The Muleskinner Journal

Long journeys. Hard roads. Good times.

The journey is long, and the road is hard, but that’s why we love it. 
We publish stories and poems that keep things moving. 
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Journal Fifteen
Tension

The push and the pull. The hug or the shove.
We hand you the rubber band taut.
We explore tension channeled forward, from the drainage ditch to the river, to the waves and the ocean, to good things hard earned.

For Journal Fifteen, we use tension as a catalyst.
A catalytic converter, if you will.
We present stories and poems that use tension as fuel, motor, drive train, and transmission.

And the muffler is hanging by a thread.
See below for Journal Fifteen Work

Read Journal Fourteen: Handle and Spout here

Read Journal Thirteen: empty : FULL here

Read our Special Edition: Another Twist of Fate here

Read Journal Twelve: Twist of Fate here

Read Journal Eleven: Grounded here

Read Journal Ten: Reckless! here

Read Journal Nine: Glitches here

Read Journal Eight: Grace here

Read Journal Seven: Refuge here

Read Journal Six: Mirrors here

Read Journal Five: Origins here

Read Journal Four: Grit here

Read Journal Three: Loss and Gratitude here

Read Journal Two: Legacy here

Read Journal One: Long Journeys here