I Suppose the Crow Knows What Is Too Long for a Note
Little Engines Lit Mag, Issue Nine
I subscribed on a whim. Saw somewhere a note for a free lit mag. Clicked the link. Free like online-free, I supposed. But then the address request?
I ordered. It arrived.
The little blue engine that could. Based in Nashville and edited by Adam Voith, LE is a tiny journal by the standards of most contemporary literary magazines, featuring all of five contributors in issue nine, but swings big. Poet Bob Hicok, musician Kevin Morby, and novelist Bethany Ball were three instantly recognizable names, with writer Kyle Seibel and artist Kami Baergen rounding out the lineup.
Apart from the amazing fact that Little Engines arrives in your mail free of charge is the even more amazing fact that it comes with extras. A cool broadside featuring one of Hicok’s poems and on the flip a print of Baergen’s art. Plus a sticker sheet of all the images found in the issue, which, I will confess, made me a bit giddy. Fucking stickers!
Pure plug: you should take a ride on this train. It’s a good time, and the writing is pretty fantastic as well. And its on Substack, so go read/get it.
In other plugs, my new book, A Cyborg’s Father, forthcoming from punctum books in early 2025, now has a cover!
