The Drum: A Literary Magazine For Your Ears

"Yvonne" by Ciera Burch is the 2019 One City One Story all-city read selection for the city of Boston. One City One Stor... Read more

Elizabeth Knapp reads her poems "Capital I," "Is That a Gun in Your Pocket" and "Self-Portrait as Kurt Cobain Wrestling ... Read more

"I don't have much time," says Dickie, the narrator of Bradford Philen's "What's Heavy". Dickie is a high-school kid, bu... Read more

Since February is the shortest month, we think it's the perfect time for the shortest of stories. And so, we bring you t... Read more

The anger and frustration of girls is at the core of Brandi Reissenweber's short story "Where We Found the Girls". As, o... Read more

Frederick Speers' poems "Deerskull," "Interlude Blues," and "Star Jasmine" are not your usual love poems. Featuring loss... Read more

"XOX" begins with a fake-leather belt and concludes with thoughts on the sincerity of greetings and the limits of our re... Read more

S.D. Jones' short story "The Ideal Reasoner" gives a comic and touching twist to relationship trouble, as a Shelockian A... Read more

Cattle auctions, pastures, and an old horse. These make up the world of Janisse Ray's essay "Cheyenne", about an old hor... Read more

The Great Confusion has occurred, and in its aftermath, Bea is looking for her daughter. Her husband has gone missing, t... Read more

Nickole Brown reads her poems "Wild Thing" and "Against Despair: The Kid Goat" and speaks with Poetry Editor Kirun Kapur... Read more

The repetitive work of a tree-planting camp, the complexity of the forest, and above all, the sounds of that world--thes... Read more

Maya Detwiller's short story "Toads" explores the pains and rewards of adolescence through a child's habit of collecting... Read more

Three boys make an unpleasant discovery while playing in a local park. Through one boy's narration, Heather Cripps' "Dev... Read more

What better way to start off 2019 on The Drum than to fill our January issue with poems by January Gill O'Neil. O'Neil s... Read more

In 1970, the narrator and his several brothers drive off in a Duster to defend their mother's honor. The fact that most ... Read more

Two men work to remove a heavy cast-iron tub from a bathroom. They are both middle-aged; one is a teacher, a writer. In ... Read more

The husband who narrates Amy Lee Lillard's story "Head Like a Hole" watches, puzzled, as a perfectly round hole grows in... Read more

The Wednesday Fiasco is how Eva Dunsky refers to the sudden end of an adolescent relationship. "But That's Not The Way I... Read more

A swamp is home to an imagined panther named "Fen" in Kate Lassell's eponymous story. Narrated by a precocious kid named... Read more