Citing Budgetary Concerns, the Hurricane Name Retirement Center Closes Its Doors Listen: they’ve closed the hurricane name retirement center. They … More
Category: Print Archives
Welcome to the Heavy Feather archives, a searchable category of print work published since 2012. The project is an attempt to bring as much of the magazine online for new and longtime readers. We’re`still printing issues, and this archival effort will be gradual, hopefully weekly, depending on the given moment. Update: Starting with Vol. 6, we are publishing full issues online, while also offering the print edition for diehards like ourselves.
Fiction: “Driving Range” by John Scaggs
Like most of the men in the Wetherall family, Virgil had lost a finger or three over the years. The … More
Two Poems by Conor Bracken
Running After Years My gait’s a mistake my feet keep making. Allow me to introduce myself: an unbridled trot. A … More
“Both the Substance and the Evidence,” a short story by Elise Burke
On the Sundays Harlow convinced me go to church, I never really listened to the sermon. But certain phrases stuck … More
Poetry: “Necessary Facilities Improvements” by Patrick Williams
Here’s the gougey bodega, the graying gym shoe power lines, sloping toward what television tells me is our drug corner. … More
“Terms of Non-Communication,” a ficton story by Ani Katz
I. Terms of Non-Communication 1. The parties agree not to attempt communication until the agreed-upon date. 2. In the … More
Three Poems by M. Ann Hull
This Isn’t An Era for Adoring the unborn fingers of a tea cup gripping to its chipped brim brittle stembones … More
Three Poems by Kathleen Jones
The Appropriate Cold —for Amy Your death fell with a thud that bruised the rest of us. Now I’m homesick … More
“Marvel,” a lyric essay by Jennifer H. Fortin
Why does it bother me when others marvel at what I don’t find wondrous? It has to do with naiveté, … More
“An Important Message from a Mysterious Place,” poetry by Meredith Blankinship
If the haunting was a haunting you deserved how do you expect to live without the quietude of my displeasure? … More
“Notes from Toledo,” a micro-essay by Megan Martin
We got in a car and drove to Toledo. Toledo felt like bad news. I thought it was just your … More
Two Poems by Jim Whiteside
The Waters There is a flood in my mother’s hometown that will wash away more than gravel roads, leave behind … More
