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Breath & Shadow is our quarterly literary journal, one of just a few in the world exclusively written and edited by people living with disabilities!

Oct 15, 2019

Breath & Shadow Fall 2019 Issue is Here!

Issue 4 of Volume 16 is now available to read here! This issue features: -"Broom and Dustpan" by Fay Loomis -"The Space Between Us" by Ariana Hoelscher -"Masquerading Stranger" by Karen Craig -"Drown" and "Create" by Elizabeth Devine -"The Endless Drudgery of Being Alive" by B. Lawrence -"At Age 18 Weighing 83 lbs" by Casey Cromwell -"What William Had To Do" by Keith Nunes -"Grandmother Firebird" by Dawn Vogel -"A Dog’s Breath" by Ann Chiappetta -"The Ghosts Who Carry Us" b

Jul 15, 2019

Breath & Shadow Summer 2019 Issue is Here!

Issue 3 of Volume 16 is now available to read here! This issue features: -"Bullet-Holes" by Geraldine Fernandez -"Twenty-Six Is Just Around the Corner" by SJ Bernstein -"Worldly Possessions" by Alison Gerhard -"Paging Dr. Crusher" by Meriah Crawford -"Cityscape Dreams" by Ariana Hoelscher -"The Boy Who Wanted to Be Hitler" by Douglas Kolacki -"A Phoenix Has Risen" by Jimmie R. Pennington -"Snowplow Epiphany" by Rick Blum -"WWBD--(What Would Buffy Do)?" by Kara Dorris -"Gran