Stories | Major 7th Magazine

Jan 211 min read

“Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want” • The Smiths (by Marissa DeSantis)

Nobody’s speaking and the candlelight pulls beads of condensation from your tulip.

Jan 211 min read

"Backpack Song" • Dora the Explorer (by Kip Knott)

A bullet-proof backpack tops the list of school supplies my son is required to have for his firstday of second grade.

Jan 212 min read

Literary Mixtape Vol. 7

Side A: "Backpack Song" • Dora the Explorer (by Kip Knott) "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" • The Smiths (by Marissa...

Jan 201 min read

"The Last" • Agust D (by Ashley Varela)

Daring the fish to bite, I waited all night as death's perfect bait.

Jan 72 min read

"To the Moon & Back" • Savage Garden (by Brittany Thomas)

"I google sunrise on the moon and we watch a timelapse of the ugliest morning we’ve ever seen."

Jan 71 min read

"Hurt" • Johnny Cash (by Phil Goldstein)

"No one around to soak up what's left of me."

Jan 71 min read

"Dedicated my Life" • Zelooperz (by Julián Martinez)

"Nothing on us but the eyes of God from space."

Jan 72 min read

"Best Sunday Dress" • Hole (by Jeffrey Hecker)

"Big brawl involving 31 breaks out at Waffle House."

Jan 72 min read

"House in LA" • Jungle (by Hannah Rose Roberts)

"More questions: Am I a featured extra or a co-star?"

Jan 73 min read

"Snake Charmer" • blink-182 (by Cheryl Snell)

"She undulates her fingers winking with rings bright as eyes."

Jan 73 min read

Literary Mixtape Vol. 6

Happy new year, lovers.

Dec 3, 20231 min read

"Billy" • Horsegirl (by Kirsten Reneau)

"Shoulder to shoulder, becoming two soft moons rotating around a planet that is too invisible, too intimate for anyone."

Dec 3, 20232 min read

"Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" • Billy Joel (by Kevin Risner)

"Just think, us both, on our next anniversary sitting across from one another shoveling lasagna into our gullets with our hands."

Dec 3, 20231 min read

"Shiver" • Fever Ray (by Kate Oden)

"Juicing the torrid sound, lips taut."

Dec 3, 20233 min read

"Bring Da Ruckus" • Wu-Tang Clan (by Xavier Garcia)

"He’d go to that party at that shitty apartment by Sherbourne Station and that very night a forest grew."

Dec 3, 20232 min read

"everything i wanted" • Billie Eilish (by Sunshine Meyers)

"No, I’d definitely kick the shovel. I’d interrupt. Her depravity can be offered at someone else’s altar."

Dec 3, 20233 min read

"Warm on a Cold Night" • HONNE (by Patricia Kusumaningtyas)

"We conversed in soju breaths, with the sweet smell of galbi from the backseat."

Dec 3, 20233 min read

Literary Mixtape Vol. 5

On seasons – weather and life – and the way creative work endures in spite of both.

Nov 25, 20232 min read

"A Favor House Atlantic" • Coheed & Cambria (by Lauren Theresa)

"Until I feel the bass in my chest, until I remember. Louder."

Nov 23, 20231 min read

"I Love Me After You" • Mitski (by Megan Williams)

"I never burned ants, butchered cats, or masturbated in the back of class, but I’ve got this thread of freak woven straight through me."