WELCOME BACK TO THE KITCHEN
In some ways, this issue was easier than the first, but this year presented a different set of challenges. It’s been hard to focus on art when our government is attacking the freedoms our communities have fought so hard for. When uncertainty, and fear seem to be a growing part of our day-to-day, we had to remind ourselves of why we started this magazine in the first place.
Disco has always been a form of resistance. It has always been a place of refuge in dark times, to bring people together to express joy, love, and be with community. Disco teaches us to tell our stories and our truth.
Building this issue week by week has been so rewarding. We appreciate each submission for trusting us to care for their words. Thank you to our contributors for making Disco Kitchen possible.
Check out Volume 2 🪩✨
The Disco Kitchen Team
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Vaguely Transphobic by Jasper Brown
Bird Body by Shawn Sumrall
Bear by Jesse Darnay
Il Gatto by Gina Angelone
What Happened to Christopher Columbus? by Dirk Marple
It Ended Up Being a Lovely Wedding by John Pietaro
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The Devil's in the Details by Julie Pearson
FURTHERMORE, THIS SADNESS MUST BE DESTROYED by Will A
Curly Gurlz Salon by Eileen Nittler
Gospel of the Broken ATM by Orleans Saltos
Hunger: Memories of warped mirrors and not eating as Thin becomes In again by Annalise Grueter
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Monster Movies: a character study by Jordan E. Franklin
Dream Master by Jeffery Berg
Ode to the Tricumvirate by Blue Sunshine
What the Baha’i Boy Said to the Mirror by Matt Pasca
Signs of Life by Elizabeth Rae Bullmer
WINTER 2026 VOL. 03
FICTION
POETRY
NONFICTION
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