Ghost Parachute, BOOTH, Chicago Quarterly Review, and Gone Lawn. She is editor & visual artist for the Duets anthologies, author & artist of the chapbook Are You Willing? and the found poetry book PARTS. More at https://amybookwhisperer.wordpress.com.
Orlando native Kaylan Stedman Friedman has consistently illustrated for Ghost Parachute since 2016. She was honored to have her illustrations featured in 2021’s Ghost Parachute: 105 Flash Fiction Stories alongside prolific writers and other talented illustrators. For more art, peruse past Ghost Parachute issues, and follow Kaylan on Instagram, @k.s.illustrations.
Brittany Williams is an illustrator based out of NYC. To see more of her work, follow her on instagram @britts.illustrations.
Brett J Barr is an artist/tattooist, born in Easton Pennsylvania. He grew up in Daytona Beach, moved to Orlando FL in 1997 and now resides in Orlando, FL. Aside from tattooing at Built 4 Speed Tattoo in Orlando, Brett enjoys many different art forms such as graphite, charcoal, paint, pen and ink, mixed media/graphic design, woodworking miniatures and studies classical guitar.
Contacts:
brettjbarr@yahoo.com
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Instagram/brettjbarrtattoos
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Amy Marques grew up between languages and places and learned, from an early age, the multiplicity of narratives. She’s been nominated for multiple awards, longlisted twice in Wigleaf 50, and has visual art, poetry, and prose published in journals such as Streetcake Magazine, South Florida Poetry Journal, Fictive Dream, Unlost, Ghost Parachute, BOOTH, Chicago Quarterly Review, and Gone Lawn. She is editor & visual artist for the Duets anthologies, author & artist of the chapbook Are You Willing? and the found poetry book PARTS. More at https://amybookwhisperer.wordpress.com.
Brett J Barr is an artist/tattooist, born in Easton Pennsylvania. He grew up in Daytona Beach, moved to Orlando FL in 1997 and now resides in Orlando, FL. Aside from tattooing at Built 4 Speed Tattoo in Orlando, Brett enjoys many different art forms such as graphite, charcoal, paint, pen and ink, mixed media/graphic design, woodworking miniatures and studies classical guitar.
Contacts:
brettjbarr@yahoo.com
Facebook/Brett J Barr
Instagram/brettjbarrtattoos
Shop Insta/built4speedtattoos
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Courtney Burton is an artist, writer, and musician living in Springfield, Missouri. Her work is featured or forthcoming in SmokeLong Quarterly and Moon City Review.
Andrea Damic (Sydney, Australia) is an artist and writer who believes there’s something cathartic about seeing your words and art out in the world. She spends many an hour fiddling around with her website https://damicandrea.
Brett J Barr is an artist/tattooist, born in Easton Pennsylvania. He grew up in Daytona Beach, moved to Orlando FL in 1997 and now resides in Orlando, FL. Aside from tattooing at Built 4 Speed Tattoo in Orlando, Brett enjoys many different art forms such as graphite, charcoal, paint, pen and ink, mixed media/graphic design, woodworking miniatures and studies classical guitar.
Contacts:
brettjbarr@yahoo.com
Facebook/Brett J Barr
Instagram/brettjbarrtattoos
Shop Insta/built4speedtattoos
built4speedtattoos.com/brettjbarr
Brett J Barr is an artist/tattooist, born in Easton Pennsylvania. He grew up in Daytona Beach, moved to Orlando FL in 1997 and now resides in Orlando, FL. Aside from tattooing at Built 4 Speed Tattoo in Orlando, Brett enjoys many different art forms such as graphite, charcoal, paint, pen and ink, mixed media/graphic design, woodworking miniatures and studies classical guitar.
Contacts:
brettjbarr@yahoo.com
Facebook/Brett J Barr
Instagram/brettjbarrtattoos
Shop Insta/built4speedtattoos
built4speedtattoos.com/brettjbarr
Andrea Damic (Sydney, Australia) is an artist and writer who believes there’s something cathartic about seeing your words and art out in the world. She spends many an hour fiddling around with her website https://damicandrea.
Anne Anthony has been published in Flash Boulevard, Flash Fiction Magazine, Five Minutes, Brilliant Flash Fiction, Longleaf Review, and elsewhere. Her microfiction, “It’s a Mother Thing”, was nominated by Cleaver Magazine for the Best Microfiction 2024 anthology. She is a senior editor and art director for the literary journal Does It Have Pockets. Find her writing here: https://linktr.ee/anchalastudio
Brett J Barr is an artist/tattooist, born in Easton Pennsylvania. He grew up in Daytona Beach, moved to Orlando FL in 1997 and now resides in Orlando, FL. Aside from tattooing at Built 4 Speed Tattoo in Orlando, Brett enjoys many different art forms such as graphite, charcoal, paint, pen and ink, mixed media/graphic design, woodworking miniatures and studies classical guitar.
Contacts:
brettjbarr@yahoo.com
Facebook/Brett J Barr
Instagram/brettjbarrtattoos
Shop Insta/built4speedtattoos
built4speedtattoos.com/brettjbarr
Brett J Barr is an artist/tattooist, born in Easton Pennsylvania. He grew up in Daytona Beach, moved to Orlando FL in 1997 and now resides in Orlando, FL. Aside from tattooing at Built 4 Speed Tattoo in Orlando, Brett enjoys many different art forms such as graphite, charcoal, paint, pen and ink, mixed media/graphic design, woodworking miniatures and studies classical guitar.
Contacts:
brettjbarr@yahoo.com
Facebook/Brett J Barr
Instagram/brettjbarrtattoos
Shop Insta/built4speedtattoos
built4speedtattoos.com/brettjbarr
