Epoch No. 1 Winter 2021

The premier issue for Epoch literary journal aptly themed ‘Beginnings’, is now available to order!

This approximately 160-page journal of creative non-fiction collects the stories of 28 writers and 5 artists exploring what ‘Beginnings’ means to them.

Beginnings are simultaneously vague and specific.

“A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.”

Graham Greene

Here, at the point that we determine to be the beginning of Epoch Press, we have gathered beginnings of love, loss, spirituality, hope, despair, life and much more. The authors of this issue have brought together truth and creativity, showcasing insightful and significant stories of modern living.

In this issue:

IF YOU DON’T EAT LEMONS WITH SALT SWIPE LEFT by Alexandria Juarez

WHALES by Jessica Hudson

THE STATIC by Dee Richards

TIDES OF ISOLATION by Bradley David

INNAMORATI by Zahrah Ahmad

THE MANY BEDS OF LOS ANGELES by Keith Langston

THOMAS by Hannah McDonald

MELTING BORDERS by Riccardo Matlakas

HEAVEN AND EARTH by G. H. Plaag

INTRO TO METAPHOR by Emily Polson

IT WORKS LIKE THIS by Jacey Krueger

SELF PORTRAIT AS LAKE by Despy Boutris

FIRST, THERE WAS THE COMB JELLY by Kirsten Reneau

RECIPE IN EXILE by Chantal Kassarjian

AYU’S FISH POND by Lisa Reily

NOTES BY A QUITTER by Joe Fenn

THE END OF A GALAXY by Samantha Mosca

OKAY THEN: EVERYBODY OUT by Fabio Coruzzi

THE HAND YOU’RE DEALT: TAROT, DISABILITY, AND HOW YOU WIN THE GAME by Xuan Nguyen

MY BIRTH by Ivan T. W.

STRONG TEA by Diana Simon

THE WORLD TURNS by Saoirse Ibargüen

SAY GOODBYE by Sameen Ahmad

PALACE AT SUNSET by Sophia Bharmal

OLD MAN YOU HAVE A LOVER by Neda Zahraie

MISSING THE CURE by Matt Biundo

BEES DON’T GET PROSTATE CANCER by Michael Riordan

MILLIONTH CROW POEM by Leanne Grabel

GEORGE TOWN by Nicola Sheppey

LOVE AND IRON MAIDEN by Jacqueline Saville

MANIFOLD by Angie Spoto

AN INTRODUCTION TO BEGINNINGS by Alice Carroll

MACROLEIPOPTERAN by Cara Bentley