Under the Juniper Tree: Fabulist Fictions
I am actively seeking publication for Under the Juniper Tree.
Pulling herself through water, space shifts, time falls away. Even in rest, fins sway, gills open and close, water passes through.
Water moves her. Water gives her something to move against.
“Swim: A Story in Three Parts,” Under the Juniper Tree
Julia Brown’s art used with permission
A girl catches–and must slowly lose–a fish.
A Dirt Devil vacuum sucks up a televangelist.
A stranger enters a town called Clockwork and upsets time and order.
A huckster makes and sells Baby Bone Head dolls from human knuckle bones.
A doctor uses a relish tray to treat a man with an edible ear infection.
A pizza delivery driver and a couple hitchhikers roadtrip across the desert in search of the Yeast of Eden.
The fictions in Under the Juniper Tree are born out of dreams, fairy tales, “What if?” questions, and more.
Several stories have been published, including “Of Roaring and Wonder Bread,” “Slug Spanker,” “Avocado,” “Mashed Potatoes, No Gravy,” and “Santa Fe.”
Dawn Burns 