The world starts to look like a kaleidoscope…
When I have a migraine, the world starts to look like a kaleidoscope. One of those cardboard ones you got as a kid. It’s the only way I can think to describe it. Everything is fragmented and sharp, colours bright yet faded at the same time. Nothing makes sense. All you want to do is close your eyes to the world and hide in the cool darkness until the pain and madness go away. I think, right now, we can all relate to that feeling.
Max Turner – Publisher
Rhiannon Wood – Editor in Chief
Dr. Sarah Boyd – Editor
Leonie Natascha – Publishing Assistant
Cover Image – Image 13 by Nick Armbrister
Nick Armbrister is a writer and photographer from England who now lives overseas. He has written for three decades, including poetry, stories, scripts and more. It helps him cope with life issues and to create.
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A Coup of Owls: Spring 2026 (issue 21)
Published by A Coup of Owls Press
March 2026
This issue is available to read or as a download at the bottom of this page.
Contents
Letters from the End of the Universe
by Em Harriett
A being charged with bringing a new Universe to fruition leaves letters of its fascination with the world that it would have to destroy to do so.
Citrus Cycle
by Mae S. Ladle
A couple harvest a lemon from their lemon tree and discover a little lemon boy inside.
The Empty Glass
by T. A. Jenkins
A man contemplates his identity and discovers a dead body in his bathtub.
Core
by Sambhu Ramachandran
A horde of children pluck mangoes from the last tree that still bears fruit.
A Journey’s End
by Alyson Tait
Odysseus finally returns home from war.
Knowing Johnny
by Clint Seiter
Stock characters in explicitly erotic stories take on a life of their own and rebel between stories.
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