Peach Mag

27/06/2023

Now: "Pica," a story by Sam Bodrojan, a writer and critic living in Chicago.

"The day after their manager Yanelli overdosed in the single-use bathroom, the staff at Gap Tooth started showing up with shards of glass stuck in their eye. Some had assumed it was strain from the dim lights, others figured it was allergies from the stuffy dining room. During the witching hour of that Saturday’s service, though, two servers ran back to expo panicking, one sifting through the others’ bloody teardrops to fish out the irritant."

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The day after their manager Yanelli overdosed in the single-use bathroom, the staff at Gap Tooth started showing up with shards of glass stuck in their eye. Some had assumed it was strain from the dim lights, others figured it was allergies from the stuffy dining room. During the witching hour of th...

23/06/2023

Now: "The Classic Rock DMZ," a story by Kristen Gallagher, the author of 85% TRUE/MINOR ECOLOGIES (Skeleton Man Press).

"Essentially, I’m on an assignment to find out if the Fountain of Youth makes you younger. I’m getting paid by Art Papers to review Michael Marinucci’s current 'situation,' as he likes to call it. This time, for one month, he will take a daily one-hour soak in the Fountain of Youth, then take a photo to see if he gets younger over time."

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Kristen Gallagher is a writer interested in form, evolution, the creepy, the eerie, and the weird. Her writing blends strategies from memoir, folklore, journalism, and horror. Her recent book 85% True / minor ecologies weaves eco-horror out of seemingly "unbelievable" ecological facts, based on Barr...

22/06/2023

HAVING A BIG S*LE AND R*STOCK WITH YOU

NOW THROUGH JUNE 30:
💸 All Mixes are $9-11
💸 Our first two Mixes are back in stock
💸 Yearbooks are $2 (deadass)

HELP US MAKE ROOM FOR MORE BOOKS:

To clear up some shelf space in anticipation of the print run of Julianne Neely's Invitation to Form: Epic Mix, forthcoming later this summer, we're putting all of our inventory on sale! From now through the end of June, get all of our Mixes for $9-11, including: Limited-run reprints of our first tw...

20/06/2023

Now: "The Affair," a story by Isabella Mansfield, a writer living and working in Chicago.

"Jamie and I met one night when I was out with my sisters. I had seen him before, many times, but I don’t remember ever speaking until that night when I was dressed up like a woman and he a man. He spoke to me in lines that were easy to remember and I recited some myself thinking: don’t you recognize me from the background of your life in this town? Why am I suddenly at the center?"

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Isabella Mansfield is a writer whose work has appeared in Hu Magazine, Vent Mag, Aquarius Mood, and others. She lives and works in Chicago. 

16/06/2023

Now: "Chelsea in Her Prisons," a story by Meagan Masterman, a q***r writer from Maine, living in Western Massachusetts.

"They lined up the bodies on the beach. Beneath a pine tree high up on a bluff, I watched the coast guard auxiliary drag young people over wet sand. The brutal wind kept knocking off the guards’ caps, their white hair whipping. The young people were limp and slumped and not helping the guards. It could’ve been civil disobedience, if not for the blue tint in their skin. The bloat was subtle now. It wouldn’t be subtle tomorrow, when the families started trickling in."

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Meagan Masterman is a q***r writer from Maine, living in Western Massachusetts. She was longlisted for the 2019 [PANK] Book Contest and shortlisted for the 2018 Metatron Prize. Her work has been featured in Ghost City, Maudlin House, and Heavy Feather. She edits Whiskey Tit Journal. Find her on Twit...

13/06/2023

Now: "I Was a Loyal Swarm of Tween Mosquitoes," a poem by Angelina Mazza, a writer and fact-checker from Tio’tià:ke / Montreal.

"Wept girled and fell into light
traps after dark, unable to sustain
the conceit: I wanted to be alone

with a man until I was."

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Angelina Mazza is a writer and fact-checker from Tio’tià:ke / Montreal. Her work has appeared in Maisonneuve, MAYDAY, THIS, Underblong, Kissing Dynamite, and The Poetry Foundation’s VS podcast. You can find her online .

12/06/2023

NEW MIX JUST DROPPED! Please welcome Invitation to Form: Epic Mix, edited by Julianne Neely, to Peach Mixes! This lil book is full of work "of epic proportions" that "invent[s] poetic linkages between language and its relationship to history and power."

Invitation to Form: Epic Mix republishes poetry and visual art by Peach contributors Julianne Neely, Aaron Lelito, Ava September Hofmann, Caroline Rayner, Kayleb Rae Candrilli, Marie Buck, Matthew Walker, Marisa Tornello, Rebecca Teich, S. Erin Batiste, and Victoria Saeli.

"The epic is amenable to differing aesthetic and political projects. It is a grab bag of forms, an open one that can handle the vastness of collective experience." –Julianne Neely

Preorder your copy for the discounted price of $11 and be on the lookout later this month for news on a hybrid launch in Buffalo!

Next up in our anthology series Peach Mixes is Invitation to Form: Epic Mix, edited by Julianne Neely! This teal little pocketbook is full of pieces of art and literature that "share in common the presence of a space of epic proportions—whether in length, duration, momentum, or perception—to inv...

09/06/2023

Now: "YOU CAN BUY AND SELL STARS," a story by Chloe Alberta, a writer with an MFA in fiction from the University of Michigan.

"Turns out there are lots of stars you can make a line out of. I went to a website. $7.99 a pop. Chestnut took my face in her hands and squeezed and said WHAT IF THEY FALL and I said what do you mean and she said WHAT IF YOU BOUGHT ME SHOOTING STARS?"

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Chloe Alberta has an MFA in fiction from the University of Michigan. Her stories and essays are published in Joyland, The Masters Review, Wigleaf, X-R-A-Y, HAD, and elsewhere, and her writing has been recognized with the Henfield Prize and a Hopwood Award. Find her on Twitter: .

06/06/2023

Now: "All Night Long," a poem by London Beck, a poet from Salt Lake City residing in Western Massachusetts.

"architecturally
the churches I’ve seen

disappoint me
here is one

I thought you looked nice
under neon"

London Beck is a poet from Salt Lake City, Utah. She currently resides in Western Massachusetts. London has a BA in creative writing from Weber State University and an MFA in poetry from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

02/06/2023

Now: It's ! For this month's visual arts feature, we are excited to present 3 illustrations by Sarah Manley, a Baltimore-based musician and illustrator.

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30/05/2023

Now: "Sun Set," an essay by M. Gnanasihamany, an artist, writer, and curator in Tio’tia:ke.

"It is not so difficult to miss the sunset. An entire universe of infinite phenomena and over 100 million kilometers between earth and its life-giving star, the wonders of the internet inside our phones, the obstructive forces of weather, city planning, or circumstance that might hide the glowing horizon behind rain clouds, high-rise condominiums, or an especially big hill. Usually though, it is not a big hill or an especially compelling post that forbids us from witnessing the sunset. Most days, many of us are working through it."

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M. Gnanasihamany is an artist, writer, and curator in Tio’tia:ke. Their practice explores the political world of pictures through their dissemination, collection, and reproduction, examining the image’s capacity to at once mirror and enforce the conditions of its production. Their written work c...

26/05/2023

Now: Our feature, presented by Amy Wang and Caroline Wu! We're excited to present "The Pilgrimage," a poem by Breanna Burke, a passionate young writer from Kingston, Jamaica.

"I am speaking of everyday occurrences. Mama’s hand trembles but
only under the sun. And I—her fragile, fragmented memory of God—
wonder if we ever really had a chance to be holy."

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Breanna Burke is a passionate young writer from Kingston, Jamaica. Her work is inspired by Jamaican culture, personal relationships, and the dynamic that exists between the two. She is inspired by poets such as Sonia Sanchez and Ocean Vuong and is currently working on a chapbook focusing on the prof...

23/05/2023

Now: "PARTY MONSTER" and "NOWADAYS," 2 poems by Richard Chiem, the author of KING OF JOY (Soft Skull Press) and YOU PRIVATE PERSON (Sorry House).

"I heard a
rumor

that you
were supposed
to

ruin me

yes, please"

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Richard Chiem is the author of You Private Person (Sorry House Classics, 2017), and the novel King of Joy (Soft Skull, 2019), which was long listed for the 2020 PEN Open Book Award. He was named a 2019 Writer to Watch by the Los Angeles Times. His book, You Private Person, was named one of Publisher...

19/05/2023

Now: "Plastic Aztec Death Whistle," a story by Alice Kinerk, a writer and educator in Washington.

"The Aztec death whistle defines terror. Its scream is human, but at the same time inhuman. It is the voice of formless evil you always knew existed even though no one admits it. The shriek lurking in the dark. Catastrophes, atrocities, disease and death.

'For sacrifices.' Hubs smiles when I squint at the screen. 'Tomorrow I’ll 3D print one.'"

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Alice Kinerk earned an MFA in English and then spent several years raising babies and not writing much. Now that she’s changed her last dirty diaper, she’s back to hitting that keyboard! Her short stories have been published or are forthcoming in Oyster River Pages, Johnny America, Rock Salt Jou...

16/05/2023

Now: Our May feature, curated by Amy Wang and Caroline Wu! This month, we are excited to present "midnight cravings," a poem by April Yu, a fifteen-year-old writer from New Jersey.

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April Yu is a fifteen-year-old writer from New Jersey with an affinity for language, running, and human anatomy. Her work is published in or forthcoming from The Lumiere Review, Milk Candy Review, The Aurora Journal, FEED, and more, and has been recognized by the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, Eth...

12/05/2023

Now: "Personality Test," a poem by Kaitlin Hsu 徐欣, a Taiwanese poet living in the Bay Area.

"You think intimacy is
❏ slicing fruit
❏ telepathy
❏ forgotten secrets

You are tired of
❏ deadlines
❏ small mirrors
❏ saying no"

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Kaitlin Hsu 徐欣 is a Taiwanese poet currently living in the Bay Area. She is a big fan of crosswords, cats, milk, and milk alternatives. 

09/05/2023

Now: "Picturesque," a poem by Šari Dale, the author of PARA-SOCIAL BUTTERFLY (Metatron Press).

"Like trees, the trees radiantly undulate.
I must experience the sublime
the green profundity of nature.
Do you think I’m a person of depth?"

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Šari Dale writes from a small town in Northern British Columbia on the traditional territory of the Lheidli T'enneh. Her work has been published in EVENT, The Malahat Review, and Grain, among others, and anthologized in Best Canadian Poetry 2021 and Poetry Daily. Para-Social Butterfly, her first co...

05/05/2023

Now: It's ! For this month's visual arts feature, we are excited to present 3 photographs by Heather Hardy, a Brooklyn-based educator and photographer.

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02/05/2023

Now: "A Real Modern Poem," a poem by Tyhe Cooper, a writer working in experimental prose and poetry.

"All my Close Friends keep responding to the Instagram story saying “same” and “me too” and “oh no” and “block him” and I keep messaging them back and saying, He loves to be Loved and that’s not a crime and I want to love to be Loved too, like a wish on a star, or an Instagram message request that stays in that little folder with all the s*x robots who say “I love to be f**ked.” And they use all the right emojis like true geniuses."

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Tyhe Cooper is a writer working in experimental prose and poetry. They are the Production Editor and a poetry events curator at the Brooklyn Rail. 

28/04/2023

Now: "S*x Scenes," a short story by Fran Hoepfner, a writer and teacher living in New York.

"Hans stood by what he said. The students never wrote about s*x. Their characters hardly thought about their romantic futures; they felt no itch of desire. It was infuriating! Their characters—over-intelligent, annoyingly attractive—would do well to have a little s*x. It’s what people who were like that did, or so Hans figured."

Fran Hoepfner is a writer and teacher living in New York. She has an MFA in Fiction writing from Rutgers University-Newark. She is an editor-at-large for the independent film magazine Bright Wall/Dark Room and the editor-in-chief of Fran Magazine.

25/04/2023

Now: "Please," a poem by Lily Greenberg, author of In the Shape of a Woman (Broadstone Books 2022).

"I’m talking
about utility, Please not for pleasure, and when did it get that way,
when did I start saying Please to show not politeness exactly
but to get what I want"

Lily Greenberg is a poet from Nashville, Tennessee and the author of In the Shape of a Woman (Broadstone Books 2022). Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Iron Horse Literary Review, Eco Theo Review, On the Seawall, Cortland Review, and The Shore, among others, and she is the 2023 prize winner...

21/04/2023

Now: "A Lonely Astronaut Responds to Fan Mail," a flash story by Florida-based writer Evan Grillon.

"Did you know the moon dreamt of being its own planet? Earth wouldn’t let it go. But it didn’t want it back, either. Science will tell you differently, but science has never been in love."

Evan Grillon's fiction has appeared in Wigleaf, Salamander, and Southern Humanities Review, among others. He lives in Florida.

18/04/2023

Now: Our April feature, curated by Amy Wang and Caroline Wu! This month, we're excited to present "Cold Moon," a poem by Claire Pinkston, a biracial Black poet and writer from the San Francisco Bay Area.

"the moon is full tonight, and so
I am outside, fingers creased with
soft, dark earth. every month is the
same & I have learned to punctuate
my years with breath: rise and fall.
I, too, am moved along with the season."

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Claire Pinkston (she/her) is a biracial Black poet and writer from the San Francisco Bay Area. Her work has previously been recognized at the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards and is published or forthcoming in Diode Poetry Journal, The Lumiere Review, Up the Staircase Quarterly, and The Hellebore,....

14/04/2023

We are so bummed to share that poetry editor Sennah Yee is moving on from her position at Peach. Sennah is the resident sweetheart on our team and it will not be possible to replace her—simply won't! Thanks for everything, Sennah. We fu***ng love you.

We are so sad to share that our beloved poetry editor Sennah Yee is moving on from her position at Peach. While we're bummed to see her go, we are so grateful to her for all of the time, attention, and care she dedicated to our journal's poetry curation over the past four years, and thrilled about t...

14/04/2023

Now: "FERAL IS OUR NEW DOMESTICITY," a poem by pony p, a Philadelphia-based artist, poet, and triple sagittarius.

"I lay down
stressed out and s*xy
my one trick is that
I am a homing pigeon for good leather
and I can make psychic pasta"

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pony p is an artist and poet based in philly. a triple sagittarius, their work is the test tube baby of kate bush and trent reznor from nine inch nails. currently, they are thinking about hypnosis, victorian consumption, and the relationship between insanity and divinity.

11/04/2023

Now: "37 Easy Epigrams for a Motherless Child," a poem by José Arturo Flores, a graduate of the writing program at California Institute of the Arts.

"I may never learn to walk, I may never learn to tie my shoes
and that’s perfectly normal
my true goal is to become Animal dripping with taboos not knowing where I will snap the neck of my next meal"

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José Arturo Flores is a graduate of the writing program at California Institute of the Arts. He lives in Southern Cal. He is the author of 3 books of poetry: Inflorescence, The Soul of the Tick, and Elegy for a Blade of Grass.

07/04/2023

Now: It's ! For this month's visual arts feature, we are excited to present 3 photographs by Connie Li, a Baltimore-based artist.

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04/04/2023

Now: "SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A SHOPPING PLAZA," a poem by Drew Krewer, the author of ARS WARHOLICA (Spork Press) and co-editor of The Destroyer.

"I'm a coin the couch has eaten, I'm the couch that eats the coin. My role elusive and out of circulation."

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Drew Krewer is author of the chapbook Ars Warholica (Spork Press) and co-edits The Destroyer. His work has appeared in Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderq***r Poetry and Poetics, Diagram, Afternoon Visitor, and Dream Pop, among other publications. He holds an MFA in Poetry from the University of A...

31/03/2023

Now: "working from home," a poem by Erin Donohue, a writer and editor from Aotearoa, New Zealand.

"i feed my cat every morning. her incessant but
politely restrained howls when i am late to wake.

i download an app that translates her different
meows into english. she says, i’m hungry.

she says, i’m hunting. she says, quietly,
i love you. i’m here. can you see me?"

Erin Donohue is a writer and editor from Aotearoa, New Zealand. Her first novel was published in 2017 and was a finalist in the NZCYA Book Awards. She is currently working on a collection of personal essays.

28/03/2023

Now: "the starring role" and "all you can hear in your dreams is barking," 2 poems by Louise Wallace, the author of four poetry collections, including THIS IS A STORY ABOUT YOUR MOTHER (forthcoming from Te Herenga Waka University Press).

"your whole life is visual waste, the numbness, the hopeless pursuit. you can’t make a remedy from a clove. cookbooks won’t provide a salve from the disturbance."

Louise Wallace is the author of three collections of poetry published by Te Herenga Waka University Press, New Zealand, with her next book, THIS IS A STORY ABOUT YOUR MOTHER, forthcoming in May 2023. She is the founder and editor of Starling, an online journal for young New Zealand writers.