Two eagles awake to a rumble of thunder, or rather, a helicopter that hovers overhead. While mama eagle flees, papa defends their eggs but is eaten, or rather, captured, by the insectile monster, leaving mama to raise three eaglets by herself.Mary feels a similar loss and stress, but abandonment is a different kind of monster. To worsen matters, her teenage daughter, Lissy, is surlier than most eaglets, so when Mary’s father, Ed, dislocates a hip, the idea of sending Lissy to assis...

Two eagles awake to a rumble of thunder, or rather, a helicopter that hovers overhead. While mama eagle flees, papa defends their eggs but is eaten, or rather, captured, by the insectile monster, leaving mama to raise three eaglets by herself.Mary feels a similar loss and stress, but abandonment is a different kind of monster. To worsen matters, her teenage daughter, Lissy, is surlier than most eaglets, so when Mary’s father, Ed, dislocates a hip, the idea of sending Lissy to assis...

“As I get older and learn more of what sort of person I am, and continue sojourning to the rich soil of the Shire and the high tower of Minas Tirith, I discover that many of my notions of what is good and right and noble in this world have their source in that one.”—from the authorThe Lord of the Rings offers us essential lessons in living. Here we discover ordinary virtues like generosity, pity, hospitality and rest. We meet extraordinary people like Bilbo, Gandolf, Tom Bombadil a...

Holy Shit is a literary journal published by The Mottled Speck. Our goal is to elicit an eponymous reaction from our readers. Contributors to our first issue include Owen Egerton, Angela Doll Carson, and Liz Boltz Ranfeld.

Holy Shit is a literary journal published by The Mottled Speck. Our goal is to elicit an eponymous reaction from our readers. Contributors to our third issue include Jay Vera Summer, E.J. Schoenborn, David Drury, and Kate Shapiro.

Holy Shit is a literary journal published by The Mottled Speck. Our goal is to elicit an eponymous reaction from our readers. Contributors to our second issue include Joshua Gage, Janette Schafer, and Zoltán Komor.