Bitter is an indie literary magazine that seeks out experimental and visceral work.

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  • Hanging Fire

    Katherine O’Connor

    “…whenever I see a woman of a certain age I can’t help but wonder whether or not she has children, thinking of my mother who has always looked exactly the same…”

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  • Nightmare Cow

    Isabela Marino

    “What then of/ the pus-yellow milk/ dripping/ on the hoof/ -trodden floor?”

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  • Two Poems

    Noah Sparrow

    “This is what we do with the dead: pick them up, use them as floss between our teeth.”

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