Together nonetheless.
Pain is a changing force, a reminder of the past and a constant in our lives. It is a universal experience. We can all relate to being hurt, grieving lost loved ones, being heartbroken or breaking a bone, something going wrong in our bodies that we can’t see or that we can. We have all seen someone else in pain and experienced that breathless helplessness at our inability to knit them back together. The human experience involves a lot of pain. So here we are, together, in pain. But together nonetheless.
Cover Image by Sonali Roy
Cover Design – A Coup of Owls
Sonali Roy is a freelance writer taking interest in holistic approaches for maintaining good health both for humans and their nonhuman friends, business management, latest science discoveries, technology, robotics, archaeology, architecture, food & nutrition, history, astronomy, spirituality, unexplained, and art & culture.
Besides, she’s a passionate traveler & photographer, music composer, singer, painter, 3-D art designer and practices yoga & meditation regularly. Devoted to vegan diet, she enjoys creative writing. Sonali is accompanied by the sweet memories of her 8-yr old canine friend Fuchoo, who left her forever last year.
Max Turner – Publisher
Rhiannon Wood – Editor in Chief
Sarah Boyd – Editor
Leonie Natascha – Publishing Assistant
A Coup of Owls: Spring 2024 (issue 13)
Published by A Coup of Owls Press
March 2024
This issue is available to read or as a download at the bottom of this page.
Contents
Metamorphosis
by Tyler Battaglia
A queer man does ‘magic tricks’ by shapeshifting into other people—but as soon as you ask him to show who he really is, he is liable to disappear from the vulnerability.
Smiling at a Homeless Woman by the Roadside Temple
By Shaurya Pathania
An encounter with a homeless woman stuns the narrator.
Reunification Day
By Angela Acosta
A young Latine spacer returns to a mossy rock on an unassuming asteroid.
Frizz Trippin’ with Ursa and Pip
By Franco Amati
Tuck and his crazy aunts venture out on a post-frizz road trip from Jersey to California to meet the hologram of Larry Hagman.
Last Rites
By Colleen Anderson
A mother fights to save her child’s soul.
Creepy Crawlies: A Space Opera
By Avra Margariti
Three siblings drift in space, facing an infestation of creepy crawlies, while tension rises within their ship.
The Grace Variations
By Ria Hill
A man contemplates the lengths he is willing to go to show the woman he loves how much he loves her.
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