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The Bookends Review

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A creative arts journal run by @JordanBlum87, @AnannyaUberoi, Katrenia Busch, and Mary Ann Hillier. Please follow us😀

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The first bridge is going up and reaches across the Atlantic to a magazine yet to be revealed. The Bridge Editions No. 1 unites two magazines for a single open call and print collection. Submission open soon and are free to submit. #TheBridgeEditions #poetry #shortstory
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Red Snow thebookendsreview.com/2026/1…

Red Snow - The Bookends Review

Her name was Yuki. Her waist-length hair fell to the ground like a crescent moon. In her hand, a short blade glimmered: Snow Flower. It bloomed like drifting snow beneath the twilight glow. But...

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Mississippi Mayor thebookendsreview.com/2026/1…

Mississippi Mayor - The Bookends Review

Small town Mississippi, way deep down, stuckLike the roots of a garden weed that won’t let goBound to it’s native hold Holding on to the one thing we know Racism they call itWe have to choose a...

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Of Troy thebookendsreview.com/2026/1…

Of Troy - The Bookends Review

I am vacant-a screaming churning chasmof possibilityboth malicious and marvelous.My mind is an empty chalkboardwith hastily erased marks,vanished to make roomfor the teachingsof my next glossator. I...

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Please check out Fiction Editor Mary Ann Hillier's piece "Jack's World" over at Underwood Press' True Chili cowboy lit journal underwoodpress.com/truechili…
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The Bycatch thebookendsreview.com/2026/1…

The Bycatch - The Bookends Review

The parking lot was empty. It usually was when I got here. I smoked a cigarette until the rest of the guys arrived. My headlights lit up the marsh. “Hey man, quit sitting around. Frank said the last...

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On Grocery Shopping thebookendsreview.com/2026/1…

On Grocery Shopping - The Bookends Review

Last week, I went to the supermarket and sawher eyes etched into the tomatoes.My mother whispered,she’s pretty if that’s your type,but everything beautiful eventually turns to dustLike wilting...

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Aadila: The Bedouin’s Soul-Filling Mystery thebookendsreview.com/2026/1…
Aadila: The Bedouin’s Soul-Filling Mystery - The Bookends Review

Aadila: The Bedouin’s Soul-Filling Mystery - The Bookends Review

After the toil of the hot dayfrom dawn till evening,in the ritual fasting of the holy month,as the weary afternoon withers,like a light evening showerYou come to me, Aadila.Like breathing, the holy...

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The Negotiator thebookendsreview.com/2026/1…

The Negotiator - The Bookends Review

“Wen’s father… was hit by a car,” Sheng’s voice came through the phone, taut like a stretched wire. “He’s dead.” Yao got the call close to eleven at night. He’d just returned that afternoon to his...

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The Award that Burns Brighter than Expected thebookendsreview.com/2026/1…

The Award that Burns Brighter than Expected - The Bookends Review

After decades of coaching, mentoring, and quietly shaping the lives of hundreds of student-athletes, Terry Moss wasn’t one to seek the spotlight. But when Placer High School inducted him into its...

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The Cartographer thebookendsreview.com/2026/1…

The Cartographer - The Bookends Review

On vellum fair his feather travels, back andForth crocheting dots, and lines and forms, dancingLaces full of mysteries. And from the scratch of the tip upon the pieceOf animal skin, coasts, mountains...

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The Stagehand thebookendsreview.com/2026/1…

The Stagehand - The Bookends Review

1. You do not exist yet, and my life is not complete. 3. You’re six months old, cheeks rounder than apples, and I reach out to touch you, The Creation of Adam. I prayed for you in the delivery room....

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Leftovers for the Living thebookendsreview.com/2026/1…

Leftovers for the Living - The Bookends Review

The corridor outside Señor Gil’s office was still and airless, as if even the building was holding its breath. Sunlight stretched across the tiled floor in pale bands. From down the hall, the faint...

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The Pyrex Bowls thebookendsreview.com/2026/1…

The Pyrex Bowls - The Bookends Review

When I moved into my first apartment, my mother created a garage sale for me in her dining room. It was to help me start my new life. Onto the long wooden dining table, she piled mismatched plates,...

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Routine thebookendsreview.com/2026/1…

Routine - The Bookends Review

When I talk of home,home is a beautiful girlthat has lost all her dignity. I step in this cold chamber,my feet kissing the groundin a tip toe. I enter this lonely roomlike a discarded brickstanding...

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“…there’s something special about the feel and smell of physical books… I also encourage my students to always read and write physically before moving over to the digital space if needed.” – Jordan Blum @JordanBlum87 paulineshen.ca/2026/10/22/ch…
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Forgiveness thebookendsreview.com/2026/1…

Forgiveness - The Bookends Review

Tonight was going to be her last.  The resident was certain. It was difficult to believe a doctor without two years’ experience in the field of, well, anything as important as the impending death of...

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Daughter Care thebookendsreview.com/2026/1…

Daughter Care - The Bookends Review

Sophia grunts against the dead weight of her mother, chest pressing to shoulder in a mock lover’s embrace. Protestations follow, wallowing from both parties as she resists, pushing against the one...

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Zippers Have Teeth Too thebookendsreview.com/2026/1…

Zippers Have Teeth Too - The Bookends Review

He installed a zipper above his heart,to ease the opening and closing of it.At first without a key,until he grew annoyed how,during warm weather,people would open or close itbased on their own whims....

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Rogue Wave thebookendsreview.com/2026/1…

Rogue Wave - The Bookends Review

A bitter breeze amongst the lonely seas.Rogue wave…….^…..Pricks my ears and dries my tears.Rogue wave growing….^….A single prayer that bleeds bare.Rogue wave growing stronger….^..Bleak downcast on...

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