“With writing, we have second chances.”
Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated
HAPPY RELEASE DAY! ISSUE 13 ON TAP!
The twenty artists of Issue 13 cope with the breakdown of delusion.
Visit the house that won’t let you live the lie … get your copy at https://34orchard.com/issue-13/ today!
The downloadable PDF is designed so that it can be printed on double-sided paper for easy reading like a print magazine. As always, the issue is free, but there is a donation link should you choose to contribute. And if you like what you’ve read, spread the word!
“If a writer falls in love with you, you can never die.”
Mik Everett
Announcing the ToC for 34 ORCHARD’s Spring 2026 issue!
We’re thrilled to present our table of contents for the Spring 2026 issue, which will be released on April 25, 2026.
Sooner or later, that delusion you created to make the pain of a traumatic reality feel safer, the one you created to get through it, breaks down. When it does, it’s like being destroyed all over again.
In Issue 13, twenty artists cope with the breakdown of delusion. A town believes its missing youth troop is somewhere safe despite a dead scoutmaster and strange clues left behind—but the truth they’re ignoring isn’t the one they would’ve imagined, and it’s far worse. An orca shows us that motherhood is fraught with the delusion that she can always keep her offspring safe. A couple is shattered to discover that not only can one romantic evening in the woods fail to repair their relationship, it can make things uglier. A desperate soul hooked on tarot cards continuously refuses to accept their answers. And Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy’s wedding gown, destroyed and rebuilt before the big day, was an omen that Camelot itself would come apart at the seams, an omen willfully unacknowledged.
Sometimes, being trapped in a trauma cycle can yield surprising things.
Welcome to the house that won’t let you live the lie.
Welcome to 34 Orchard.
Cover: Leaving Las Vegas – Trisha J. Wooldridge
Boys – Jeremiah Towle
I Found a Leg Bone in My Yard – A.M. Symes
An Orca Mourns in Puget Sound – Kelsey Oliver Imanishi
September Whitecaps Whip Up in the Bay – Kate LaDew
Once in a Black Moon – Mike Deady
A Heart Broken – Míša Hejná
The Fire – Keira Reynolds
Rot – Meg Douty
Fortune Telling – MJ Vickers
Descent to the Planet of the Gremlins – J.H. Siegal
The Last Road Tripper – Andrew Majors
The Bath – Elizabeth J. Coleman
The Alligator – Christopher Hann
The Unrequited Love of the Ocean – Ray Chanteur
The Ocean is Haunted and So Am I – H.V. Patterson
Last Year – Jennifer Winston Mayette
What Sort of Angels and Why – Matthew Thomas Bernell
The fox. – Priya Evans
I Was an Irrelevant Man – Cassondra Windwalker
Arrives here https://34orchard.com/issues/ on our issues page on April 25!
“A good story is always more dazzling than a broken piece of truth.”
Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale
March 8 Update: All sub responses have been sent!
Hello all,
We just finished responding to all of our remaining submissions today, Sunday, March 8, 2026. We thank you for your patience!
If you sent a submission within our window of January 1-10, 2026, and you have not received a response, please feel free to reach out to us through our Contact form or by dropping us an email at 34orchardjournal@gmail.com.
Stay tuned! We’ll be announcing our ToC for the Spring 2026 issue soon!
Kristi
March 2 Update: Thanks for your patience!
Hello all,
Our response deadline is February 28. Due to staff illness and personal situations we are running behind, and still have about 125 pieces to finish considering. If you have not heard back from us, it means your work made it to our final rounds of consideration.
We are completing our selections as quickly as we can! Thank you for your understanding, and if you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to us at 34orchardjournal@gmail.com.
I’m hopeful all of our responses will be sent by March 8.
Kristi
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