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blood tree literature
hybrid + poetry + fiction
 

issue 14
RE:BUILD

Featured Visual Artist: STÉPHANIE KILGAST

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Featured piece

first place winner of
the Re:Build contest

 
Issue 14 RE:BUILD
Cor de Wulf
Fiction
Fragmentary
Cor de Wulf
Fiction

“It’s in this moment that her own unwinding is set in motion: inner belts slacken, gears list out of mesh, a membrane of wordless fury slips between the cogs as she feels a primal ligature wrenched up from some deep hollow, like the cracked glyphs of an abandoned alphabet or cached seeds. Staring up at the zero-sum of him, she feels one of those seeds plant itself in the humus of her grief, unaware of how quickly that seed will sprout a fixation on the fugues of what it is to be made, unmade, and then made all over again, though never quite the same.”

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Cor de Wulf
Fiction
 

new in contributor books

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We are currently in the process of upgrading our Contributor Books page. The new look, plus updated book list, will go live on July 31, 2025. Thank you for your patience!

 

 announcements

April 2025

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Blood Tree Literature is entering a new phase in our publishing journey. This includes changes to our masthead and reinvestment in community citizenship, like joining the Community of Literary Magazines & Presses. Our special Issue 15 print project is also back on. To honor all the amazing creatives that helped us grow from a seedling dream, this special print issue will feature all new work from past BTL contributors! Get all the details on our designated Issue 15 Information Page.