The Shadow Press
Eric McCormickThe Shadow Press shows how wreckage becomes ritual, how soil becomes scripture, and how the body becomes the first altar. Sign up to receive short stories, essays, and poetry unearthed from beneath the muddy roots of the world.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 48 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 10 days ago |
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Begin in the Dark
Welcome to The Shadow Press. My name is Eric McCormick. I write from the place where magick and myth meet the human animal. All are welcome here.
This publication began as a way to speak about darkness without glamorizing it. Over time, it...
Nettle's Sting
The poison path threads through green fire at our feet, through a plant everyone knows, but few truly meet. This is Urtica dioica, stinging nettle, Brennara of the Hedge, the burning sibling, the warrior plant whose gift is both wound and r...
Ecology of the Unseen
After closing, the heat lurks behind with animal intent. Doors are locked. Fans turn, patient, careful. Water darkens the concrete under the benches, crawling back into itself and disappearing. The air holds leaf breath, and the faint sourn...
The First Altar
The thorn went in under the skin at the base of my thumb while I was moving trays on a greenhouse bench. Damp potting mix packed beneath my nails. Perlite clung to the sweat on my forearm. The aisle smelled of wet peat, plastic, and heat. I...
Spoken Word
The cardboard drank the rain and curled in my hands. Marker bled into little gray haloes. I held the sign over my chest and let the cars splashing past read it. A bus hissed past. The light above the pawnshop flickered. The corner breathed...
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Eric McCormick is a poet and horticulturist. His work explores the crossroads of Magick, poetry, and alchemy. His poems and essays have appeared in Tales From The Moonlit Path, The Otherworld, Witches and Pagans, and many other publications.
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