L.J. McCray, Author at The Hyacinth Review https://hyacinthreview.org Literary Arts Journal Fri, 30 Dec 2022 17:34:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/hyacinthreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cropped-Hyacinth-H-Favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 L.J. McCray, Author at The Hyacinth Review https://hyacinthreview.org 32 32 199531397 Night, in the Chaplain’s On-Call Room https://hyacinthreview.org/lj-mccray-night-in-the-chaplains-on-call-room/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lj-mccray-night-in-the-chaplains-on-call-room Mon, 05 Dec 2022 04:00:00 +0000 https://hyacinthreview.org/?p=3626 The post Night, in the Chaplain’s On-Call Room appeared first on The Hyacinth Review.

]]> 3626 Code https://hyacinthreview.org/lj-mccray-code/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lj-mccray-code Mon, 14 Nov 2022 04:00:00 +0000 https://hyacinthreview.org/?p=3538 The tulip’s secret is that it’s always a tulip. A green tuft, twist of stem—sudden shifts in the gusts of spring. I push my wheelbarrow through a rut, hoping to rocket forth, send stamen and pistil shivering. Let me erupt from the frozen earth in wild color. Let me lift crimson arms to the waiting…

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]]> 3538 Things I Stole From Pastors https://hyacinthreview.org/lj-mccray-things-i-stole-from-pastors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lj-mccray-things-i-stole-from-pastors Wed, 10 Aug 2022 03:00:00 +0000 https://hyacinthreview.org/?p=3055 Before you get all offended just know both things started out borrowed, above-board. First was a book investigating claims of psychic ability, communion with the dead, and so on, called Lily Dale. I put my fanciest bookmark in it, read two thirds, and never finished. The pastor moved away. That’s one way to cull your…

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