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trampset,
a literary journal
The Harvest
by James Callan...The sun was directly over our heads. The asphalt was soft under my shoes. Insects were dying, cooked alive beyond the shadows of parked cars.
1 day ago4 min read
12 Things I Wished Happened at the Louvre Heist
by Lyndsie Manusos...That a young girl, perhaps seven, found the diadem the robbers dropped while making haste to exit, and tucked it under her skirt, the curves of jewels pressing against her skin.
1 day ago3 min read
A 10,000 Maniacs Song
by Jamie Zerndt...I think for some love can be like the first hit of a powerful drug. Maybe you just chase after that feeling for the rest of your life, but some never really reach it again.
1 day ago11 min read
A Jar of Dirt
by Mitchell Ny...We lie on the switchback, you atop my chest, and become immovable—like my nerves had been pulled gently from my navel. I am denervated meat and cooked clay.
Jul 313 min read
In Praise of the Non-Linear
by Tyler Dempsey...If I cared about linear progress, I would’ve never gotten picked up by a plane hitchhiking.
Had I taken my friend’s offer to drive me from Anchorage to Denali in early-May of 2017, after arriving in the 49th State from a winter in Missoula, MT, I wouldn’t remember a single damn thing of that trip today.
Dec 5, 202512 min read
Wound
by Abhinav...That was the day childhood ended. Time no longer a yard but a funnel tilted downhill and revenge suddenly a possibility, not just desire. I knew I could do it. She saw it in my eyes. She knew I could do it.
Oct 31, 20254 min read
On the Theory and Practice of Storge
by Lucas Reilly...Remember, the three things to remember
are death, taxes, and I will forget
my wallet and/or my keys.
1 day ago1 min read
Family and Where to Find It
by Lydia Buzzard...A missile soaring in
a flock’s V formation is no gosling
and yet they both seek heat.
1 day ago1 min read
I told them the sky was falling
by Liz Berkstresser...When the floor
stops moving, they take us off the truck. There’s a trail
of blood leading to an open space with a green velvet floor.
Aug 281 min read
Bags of Bags
by Zebulon Huset...There’s always a seed crystal ready to replicate itself. The mother-soup bags. It’s not like the bags of bags were precious, but I dreamed better when I knew they were safe.
Aug 281 min read
Book Review: Theophanies
Reviewed by Paul Chuks...In Theophanies, Sarah Ghazal Ali is a master of querying faith with poetry. She is sometimes investigative in her approach, sometimes confessional...
Sep 157 min read
Macro Minds, Micro Talks with Mandira: Writer Emily Rinkema
Interview by Mandira Pattnaik...My mother died when I was 15 and it has really shaped so much of my life in ways that are still unfolding, good and bad, so this collection is part therapy, part tribute, part exploration, and part exploitation, I suppose.
Sep 109 min read
Macro Minds, Micro Talks with Mandira: Frances Ogamba
Interview by Mandira Pattnaik... "Reading can begin to feel easier and less risky, while, with each passing day, we grow more judgmental of our own work. I would say: take the risk. Begin afraid. What is the worst that could happen?"
Aug 67 min read
Olamide: The Argument for Being Nigeria’s King of Pop
by Paul Chuks...Any artist who stays back and refuses Western audience or does not collaborate with a Western star or is not affiliated with any Western label is seen as unambitious and a local champion. A defeatist mindset that is reflective of the sharp fangs of colonialism still burrowed in our psyche.
Aug 45 min read
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