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

The dead girls sit in a row, each one with their blood still staining their hands.  There’s a woman at… Read more “What We Make Of The Dead” by V. Medina

My red cloak is made of softest wool and is bright as berries, bright as blood. Wearing it as I… Read more “The Red Cloak” by Vanessa Fogg

Being a witch is too hard, she say. No, I love being a witch, I say. How do you feel… Read more “In conversation with a witch” by Ugonna-Ora Owoh

I track him Through the woods Down the path Into the house. (It’s not his house – it used to… Read more “Track” by Katie Gray

You were born blind. You woke up in my arms         Green as exotic fins, in the… Read more “Aunt Mariana’s Hair” by Rosa Nagle