Baubles From Bones

<p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Love longing and labyrinths</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> - explore the magic of long-awaited supernatural and trapdoor-secret relationships but be ready to mend the cracks they leave behind in this issue of </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Baubles From Bones</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In nine new speculative stories: memories of an ocean rescue bubble up in an old man and a family knits together when a baby crawls from the surf. Two carvers tunnel out of a blind castle a boy struggles with his antlers and an AI relishes in the drama of humans' love lives. For one the call of the fae world is a cruelty and for another it is an escape both uncanny and comforting. Flowers bloom from a whisper. Fleece regains its magic. Through three new poems find the passion of a love kept secret discover the reflection one's self casts in the stars and shiver with the anxiety of a long-awaited rendezvous on a crumbling iceberg.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Featuring a mix of established and emerging writers</span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Baubles From Bones: Issue 5</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> offers a variety of eclectic queer and far-reaching perspectives with the stories and poetry to match.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Including work by: Charlie Winter Pixie Bruner Gretchen Tessmer Katherine Traylor Michael D. Burnside James Rowland Kelsey Dean Odin Meadows Kit Calvert Matthew Cote Madi Haab and Mackenzie Knowles</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Cover art by: Lucas Kurz</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Edited by: Joel Troutman Elyse Leskovic and Shane Gallaher</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Social Media Manager: Caroline Ritzert</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Interior Illustrations by: Elyse Leskovic Joel Troutman and Elizabeth Dragus</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Independently published and distributed in Pittsburgh PA</span></p><p></p>