Guernica Magazine

The End of Ice

Photo by Amy Sacka, taken at Perchville in Tawas, Michigan, in February 2023.

The expanding ice has its own language. It sounds like a sea creature, warbling and reverberating with an otherworldly howl. The first time I heard it in 2017, I thought, ; I checked my feet to make sure I was still standing on something. “Ice earthquake,” a nearby angler said

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Guernica Magazine

Guernica Magazine1 min read
Seeing Red
Somehow, this singular color has woven through our work this month. Alexander Lumans thusly conjures it (even embracing the eponymous Taylor Swift album) as a centerpiece of his short story “The Jaws of Life”: “Red, the color of state clay and C&Cs a
Guernica Magazine9 min read
I, Ghost
A surly old man is speaking Hebrew on my laptop screen. He scowls. He says, “I have ordered a complete siege.” He gestures his resolve. He says, “No electricity, no food, no fuel, no water,” counting on his fingers to emphasize each negation. He glar
Guernica Magazine13 min read
The Jaws of Life
To begin again the story: Tawny had been unzipping Carson LaFell’s fly and preparing to fit her head between his stomach and the steering wheel when the big red fire engine came rising over the fogged curve of the earth. I saw it but couldn’t say any

Related Books & Audiobooks