Welcome to Moonchaps, an imprint of Moonchild Magazine that publishes dreamy, experiential online chapbooks. Every chapbook we publish is free to read on our site or download to your computer/handheld device. We do believe in the beauty and timelessness of a print copy, but we can't deny that it's a luxury not everyone can afford; we want everyone to be able to read everything we publish. Concurrently, we want to add an experience of sorts to our chapbooks, which has its limits when it comes to hardcopies—for now!
We hope you enjoy—and experience—our chapbooks. If you wish to give a piece of the moon and stars to our authors, you are most welcome to tip them under the books' descriptions. Thank you so much for your enduring support! And so, may you be swift away to another satellite...*
*Note: for best user experience, view on your PC.
We hope you enjoy—and experience—our chapbooks. If you wish to give a piece of the moon and stars to our authors, you are most welcome to tip them under the books' descriptions. Thank you so much for your enduring support! And so, may you be swift away to another satellite...*
*Note: for best user experience, view on your PC.
New Release
My Fingers Are Whales & other stories of Cetology by Kelly Gray
Poetry, cover and art design by Kelly Gray Sound design and editing by Meredith Johnson Voice acting by Kelly Gray and Gage Opdenbrouw "My Fingers Are Whales and other stories of Cetology lays within the intersection of whale, human child, evolution and the unraveling of a family. Each poem lays fresh eyes on the entwined fates of human and whale as they swim into the dark waters of the Anthropocene. Stories float through currents where lore and science have more in common than not, families adapt and break, and grief is sibling to hope." 
Coming soon
summertime sadness by helga floros
"After spending an eternity shrouded in darkness, Hades is used to solitude. She has buried her dreams of company, or comfort. Those things are not for her kind. At least not till a young and determined goddess decides to change that. And change Hades' life." 
Fem Box by Elisabeth Horan, art by Ryan Schaufler
"Elisabeth Horan’s Fem Box is shockingly candid and self-aware. Each vivid and illuminating box-shaped poem draws the reader in deeper, one line at a time. They traipse along vital subjects like sexuality, identity, and pain with unflinching irreverence—while still allowing plenty of room for vulnerability. Every poem in this collection is a present that you’ll savor unwrapping." - Alana Saltz, Editor-in-Chief of Blanket Sea
moon tourist by Jamie O'Connell
"A mystical moonscape distinguished by its midnight sunsets, glacial clouds, lava flows, and rich history of folklore, the country of Iceland has an ethereal and transcendent energy. Reflecting on Jamie's time spent on the island, moon tourist is a collection of poems and photographs exploring how our bodies and souls become immersed by the landscapes we inhabit. A seeming epicenter of both creation and destruction myths, this chapbook illuminates the ways in which Iceland's transformative powers and cosmic mysteries reflect the cyclical patterns of existence and its connection to our collective human spirit."
Moonbeams by Craig Rodgers, art by Robin Basalaev-Binder
"Moonbeams follows a little boy who, upon deciding he no longer needs his sleep, trades it away. As he wanders the night wide awake he begins to dream."
Cynthia Silver by Sam Jowett, art by Christine Sloan Stoddard
"Have you heard of The Cartographer? They're a seller of Quests. Quests both exquisite yet rustic, whimsical yet tragic, heroic yet humble. You can find them in the woods. Any woods, if you just so happen to know where to look. Luckily for you, young Cynthia does, and she's determined to go Questing for herself, to go to worlds that must be believed to be seen. Perhaps you'd care to join her?"
Death Library: The Exquisite Corpse Collection by Juliette van der Molen
"Bartholomew Miller, M.D. has always been fascinated with collecting things—dead things, in particular. As a child he collected butterflies and pinned them to little boards. He found an enormous sense of satisfaction in collecting, cataloguing and taking tender care of beautiful creatures after their expiration date. He has spent his career as a medical examiner, in keeping with his fascination of life turned to death. However, the morgue would fill up, and empty out, leaving Bartholomew without a coveted collection. One day, he decided to create a private collection. Bartholomew takes us through his card catalog of corpses, painstakingly recording some of their last moments, struggles, hopes and dreams in Death Library: The Exquisite Corpse Collection. Because every body has a story."
Other People's Scorpions by Rachel Feder
"Other People's Scorpions is a serial poem about astrology, modernism, and other people's children, written among H.D.'s astrology papers and published as a small-scale, poetry-based fundraiser to help prevent family separations in the Greater New Orleans area."
Three Gothic Stories by Thursday Simpson
"Three Gothic Stories is a love letter to an assortment of romantic weirdos. An ode to the fetishized minutiae of Night Film and The Ninth Gate, a tribute to Italian Giallo films and Eurocult horror. Thursday Simpson's collection is an attempt to queer the films of Jess Franco, Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci into a prose equally informed by Kathy Acker, Dodie Bellamy, Chris Kraus, David Wojnarowicz, Cookie Mueller, Jeanette Winterson and Maggie Nelson. Throughout Three Gothic Stories, Thursday is searching for an authentic queer, romantic voice that is in tune with the past in its attempt to disregard tradition in an effort to help carry tradition forward. Towards this effort, Thursday has composed and recorded an original soundtrack for Three Gothic Stories to help evoke an aesthetic bridge between the visual elements of Argento and Fulci and the prog and jazz drenched scores of Goblin, Claudio Simonetti and Jess Franco."
Lexapro Diary: Events of January 22, 2007 by Andrea Lambert
"In prose and synchronistic dual lyric poetry Andrea Lambert describes a near death experience. Starting with seeing the Grim Reaper in the ER. Continuing with Jehovah and Satan arguing over her soul. Or is it all a psychotic break down brought on by her Schizoaffective Disorder? Are you willing to go down the rabbit hole and unearth the whole truth about her one-day séjour of madness, cruelty and suffering?"
On This Path We Travel by Joyce Chng, Kristin Garth, L. Mari Harris, Abigail Pearson, Elisabeth Horan & Tara Lynn Hawk
"Women are stronger together. What happens when six talented female forces come together to make art by and for each other? Magic. Surreal feminist power, love, humanity, compassion, anger, regret, and sexuality. These are the poems compiled in this debut collaborative chapbook by Kristin Garth, Abigail Pearson, L. Mari Harris, Tara Lynn Hawk, Joyce Chng and Elisabeth Horan. All of this beauty and strength in words uplifted by the exquisite grace of L. Mari Harris' photography. Women in Nature. Nature in Women. We are each other and we present to you our souls, our bond, and our art. Enjoy."
THE SILHOUETTE WOMAN by Christine Sloan Stoddard
"Family lore may be intriguing, but it often shrouds the truth. We can so easily take it for granted...or we can challenge it. Seeking answers involves risk. What we find may frighten or disappoint us. It can make us angry or bitter. But it's also possible it will delight us and clear up major misunderstandings. THE SILHOUETTE WOMAN is about one woman's yearning to find out who her great-grandmother Lucy really was, not just as a figure in family stories but as a human being. Original photo illustrations bring texture to the narrator's still-fuzzy visions of Lucy."
These Celestial Bodies by Caitlin Gaudio
"This debut collection is a journey through the phases of love, recounting the very best and very worst moments of a couple's shared history. Relationships, like stars, can eventually burn themselves out, but their atoms will always remain. The author collects these disjointed fragments and creates something tangible to make sense of the loss. These poems seek meaning in destruction and strive to appreciate the beauty in broken things; let them pull you into their orbit."
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