In a clamorous appealing to the mercy of my folly,
In a mad interpolation demanding I stay jolly,
Making my skin feel crawly
With a new hatred of holly
And a resolute desire
To shout at Target’s newest hire. Read more
The (Christmas) Bells
Rebecca Turkewitz
Rebecca Turkewitz is a teacher and writer living in Portland, Maine. Her short stories, essays, and humor writing have appeared in Chicago Quarterly Review, New South, Catapult, The Toast, The New Yorker’s Daily Shouts, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, The Belladonna, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA in fiction writing from The Ohio State University.