Pithead Chapel

February 1, 2026

By pitheadchapel

Creative Writing Essays Fiction Flash Fiction Literary Journal Literary Magazine Literature Magazine Memoir Nonfiction Poetry Prose Poem Prose Poems Prose Poetry Publishing Short Stories Writing

Volume 15, Issue 2

COVER ART BY kyle mercer

FICTION

NURSERY BY DALLON ROBINSON

PUBLIC RELATIONS PROFESSIONALS HOT TUB NIGHT BY ALEX MILLER

MOTHERHOOD BY ALLISON FIELD BELL

BILLY AND THE YOUNG ESTHER WILLIAMS BY CHRISTOPHER NEGRI

NONFICTION

A KENNEDY HALF DOLLAR BY KIMBERLY BRYANT

ASK ME HOW MY MOTHER DIED BY LIAM CARNAHAN

PLAYING DEAD BY EMMA HEATH AND EVAN MURPHY

I KEPT DRIVING BY DAVID MCARTHUR

PROSE POETRY

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE STOP TALKING BY PATRICIA CASPERS

MENDED HAIBUN BY ANNE DUNCAN

DOCUMENTARY DREAM BY SPENCER ECKART

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Pithead Chapel is a small, independent and volunteer-run literary journal and small press out of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.