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October 2025 Issue

October 1, 2025 By Brett Pribble

October 2025 Issue

Encounters by Aimee Bender

The Saddest Fuckers of All by Kathy Fish

Zombie Quartet by Pamela Painter

Whatever by Sherrie Flick

shelter in place by Sara Lippmann

Animal Visitation: Bald Eagle by Nancy Stohlman

Tunnel by Nina Schuyler

Making Love Is A New Subject by Andrew Bertaina

The Way the Cookie Crumbles by Sarah Freligh

Fish Commercial by Michael Czyzniejewski

One Day, Pele Decides She Wants to Visit Us by Melissa Llanes Brownlee

My Husband, My Ex-Boyfriend, and the Love of My Life Walk into a Bar by Kim Magowan

Clone of the Lost Astronaut by Avitus B. Carle

The HOA rules don’t apply by Amy Barnes

In the Back Row of the Nostalgia Group, We Talked about Death by Tommy Dean

Man Staring, 2025 Oil on Canvas by Mamie Pound

The Untranslatable German Word for a Gate Slamming Shut by Patricia Q. Bidar

Late summer. August. by Court Harler

The Year I Forgot What I Like by Meg Pokrass

The Wait by Amy Marques

Gigging Bullfrogs in Hell by Kip Knott

We Don’t Let Elephants Grow by Mileva Anastasiadou

Everywhere for Answers by Julia Strayer

Victorian Girl Gang by Sara Crowley

Pool Party by Brendan Stephens

Be More Raccoon by Keith J. Powell

True Crime Addict by Jamy Bond

The Funeral by Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos

River Shoes by Ben Reed

The Flight by Swetha Amit

Artist Credit:

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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 wears many hats, as her daughter likes to remind her. Andrea’s an artist, writer and contributing editor for Pictura Journal. She’s also an accountant with a master’s degree in Economics. Andrea has art, poetry and prose published online and in print, most recently in Does It Have Pockets, JMWW, MasticadoresUSA, Roi Fainéant Press, Eunoia Review, and The Odd Magazine. She believes there’s something cathartic about seeing one’s art and words out in the world. You can find her fiddling with her website https://damicandrea.wordpress.com/.

Genevieve Anna Tyrrell (she/her) is a mixed media artist, editorial illustrator, creative writer, and editor. Her visual art has appeared in The Rumpus, Smokelong Quarterly, and Animal: A Beast of a Literary Magazine. Her writing has been published in Creative Nonfiction, The Rumpus, Blood and Thunder: Musings on the Art of Medicine, Hippocampus, Linden Review, and Carve Magazine. She is also an assistant editor for Ghost Parachute.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genevieve_anna_tyrrell/

Website: https://therealgenevievetyrrell.com/

Andrea Damic wears many hats, as her daughter likes to remind her. Andrea’s an artist, writer and contributing editor for Pictura Journal. She’s also an accountant with a master’s degree in Economics. Andrea has art, poetry and prose published online and in print, most recently in Does It Have Pockets, JMWW, MasticadoresUSA, Roi Fainéant Press, Eunoia Review, and The Odd Magazine. She believes there’s something cathartic about seeing one’s art and words out in the world. You can find her fiddling with her website https://damicandrea.wordpress.com/.

“This is mixed media artwork was done in collaboration with Andrea’s young daughter Lara Damic, without whom this would not have been possible.”

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.

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.

Andrea Damic wears many hats, as her daughter likes to remind her. Andrea’s an artist, writer and contributing editor for Pictura Journal. She’s also an accountant with a master’s degree in Economics. Andrea has art, poetry and prose published online and in print, most recently in Does It Have Pockets, JMWW, MasticadoresUSA, Roi Fainéant Press, Eunoia Review, and The Odd Magazine. She believes there’s something cathartic about seeing one’s art and words out in the world. You can find her fiddling with her website https://damicandrea.wordpress.com/.

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 wears many hats, as her daughter likes to remind her. Andrea’s an artist, writer and contributing editor for Pictura Journal. She’s also an accountant with a master’s degree in Economics. Andrea has art, poetry and prose published online and in print, most recently in Does It Have Pockets, JMWW, MasticadoresUSA, Roi Fainéant Press, Eunoia Review, and The Odd Magazine. She believes there’s something cathartic about seeing one’s art and words out in the world. You can find her fiddling with her website https://damicandrea.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

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

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

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.

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.

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