Avitus B. Carle

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Avitus B. Carle (she/her) lives and writes outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her stories appear in a variety of places including Ghost Parachute, X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine, South Florida Poetry Journal, Necessary Fiction, The Commuter (Electric Lit.), and elsewhere. She is the author of the flash fiction collection These Worn Bodies, which won the 2023 Moon City Press Short Fiction Award. She can be found online everywhere @avitusbcarle.

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Headwig

Avitus B. Carle  | 
Issue 75.2 Spring 2026

The head in Aunt Sonya’s room is white with no eyes. Like pillow feathers or a balled-up cloud. She has lips and a nose and my Aunt Sonya’s hair, which doesn’t make sense.