Welcome to Barnstorm.
We are a literary journal.
We publish fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and artwork that is playful, takes risks, and harnesses energy.
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Vol. 15, Issue 6: April
Featuring works by:
Gresham Cash, Annie Przypyszny, Angela Patera, Janet Larrea, Howard Skrill, and Richard Hanus
and a bonus interview with:
Alexandria Peary, Former Poet Laureate of New Hampshire
Featured art: “The Silence of Music” by Janet Larrea
Fiction
“Ramon was the golden child of a musical Catalan family. He’d been handed a trumpet at age five and told, ‘This is your future.’”
— Gresham Cash, “Everything Might Just Happen”
Barnstorm Volume 15, Issue 6
Featured art: “Baquedano with Loops” by Howard Skrill
Poetry
“we’ll have afternoon tea
with binky-shaped cookies
and what’s not to like about that
I love parties I love cookies”
— Annie Przypyszny, “Having a Baby at 20”
Barnstorm Volume 15, Issue 5
Featured art: “Image 008” by Richard Hands
Nonfiction
“Judith attempted a stage dive and spent a whole song swimming through the crowd, thousands of hands swaying her back and forth. I know I’d never try crowd surfing because the mere thought of depending on the kindness of strangers to stay afloat fills me with existential dread. I can’t help but envy Judith for her recklessness.”
— Angela Patera, “Metamorphosis”
Barnstorm Volume 15, Issue 6