We’re thrilled to bring the 21st issue of Jenny Magazine featuring the supernatural into the world. When conceptualizing the issue, we sought to bring together a selection of unique pieces highlighting this fantastic genre that goes beyond and above the natural focusing on disruptions of the natural order.
Fiction
The Necromancer
Anne Caywood
“He drew in a breath, gaze sinister and aura malicious. ‘It is un-Godly to raise people from the dead.’”
Like the Branches We Grew Thick
Carina Stopenski
“As we listen to Alison mutter to herself as she struggles with our suitcases, Wynn lies next to me, and I think to myself, this is truly what family is.”
Artifact
Cassidy McFadzean
“To start with, please submit Form 2A (attached) with a description of the items you hope to submit and Appendix 1-3 (if necessary).”
The Sky Our Home
Cindy Pereira
“Far away at first, but then it gradually got closer and louder, only to start fading, and then, moments later, start wailing again. Like someone was fiddling with the dials on a radio.”
Ever After
Max Talley
“She nodded. “You have to go home now. But maybe, just maybe I’ll return here tomorrow or the next day.””
Leavenworth O’Riley
Patrick Glancy
“Methodically, she searched the house from top to bottom, but never found any clue as to where the music might be coming from.”
Flash Fiction
Spirit Grove
Ellie Cameron
” ‘Take your time to think,’ Right said. ‘It’s an important decision, and you have all the time you need.’ “
A Little Too Bright and Not Quite Real
Jennifer Harvey
“Slowly, and day by day, she is learning what it means to disappear.”
The Corn Knows What Happened Here
Jersee Hogue
“I knew something was wrong when the corn was in my house.”
Nonfiction
Tanglewood
Carol Murphy
“Paula paused and then asked, “Where do you come from?” And that damned thing spelled out the words San Francisco.”
Do You Believe
Victoria MacDonald
“Out of nowhere, a gentle male voice whispers, ‘If you don’t look too hard, you’ll find them.’ “
Pennies from Heaven
Wendy Mages
“I don’t do loss well. So, my mom’s funeral was really hard. The holidays were hard. But my mom’s birthday was particularly hard.”
Poetry
Interview with the Oracle
Laurinda Lind
“There was worse work in Delphi than this /
in the past thousand years…”
Featured Artist:
Gavin Esposito
“‘Seeing cemeteries as open air museums filled with entire works of art chiseled into stone, along with the life stories of early settlers, [my] photography aims to represent the beauty held within historic cemeteries, as well as the landscapes they co-exist in.”
Gavin Esposito