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Jul 1, 202412 min read

[Essay] Busted Belonging

by Krista Puttler I learned to surf on a gentle, rolling break called Canoes. It’s the one tourists are told they’ll be able to surf once...

Jul 1, 202417 min read

[Fiction] Night Surfer

by M. Golda Turner Surfers peel off wetsuits by their parked cars on a cliffside road. I carry my board toward them, knowing that these...

Jul 1, 20248 min read

[Fiction] Soundtrack

by Shannon Presby Jenna used to say she could hear the soundtrack of anyone’s life. I didn’t really believe her. She liked to make things...

Jun 13, 20242 min read

[Poetry] Two Poems by Nisa Malli

Standard Lesson You take the monster to the sea because the nervous system runs on sodium: voltage-gated channels conducting ions...

Jun 11, 20244 min read

[Photography] Interview with Patrick McEvoy

[KELP JOURNAL] The first thing I usually ask photographers is what do you look for in a shot? What makes you press the shutter down?...

Jun 6, 20241 min read

[Poetry] Two Poems by SD Dillon

Stowaways i. The hagfish that (burrows) into the corpse of a beluga. ii. Pearlfish (shelters) in the unmentionable of a sea cucumber....

Jun 4, 20243 min read

[Review] “Wipeout” a Play by Aurora Real de Asua

By A.M. Larks I was lucky enough to catch the California World Premiere of “Wipeout” by Aurora Real de Asua on the closing weekend at the...

May 30, 20241 min read

[Poetry] Two Poems Melanie DuBose

Our Bodies are Mostly Water “All forms of pollution eventually make their way to water.” —a scientist Today it was announced as the first...

May 28, 20245 min read

[Fiction] Dolphin Lovers

by Joanna Szeto Tiffany had thousands of dolphins in her room. She knows, she’s counted them. She had wall to wall posters of dolphins...

May 23, 20241 min read

[Poetry] Seaside by Ariel K. Moniz

Seaside If you gathered those who once claimed their love as my name each would pull you aside, rough-palmed and storm-eyed, saying press...

May 21, 20241 min read

[Essay] The Cave, the Wave, the Nereide

By Nadja Velez Photos: marine caves of Ponta João D’Arens, Southwestern Algarve (Portugal). Taken by author while freediving. Through...

May 16, 20242 min read

[Poetry] Two Poems by Erika Saunders

Paper Moon We walk the paper road between the village and the sea lit by moonlight. The oysters are busy opening and closing, blinking...

May 14, 20243 min read

[Photography] Interview with Sonali Roy

[KELP JOURNAL] Sonali, I chose your photographs because there is something so captivating about the power of this river that you have...

May 13, 20248 min read

[Interview] with Patrick Moser

David M. Olsen interviews Patrick Moser about his past books, and his upcoming book Waikiki Dreams, his love of surfing, and living in...

May 9, 20241 min read

[Poetry] Two Poems by Sofia Melka

Where the City Meets the Sea All roads lead to nowhere Slim, breakable paths upon the coast. A cluster of silver by the sand....

May 7, 20242 min read

[Review] Salt Slow by Julia Armfield

By A.M. Larks Julia Armfield’s Salt Slow is a collection of stories that bend around reality and peek into the often unexamined corners...

May 2, 20242 min read

[Poetry] Three Poems by Bronte Pearson

How to Remember You Are Alive Warm water trickling on your skin like starlight and the glide of brisk lotion sharpening your legs and the...

Apr 30, 20248 min read

[Fiction] The Abandoned Beach

By Kat Kovalevska Dana sat down on the curb outside the convenience store. She took out a cigarette and stared at it. She stopped smoking...

Apr 25, 20242 min read

[Poetry] Two Poems by Anne Rankin

A Lack of Stars With its head hung over the road, the street lamp sputters a blue-white light, muttering some sort of apology into the...

Apr 23, 20248 min read

[Essay] Surfing

By Madison Head Every single aspect of surfing is the worst and hardest part of surfing. Ever since I was a child, my dad has been trying...

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