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The Mad River

The Mad River is a literary journal of the strange, the faerie, the insane, the experimental and occasionally snarky. Poetry, writing, stories, and flash fiction brought by the river from the deepest part of the forest. Let water, words, and madness flow.

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  • Early Morning Walk

    Early Morning Walk

    Beauty in bloom
    Go to the profile of The Mad Poetess
    The Mad Poetess
    May 18
    A Good Time to Bury

    A Good Time to Bury

    “Nothing about any of this is going to make sense.”
    Go to the profile of CG Miller
    CG Miller
    May 14
    Prophecy Ire

    Prophecy Ire

    In spite of spite
    Go to the profile of Edward Swafford
    Edward Swafford
    May 13
    Recent ripples
    To Love a Child is to Open This

    To Love a Child is to Open This

    To love a child is to open this picture book to the middle page and know you’ll never finish it.
    Go to the profile of Cole Hardman
    Cole Hardman
    May 10
    Elemental Talk

    Elemental Talk

    Creation speaks
    Go to the profile of Chevi Kay
    Chevi Kay
    May 6
    Birds Of A Feather

    Birds Of A Feather

    Stick Together
    Go to the profile of Lay Low Magazine
    Lay Low Magazine
    Apr 30
    Collapsing Delirium

    Collapsing Delirium

    The decay of illusions and the futility of holding onto dreams forged from pain
    Go to the profile of Jibril 📚
    Jibril 📚
    Apr 25
    How to Slay a Dragon

    How to Slay a Dragon

    A step-by-step guide for aspiring heroes
    Go to the profile of Rebecca
    Rebecca
    Apr 23
    Featured from long long ago ...
    Sunken Idol

    Sunken Idol

    The wise scholars believe you are lost forever. Your existence has passed into myth, like the great buddha asleep inside a niche of red…
    Go to the profile of Lise Colas
    Lise Colas
    Feb 4, 2018
    Changeling

    Changeling

    Flash fiction tale of fairies and changelings.
    Go to the profile of Ambrose Hall
    Ambrose Hall
    Feb 9, 2018
    Two Peas in a Pod

    Two Peas in a Pod

    Don’t Be Slow To Complain — the girl who took everything as her right
    Go to the profile of Peculiar Julia
    Peculiar Julia
    Feb 2, 2018
    This is How They Were Found

    This is How They Were Found

    Gone! In the blink of an eye.
    Go to the profile of Jk Mansi
    Jk Mansi
    Oct 19, 2018
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