Surprise! We’ve all stumbled upon something unexpected– an envelope of cash, a ghost, an empty bike lock where our vintage cruiser should be, a position at a company we never thought we’d work for. Or maybe someone in our life surprised us by changing their attitude about something and coming through for us when...
He said he was going out for a pack of smokes; it wasn’t for over an hour that it occurred to me he didn’t smoke. He called six years later, I was married and had two kids by then, and he asked if...
It wasn’t what Sarah expected. There was pain and even some blood, but she hadn’t been prepared for the weight of his body, the way his shoulder caught her neck when he thrusted. “It lasted 30, maybe 45 seconds,” she told Daisy, her...
It’s supposed to be about baptism. The priest plants his feet in wet sand, raises his arms and pitches a gold cross into the polluted river. Clustered under...
After months of collecting submissions, we’ve finally finished our fifth zine. The theme for this issue is “Crossings” and we received some creative, beautiful approaches to a simple...
Petals and Bones Zine #5: CROSSING Ever been crossed by someone you thought could be trusted? Randomly crossed paths with an old lover while backpacking through Patagonia? Crossed a...