
A Brief Lexicon of Maladies by Atara Blake
From the desk of Dr. Salk— Here at The Night Clinic, we deal with a variety of unpleasant diseases and the patients who may or

From the desk of Dr. Salk— Here at The Night Clinic, we deal with a variety of unpleasant diseases and the patients who may or

Read “Dead Flowers Sing” Here Header image by Sovann Samedy

Writing a memoir is not a cake walk for anyone, I suspect. But my fifteen-year journey from desire to fruition (but not yet publication) dragged

I have perhaps the most unique job in the world. In addition to being a poet, I am the Executive Director of a monastery. This

With “End Screen of Your Life”, I wanted to write a story about video games as an extension of reality, the world of memory and

ORIGIN: Sometimes, I dream and wake up in paintings. I dream the oftenest of Goya, of being on his walls, the real walls in the

Read “Enter the Hype House” Here This is one of the most original and compelling pieces we’ve read at Marrow in a long time. It

“Lafayette” feels like such a poem of place. You do a brilliant job of conjuring the feeling of being in such a particular place and

The story incorporates elements that feel unconventional or “weird,” but they’re presented in a way that feels entirely natural within the world you’ve built. How

What sparked the idea for this story for you? Where do you draw inspiration for your work? The piece was originally written for a ghost

Where did the premise of this story come from? At first, I had the vague idea that I wanted to write about a package. Then

I love how much emotional tension you’ve created in these two short pieces. I was thinking about them for days after, all the terse sentences