“Journalists
Lisa M. Bradley, “Bewitched Border”
tipped off to the plan
snapped some fuzzy footage
of the stymied soldiers
and compared it to their own
easy passage through
the new border.
The witches cackled
when they tuned in.”

A queer, disabled Latina originally from South Texas, Lisa M. Bradley now lives in Iowa, the traditional homeland of the Iowa, Ponca, and Winnebago tribes and the Meskwaki Nation, among others. Her poetry has appeared in F&SF, Small Wonders, Nightmare Magazine, Fantasy, and many other venues. Her first collection is The Haunted Girl (Aqueduct Press). Her debut novel is Exile (Rosarium Publishing). She also co-edited, with R.B. Lemberg, the Ursula Le Guin tribute poetry anthology, Climbing Lightly Through Forests. Learn more at http://www.lisambradley.com or on Bluesky, @cafenowhere.bsky.social.
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