Straitjackets Magazine

Before the fall 2018 issue of Straitjackets Magazine, Ellyn Wolfe began seeking volunteers as editorial support. Three of us stepped...

The Editors Share Their Favorites

I found a matching set. They were vintage, parked on the curb

Write a story or poem inspired by this photo

I am not brave and I am not a fan of chaos theory, and I don’t believe in coincidence. I believe things happen because somebody made them...

I cannot barbecue

So you want to know the poet

Ghosting fog muffling sea sounds August on the pier

Frankie was a nut to grab hold of Mrs. Edgerton's face thataway

Even before I was a teenager, I knew the odds of drawing to an inside straight

Big ears, loud bray, tiny hooves, gentle eyes A mini donkey only 27 inches high

I remember when I first come to America. Never will I forget.

I've always wanted to see a snowspout

I trusted a bright red Royal Mail truck to outskirts with fewer cars and open roads

"So? What? You're some kind of space alien?"

"I feel like I've been here before."

You read the wind, you smell the rain You're connected to the earth

It was a week of looking back and remembering

Summer 2019