Cover Art © 2021 Dominick Rabrun
Editorial
by dave ring
Welcome to the eighth issue of Baffling Magazine.
The Serpent Crouches in the Heart of the Unravelling
by Fruzsina Pittner
The Serpent curls around the engine core when you enter.
A Girl Less Ordinary
by E.C. Barrett
When Juliet peels off her skin at night, leaving it crumpled beside the bed, I beg her to teach me how.
Damage Report
by Lindsay King-Miller
Incident 26: Devlin slices tomatoes for an omelette…
En el Patio de la Casa del Callejón
by Tania Chen
The house at the end of the street has an abandoned fountain on the ground floor patio.
He Knows That The Taste Is Such
by Jonathan Louis Duckworth
The third morning of spring, everyone in Mercado gathers in the dusty square…
First Kiss
by Nadia Shammas
When I finally kissed her, I tasted my own blood.
A Table Set and Waiting
by Jordan Shiveley
No one knows who found the Dark Room first.