Death and Obsession…
From taking a road trip with God to drinking away painful memories, biting off more than you can chew to finding satisfaction in magic, watching the ghost of your ancestors walk through a wall to finding solace in a love that still lingers even after they’ve gone. Know that we have all walked the winding path of grief, we have all swum under the waves and come back up gasping. Death and grief may come for us all, but through this pain, you can always catch another’s eye, share a memory and smile. In these increasingly doom-laden times, it’s even more important to wander into our forest and take solace in the darkness together.
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Rhiannon Wood – Editor in Chief
Sarah Boyd – Editor
Leonie Natascha – Publishing Assistant
A Coup of Owls: Autumn 2025 (issue 19)
Published by A Coup of Owls Press
September 2025
This issue is available to read or as a download at the bottom of this page.
Contents
Grief of the Ones Left Behind
by Lavanya Arora
Remembering and grieving the loss of a loved one.
Drain
by Fallon Buchholz
It’s hard to break the cycle.
L’Amour, Thy Name is Ana
by Sylvie Soul
A woman obsessed with a coworker takes matters into her own hands.
The Hand that Feeds
by Phoebe Bush
A retelling of the Norse myth of Fenrir and Tyr… from Fenrir’s perspective.
Miracle Aisle
by Bethany L. Sherwood
An aimless retail worker discovers new, elusive residents of the store, and decides to be delighted rather than frightened.
The Visitation
by Nwafor Emmanuel Okechukwu
A young man encounters a midnight stranger who issues him a task which he carries out and in the process discovers himself, and experiences culture.
Backpacking Through the books of Exodus, or I get a Gig as God’s Social Media Manager and Satan’s Reluctant Sidekick
by Rowan Tate
A humanities major hitchhiking in Jordan encounters Yahweh and Satan, embarking on a quirky road trip that becomes a mysterious quest for the Ark of the Covenant.
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