My chapbook What Stranger Miracles is now available in print.
First published as a free digital chapbook by White Knuckle Press in 2016, it’s a collection of 10 prose poems of 100 words or less (per White Knuckle Press’s guidelines).
I’m grateful to editors Dale Wisely and Howie Good who gave this book its first readers and designed such a nice online home for it. It also earned a nomination for the Science Fiction Poetry Association’s 2017 Elgin Award.
Marketing copy:
What Stranger Miracles is a chapbook collection of ten short prose poems first published online by White Knuckle Press in 2016.
From the haunting imagery of plastic relics washed ashore to the enigmatic surveyors who silently observe the world’s secrets, each poem within What Stranger Miracles encapsulates a unique universe, blending the mundane with the mysterious and exploring themes of environmentalism, extinction, love, loss, and the enduring connection between humanity and the sea.
It was a Science Fiction Poetry Association 2017 Elgin Award Nominee.
from What Stranger Miracles:
THROWN TO SEA (I)
The ocean spits out plastic: faded, thin, but whole. The great-grandchildren of those who threw it in retrieve the relics, invent stories and religions for their ancestors, singing their praises only to go home and complain bitterly that they didn’t leave behind something more useful than just the cast off detritus of their lives. Not even a boat to get off this rock. They are prisoners. The sea is the law.
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You can order What Stranger Miracles on Amazon.
James Brush is a teacher and writer who lives in Austin, TX. He tries to get outside as much as possible.
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