Welcome to Barnstorm.

We are a literary journal.
We publish written and visual artwork that is playful, takes risks, and harnesses energy.

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Volume 17: The December Issue

Featuring writing by: Katie Mihalek, Shayne Langford, and Lana Spendl

And art by: Jeff Johnston, Brett Stout, Michael Roberts, and Fabio Sassi

Read Vol. 17 Here

Featured artwork: “Public Address 3: Phantom Limb Mandrill” by Jeff Johnston

“I molt and yet the feathers

never leave me. I, a wet bird, shake

off the soak.”

—Katie Mihalek, “Period”

Volume 17, Issue 3

Featured artwork: “i Obey. i Disobey” by Brett Stout

“Every summer, there was a blood-trail running from the bridge over the river to the shed in Danny’s backyard.”

— Shayne Langford, “Eggs”
Volume 17, Issue 3

Featured artwork: “Verdant Recovery: Overgrown Missouri Barn, I-70” by Michael Roberts

“At a reading I attended last month, an essayist exploring the nature of holes mentioned that the philosophical term for what surrounds a hole is a host. A hole, of course, cannot exist without its host.”

—Lana Spendl, “Multitude of Hosts”

Volume 17, Issue 3