Christopher John Eggett’s published work.
A Different Branch – Prose/Poetry – in Burning House Press about an alternative life, a kind of slipstream daydream.
Essay on Biophilia – Poetry – in Peeking Cat about love for the innate tendency to be drawn to other forms of life.
Textbook of Fish Diseases – Poetry – in Human Repair Kit about the dissection of grief.
Essay on Islands, Torture Throughout The Ages, From The Trees – Poetry – in Bone & Ink Press about every part of the body being made strange, the public and erotic nature of historical torture, and hyperreality (sort of).
It Was Decided To Fold Up My Town – Poetry – in Visual Verse. I was one of three winners responding to the 5th anniversary issue of Visual Verse.
Essay On Lying In The Sun, Macaws – Poetry – in Furtive Dalliance (print only, screenshots here) about perfect afternoons in the sun and the cruelty of keeping.
Essay On Falling (Insert Poem Here), What We Can See From Here – Poetry – in Soft Cartel about redacted love, and being art rather than history.
Formulism In Ethics, Essay On Lust In Times Of Crisis – Poetry – in Terror House Magazine about love and lust under pressure and the importance of taking apart the moments you have.
You Are Good For Poetry, Relearning All My Lines, Back From The Flood – Poetry – in Eunoia Review. Three poems about love in panic, desire to shed the self, and being sober.
The Boyfriend Pinch – Short Story – in Burning House Press about accidentally ending up with a lobster for a boyfriend.
The Mud Month – Poetry – in The City Quill, as the magazine now appears to have shut down there is a version of the poem available here.
Atlas – “Travel Writing” – in lit.cat, a great magazine originally designed to be digested in a lunch-break, scrolling with one hand and eating with the other.
How to Write a Eulogy – Creative Non-fiction – in The Creative Truth, a magazine dedicated to creative non-fiction. There is a free PDF to download, but requires signing in.