THE WRITING DISORDER – A Literary Journal
THE FALL 2026 ISSUE
NEW POETRY
Emma Atkins Poetry
Dandelions
by Emma Atkins
She plucks the dandelion from its bed,purses her lips and spitsa glob of orange-squash breath.
Fairies are loosened, take flight across the garden,but...
Diane Webster Poetry
LEAF PARACHUTES
by Diane Webster
Maple leaves parachute,land in silent ripplesupon the moat and float
toward castle wallswhere they clutter togetherto snag stony leaf holds.Wind bolsters them...
Jim Murdoch Poetry
Why Poets Make Lousy Scientists
by Jim Murdoch
A day, a week and a month are the same length as a yearand are half the length...
Ellena Kappos Poetry
GLUE TRAP
by Ellena Kappos
Cicadas stuck in amber.Thick. Light split. Full.
Bloated with it, withall this sunlight. Like crawling your way through a glue trap. That...
Robert P. Hansen Poetry
Coitus Interruptus
by Robert P. Hansen
The moon is half empty—or is it half full?Waxing? Waning? I can never remember whichis which. It’s a phase I’m...
Paul Dickey Poetry
Near the DeSoto Bend Wildlife Refuge
by Paul Dickey
Just this week, the weather has turned.At the refuge, the few remaining snow geesescatter at a handclap....
NEW NONFICTION
K.B. Dixon Nonfiction
Your Bus, My Bus, Arbus
by K.B. Dixon
I bought a copy of Diane Arbus, An Aperture Monograph—a 50th Anniversary Edition of the 1972 classic. I’m...
James W. Morris Nonfiction
Fiction After Forty
by James W. Morris
I took a philosophy course once at LaSalle University, and the professor, a voluble young man, stated unequivocally in...
Terry Riccardi Nonfiction
Just a Touch of OCD
by Terry Riccardi
One card in the row on the table was crooked. When I unthinkingly moved it so it...
Book Review: Judith Skillman’s Oppression
Review by Kurt Olsson
Title: OPPRESSIONAuthor: Judith SkillmanPublisher: Shanti Arts Publishing | www.shantiarts.comCategory: Poetry / GeneralFormat: Paperback, 88 ppISBN: 978-1-971191-00-3Price: $16.95 USD
Oppression—A Dystopia
Judith Skillman’s...
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NEW NONFICTION WORK
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