Editorial
by Craig L. Gidney
Welcome to the second issue of Baffling Magazine.
Birds Are Trying to Reinvent Your Heart
by Jennifer Mace
“They have braided strands of kelp around a clam shell…”
Why We Make Monsters
by Rem Wigmore
“Hal knew where Crown would be the second they saw the news.”
Sonskins
by Dare Segun Falowo
“On a night of open flight, when healers take on the skins of their familiars…”
Dreadful Necessity Governs All Things
by Rien Gray
“It is said the poet Areio started a war in six strokes of her pen.”
Deadbeat
by Jacob Budenz
“I sit up, gasping.”
Embrace of Memory
by Brian Rappatta
“A week after the funeral, I met Dad for coffee at Bentham’s.”
Peat Moss and Oil for Burning
by A.B. Young
“The devil’s green coat hangs on the hook by the door.”
Vanity Among Worms
by Brent Lambert
“Every influencer said all the hot guys would be there and Cletus hadn’t left his house to go out in months.”