The Kraken's Spire Literary Magazine (Volume 1)
This is the first volume of The Kraken's Spire Literary Magazine. Published in November 2019. "The kraken has risen from the sea. From the spire he claimed, he gazes upon untold creativity." Like the kraken from the sea, The Kraken's Spire is an online literary magazine for emerging artists.
This is the first volume of The Kraken's Spire Literary Magazine. Published in November 2019.
"The kraken has risen from the sea. From the spire he claimed, he gazes upon untold creativity."
Like the kraken from the sea, The Kraken's Spire is an online literary magazine for emerging artists.
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A Moment
Emily Walters
SHE IS SITTING on the toilet in her empty office bathroom. Pants around ankles,
elbows on knees, head in hands, eyes closed. She finished peeing a few minutes
ago, but there’s something about sitting here and doing nothing, then sitting at
her desk doing nothing. She doesn’t feel like she’s being watched here. She
thinks about how that’s a stupid feeling: of course she doesn’t feel watched
here, she’s in a bathroom. Point being, she can breathe in here.
The light above her is ringing subtly. Quiet enough to make her question
whether or not it’s in her head, but knowing that it’s definitely there. Accompanying
the ringing is a loud, rhythmic whooshing that must be part of the
HVAC system. She could probably meditate to it.
Just outside of the bathroom is the communal office kitchen. She can hear
her coworkers clinking their plates and forks, making the polite, forced, cringy
chit-chat that numbs her to the bone.
She opens her eyes and stares at the gray tile floor. Her butt is getting numb
and she should probably let her neck hold her head up, or she’ll probably get
red marks on her forehead from the heels of her palms.
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