Lit Angels #24: Women of the Revolution

Guest Edited by Sarah Spurlock Hill

Nancy Carr of Animal Dance by Lyn Owen

LIT ANGELS #24

WOMEN OF THE REVOLUTION

Table of Contents

Shades of Me by Jessica Ashby

“Terrified and…” by Kristina James

Eve Contemplates Communion by MariJean Wegert

New or Woresening Confusion by Megan Freshley

The Kitty by Beni Tobin

Endangered Creatures by Kerri Brady Long

Guest Editor: Sarah Spurlock Hill (with Francesca Lia Block)

Photos: Lyn Owen

Cover Art: Sarah Spurlock Hill

Shades of Me

by Jessica Ashby

My body is not your playground

Or a free ride for your pleasure

It's a garden of forested realms

Places you want to explore, places I've traveled alone

Mountainous curves against milky flesh

Grooves of white stretched among my stomach as life

flourished within me

It's a work of art that's been painted over time

Do not damage the canvas with dirty fingerprints of arrogance

Respect the artist as she worked very hard to create a

masterpiece

Of which she can be proud.

Jessica Ashby is a salon receptionist, wife, and mother of three and currently resides in Tennessee with her family. She loves to read, write, and spend time in nature. Jessica finds literary creativity in the works of her favorite authors such as Francesca Lia Block and Wally Lamb.

Texacala Jones by Lyn Owen

“Terrified, and…”

by Kristina James

What I take to be a Roman soldier yanks her head by her hair. His other hand holds the blade of his short sword to her throat. Her family and community of elders tied to their own sacred grove and set alight, howling in living death as she's forced to watch.