A preoccupation with unreality.
Death can be celebratory because it is a reflection of a person’s life. We should celebrate the person who has departed, be glad they existed despite the billion odds against it. We forget the odds of life and how they are stacked against us; we shouldn’t, by all logic, exist. Yet here we are, living, breathing and dying.
Cover Image – ‘Seaside’ by L. M. Grant
Self-identifying as a neurodivergent, two-spirit, elder storyteller and contrarian deeply rooted in the lore and roar that’s become Portlandia of The Left Coast, they attribute success and survival (if not salvation) to superlative supports, mindfulness practice, and daily creative expression in words, sounds, and images.
Max Turner – Publisher
Rhiannon Wood – Editor in Chief
Sarah Boyd – Editor
A Coup of Owls, Issue 7, August 2022
Published by A Coup of Owls Press
This issue is available to read or as a download at the bottom of this page.
Contents
Fourth of July
by L.M. Camiolo
An uncanny moment surrounding death.
They
by Augustine Okam
The suppression of love.
Tidbits from a not person
by sara watkins
When physical disability and mental illness overlap, you get weird.
In Labour
by Sofia Tantono
An ancient Huichol birthing ritual brings more pain than expected.
Burnt Orange
by Busayo Akinmoju
A strange and oppressive moment in time.
Green things on concrete
by Em Harriett
You journey east to the remains of a city, finding peace with yourself.
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