April 2026 Issue
Thank You For Your Honesty by Allison Field Bell
After Her Death, the Murdered Girl Speaks to Reporters by Sarah Freligh
The Writer by Nina Schuyler
Local Boy Missing by Ani King
A Happy-Faced Woman Hands Me a Flyer at a Food Not Bombs Picnic by Jenny Stalter
She’s a Miracle, Is What She Is by Travis Flatt
In Bloom by Mileva Anastasiadou
Bobless by Meg Pokrass
The Howl by Swetha Amit
Instructions on How to Hold a Ghost by Sarp Sozdinler
Twenty by Molly Weisgrau
Splinters by Kip Knott
Until the Call by Debbi Voisey
A Man and A Balloon by Christine H. Chen
The Status – In Flux by Andrea Damic
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.
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
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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.
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
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.
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
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
built4speedtattoos.com/brettjbarr
Brooksie C. Fontaine is a coffee addict who got into college at fifteen and annoyed everyone there. She has MFA degrees in English and Illustration from Salve Regina University and Savannah College of Art and Design. Her writing and illustrations have appeared in over thirty literary journals and anthologies.
Brooksie C. Fontaine is a coffee addict who got into college at fifteen and annoyed everyone there. She has MFA degrees in English and Illustration from Salve Regina University and Savannah College of Art and Design. Her writing and illustrations have appeared in over thirty literary journals and anthologies.
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
Brooksie C. Fontaine is a coffee addict who got into college at fifteen and annoyed everyone there. She has MFA degrees in English and Illustration from Salve Regina University and Savannah College of Art and Design. Her writing and illustrations have appeared in over thirty literary journals and anthologies.
Brooksie C. Fontaine is a coffee addict who got into college at fifteen and annoyed everyone there. She has MFA degrees in English and Illustration from Salve Regina University and Savannah College of Art and Design. Her writing and illustrations have appeared in over thirty literary journals and anthologies.
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
Brooksie C. Fontaine is a coffee addict who got into college at fifteen and annoyed everyone there. She has MFA degrees in English and Illustration from Salve Regina University and Savannah College of Art and Design. Her writing and illustrations have appeared in over thirty literary journals and anthologies.
