Barrelhouse publishes four online issues a year. This is where they’ll go, once we figure out our new issue plugin thingy.
Fiction
If there is a problem, yo, I’ll resolve it, check out the hook while my DJ revolves it. It has always been about love, seriously, straight up, love of music, love of words, language, telling stories and making people happy, all up on their feets…
Introduction
The Bowtie Statement: A Triptych, by Tom Williams
The first time I wore a bowtie to work, I expected questions. I expected students and peers to ask if it was “real,” meaning had I tied it myself. I expected my assent to that question would not prevent an occasional tug to see if…
Fiction
playpen.jpg Exterior shot of the Playpen. A tall dark woman in a top hat and bondage gear is herding the crowd outside into the warehouse. She’s got a bullwhip in her hand. She’d crack it against the pavement to move everyone along. “Come inside and…
Fiction
No-Nation Woman, by Molly Gaudry
1. It took Egypt and a woman from Detroit. She was disoriented everywhere, elsewhere especially. Computers were wearing business suits. Winter was on fire in a fashion sarong. People were telephone-astonished. Breezes responded exactly like metal walls clashing heavy but birdlike. She had appeal.…
Fiction
When I got there, Rob and his law school friends were sitting around the living room playing cards. The TV was on but silent, and some miniature image of The Simpsons was floating around the royal blue screen. Homer was holding Maggie—his arms outstretched—and he had…
Poetry
COMPLICIT VILLANELLE I go along and get along It’s like I’m working with a script I haven’t really done much wrong I think I’ll put this in a song Some music usually does the trick Let’s sing along and get along I…
