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perhappened mag

issue 1: CARNIVAL

june 2020

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cover art by aleah dye, original photo by hermes rivera via unsplash

a letter from the editor


welcome to perhappened mag! this inaugural issue was originally released on 6/6. however, due to circumstances in the united states and worldwide, our staff chose to restrict access for one week to those who provided proof of a donation, signature, or email in the name of Black Lives Matter. just because that specific initiative has now ended does not mean this fight is over! in the past few weeks, we have matched over ​$500 in donations on our twitter account (@perhappened), and we will keep donating, signing, and boosting these causes in the name of equality for all.

our theme, CARNIVAL, may seem dissonant right now. it's celebratory–joyous, even. yet, as countless contributors and readers have expressed, we need a little joy in our lives to sustain us now more than ever. we hope you feel the same way, and that you enjoy your stay here. go ahead, punch your ticket–this carnival's in town all month!

– isaura ren, editor-in-chief, perhappened mag ♡


i. opening day


– poetry –
Sideshow
Jennifer Brough

– prose poetry –
My childhood was not wild and poppin'
Morgana Moore

– poetry –
County Fair Past 10 PM
Aleah Dye

– poetry –
Home
Akhim Alexis

– poetry –
mobile maps
Oluwatobi Ezekiel Poroye

– poetry –
That spinning moment
Frank G. Karioris


ii. the big wheel


– poetry –
Ferris Wheel Season
David Barrick

– poetry –
Up, Down, and Around
Yelaina Anton

– poetry –
Full Circle
Tyler Turner

– creative nonfiction –
What We Did in Boone County
Hannah Cajandig-Taylor

– prose poetry –
After The Carnival
Gaia Rajan

– poetry –
Ferris Wheel
Bethan Hay


iii. roller coaster


– prose poetry –
height requirement
Sandhya Ganesan

– poetry –
roller coaster ride
Ada Pelonia

– poetry –
kamikaze
Penelope Rudolph

– poetry –
Corners and Corkscrews
Steve Denehan

– flash fiction –
High as a Kite
E.F.S. Byrne

– flash fiction –
Sidewinder
Renee Agatep


iv. fun & games


– poetry –
May in Millvale
James Croal Jackson

– poetry –
Carnival Memories
John Grey

– poetry –
The Carnival
Lisa Lerma Weber

– flash fiction –
The Unhooked Duckling
Ashley Bullen-Cutting

– flash fiction –
The Fortune Teller
Sarah Little

– poetry –
Shadow Puppets
Emily Uduwana


v. tunnel of love


– poetry –
An Endearing Memory
A.R. Salandy

– poetry –
every heart a carnival
Lindz McLeod

– poetry –
Acrobat
Lannie Stabile

– prose poetry –
Joining the Circus Was a Mistake
Kaylyssa Quinn

– prose poetry –
The Exploding Ghost
at the Autumn Fair

Chris Prewitt

– poetry –
Blackout
Jide Badmus


vi. sugar rush


– poetry –
cotton candy
Suradha Iyer

– poetry –
Fairy Floss
Shannon Barringer

– poetry –
sweet heart
Meagan Patrick

– poetry –
Concrete Poem in the Shape
of Half a Sno Cone

Michaela Mayer

– creative nonfiction –
Moonrise over the candyfloss hut
Eliot North

– prose poetry –
Cotton Candy, 1983
Karen Steiger


vii. bittersweet


– prose poetry –
On Going to Collect My 2-Year-Old
From Inside the Inflatable Kingdom

Rich Giptar

– prose poetry –
Carnival
Taylor Byas

– poetry –
(no) thanks for the ride!
Laura Owens

– prose poetry –
All the ways I forgot to love him
Sarah Loverock

– prose poetry –
Them Losing Is Winning For Me
Kenleigh Gilbert

– prose poetry –
When We First Reach
Jenny Mitchell


viii. up on high


– prose poetry –
SLEEPING STREETS
Praise Osawaru

– poetry –
cloning
Olúwádáre Pópóọla

– poetry –
roses have brown skins too
Timothy Ojo

– prose poetry –
The Carnival of Entrance
Adedayo Agarau

– poetry –
Chaosmachy: The Carnival of Creation
S.T. Brant

– poetry –
tower of terror
Henry D. Brown


ix. final ride


– fiction –
Clouds
Chris Cocca

– flash fiction –
Don't Throw Stones
Amy Barnes

– prose poetry –
The Last Night of the Fair
Siobhan Dunlop

– prose poetry –
One Last Ride
Imogen L. Smiley

– poetry –
Hope Burns Apoplectic
Sage Ravenwood

– prose poetry –
Now the Horses Have All Gone
Sy Brand


x. dark night


– poetry –
Black Screen
Jasmine Flowers

– prose poetry –
Exhaust
Colin Lubner

– prose poetry –
In the Time of the Barley Moon
Amee Nassrene Broumand

– poetry –
ghostland
Madison Zehmer

– poetry –
Becoming Darkness
Temidayo Jacob

– prose poetry –
Modern Maenads
Charlotte Newbury


xi. last summer


– poetry –
MIDWEST SUMMER TWILIGHT
​| 2009

William Bortz

– prose poetry –
A twelve-foot garden in
Hazel Park, Co. Galway

Laoise Ní Raghallaigh

– poetry –
The World was Beautiful
Idowu Odeyemi

– flash fiction –
The ebb and flow of tides
Judy Darley

– prose poetry –
I say I dream about the future
but I dream about the past

Aishwarya Javalgekar

– prose poetry –
Remember Herons
Steve Merino

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