The Wave 10/10

Mar 29, 20225 min read

[True Horror] The Accident, 1984

By Robert Hamilton CW: sexual assault On Highway 111, north of the community college, there is an old, abandoned house, which used to be...

Mar 22, 20222 min read

[Fiction] Seafoam

by Megan Jauregui Eccles When I sold my hair to save my sister, I thought she’d understand. A mermaid’s magic is in her hair. It was all...

Mar 15, 20225 min read

[Interview] with Rebecca Pyle

By A.M. Larks Click on each image to enlarge [KELP JOURNAL] I always find it interesting to hear about how an artist found their way to...

Mar 8, 20224 min read

[Book Review] Emily Rapp Black's 'Sanctuary' Shimmers

By Melissa Greenwood Emily Rapp Black’s third memoir, Sanctuary, is as stunning and complex as she is. In it, she not only tells the...

Mar 1, 20223 min read

[Essay] She Comes in Waves

by Penne Lynne “You move on from it, but the death will never disappear from view.” —Elizabeth McCracken Navigation Horizontal on a...

Feb 22, 20222 min read

[Poetry] Three Poems by Daniela Z. Montes

Cocoxochitl (Dahlias) Grown from tubular bulbs to be eaten, to treat epilepsy their long hollow stems used as water pipes. Only their...

Feb 15, 20223 min read

[True Horror] The Call

by Robert Hamilton In 1993, I was working as a patrolman in the Salton City area of Imperial County. One day as I was writing reports...

Feb 8, 20225 min read

[Interview] with Hanna Wright

by A.M. Larks Click on each image to enlarge [KELP JOURNAL] I always find it interesting to learn about how an artist began their...

Feb 1, 20223 min read

[Book Review] Agave Blues by Ruthie Marlenée

by A.E. Santana Maya Miller, née Hildalgo, is the strong, independent woman who has built a life on hard work, dedication, and ignoring...