Palm-Sized Press, Vol. 2

Palm-Sized Press’ international community of writers weaves tales like Nuala O’Connor, of pearls that carry sorrow, that wail and moan, until they are cast into the sea and silenced in the bellies of sheephead fish; or like GC Perry, gazing over the body of a baby bird, “the size of a plum, its delicate pink skin almost translucent.” Delve into new worlds with Megan Thomas, who writes of a place where you literally choose your face each day, and if you forget to take it off for the night, find it “had slipped off the bone and lay flesh down” on the pillow. There are stories like love letters from one character to another: Tina deBellegarde’s character remembering being a small child, watching his mother grow smaller as the bus pulls away, not knowing “that I would leave you every day”; or Brian Feller’s Todd, who fills his house with a hundred candles for the sister he lost. Featuring nonfiction by Jyll Thomas, Sue Johnson, and Caroline Burrows, as well as photography by Jonathan Freed.