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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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  • procreation

    procreation

    i want a word for that barefooted breathing when god sprouts out of the ground
    Go to the profile of Rowan Tate
    Rowan Tate
    Jun 9
    Choked

    Choked

    Oblivion persists…
    Go to the profile of Fatima Zakir
    Fatima Zakir
    Jun 5
    CONTRAST

    CONTRAST

    A Poem
    Go to the profile of Gaël Muteba
    Gaël Muteba
    Jun 2
    Recent ripples
    On Leaving Caketown

    On Leaving Caketown

    “ do we need schemes more delicate, delicious, delirious, or beautifully untried? …”
    Go to the profile of Ken Kawaji
    Ken Kawaji
    May 30
    What did you find? Nothing, he said

    What did you find? Nothing, he said

    Short story
    Go to the profile of Booth Stories with Devon James Martinez
    Booth Stories with Devon James Martinez
    May 22
    Submersed Emancipation

    Submersed Emancipation

    To desire freedom from a constricting existence caused by societal and personal limitations
    Go to the profile of Jibril 📚
    Jibril 📚
    May 20
    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
    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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