We welcome the first month of an arbitrarily fixed decade, and the first Lunar New Year of that same decade… Read more Editorial, Truancy 7 (January 2020)

How can we help what we love? There is no loyalty in action, not when the body is full of… Read more “Pasiphae” by Margaret Wack

“The universe is an enchantment cast by itself.” 1. The Lady of the Void In the beginning was the end… Read more From “The Myths of the Multiverse” by Lorraine Schein

She tells the boys that snakes live between her thighs. that hers are bigger than any they might brandish. that… Read more “Stone Cold” by Lynne Sargent

To Mister Jack Woodcutter From: Miss Sonya Vasili Dear Mister Woodcutter, My grandmother bade me pen this letter. She says… Read more “Hero Worship” by Alethea Kontis

I would like to invite you to take a walk into the woods with us. This issue was meant to… Read more Editorial, Truancy 6 (September 2019)

On nights where even the stars hide behind cloaks of cloud, and their big sister the moon can’t bear to… Read more “Teeth” by Cathy Charlton

A tickling softness brushed Yazhi’s fingertips as her mother’s blanket slid out of her hands. Her mother folded it in… Read more “KQ'” by Nicole Givens Kurtz

Hark! Hear the maiden’s cry as she drowns herself. A gurgle on the face of the water. A single splash.… Read more “Ophelia and the Beast” by Elad Haber

Someone unexpected approached. The witch’s blood had long ago entwined with the dirt her house was built on, and nourished… Read more “Oaths in Bark and Blood” by Devan Barlow