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We are seeking work that luxuriates in petite miracles; catalogues of tiny happinesses; the captured essence of little treats. We're seeking work that celebrates the small things ​worth living for.

We want your weird, wonderful, bizarre, impossible stories of mistaken identity.

Are you tempted to discover what secrets the waters hold or do you feel safer with your feet planted in the sand on shore?

Your submission must include Paris, whether as a memory, wishful thinking, an anecdote, the setting for your story or poem, a place of importance, or where you live or holiday …

Even an excellent literary magazine doesn't necessarily last forever. There are quite a few journals the After Happy Hour editors used to read (or were published in) that now no longer exist--and that's a shame, because they published great stuff that people should still be able to read. 

We want your poetry and prose to have a stranger as the focal point of the writing, but we want to see your take on Strangers.

This issue considers “Fashion” in all its forms used in literary writing to reveal character. Let’s make it colorful and full of new insight!

Send your sophonic epiphanies, your furled wisdom and strange philosophies.

What is your story about not mixing with something or someone?

We want fiction with memorable characters and realistic plots, poetry that is fresh and original, and nonfiction that is both thoughtful and entertaining.

How is memory assailed by states, by time, by the formation of institutional practices of commemoration? What are the bigger truths beyond facticity and how is the present enriched and unsettled by what we REMEMBER?

We want to reverse the old March adage. Give us meek characters who find their fire by the end of the story.

Give us something visceral and honest. Give us something as raw as the below zero temps, as pure as the snow.

In this thought-provoking issue, we invite you to delve into the complexities of the human condition, where guilt and shame entwine with forgiveness and redemption.

Enchanted Garden is a haiku journal created for haiku lovers, beginners or experienced, is open and free to anyone to submit their work.

As wewelcome the warmer days, consider how the colors around you inspire your personal journey.

Submissions are restricted to women and gender non-conforming people.

Enter a world where evey choice leads you down a different path, where infinite possibilities abound.