Crow Toes Quarterly has published “Mouse Breath: A Rodent Horror Story” in their beautiful magazine for children who don’t scare easily. It’s a print magazine, but their website has some very fun excerpts and bios on it. Try the “About Us” page to begin, where you’ll meet the makers of this magazine, including the Staff Villain, who accepted this poem (or was it Ogilvy? Christopher? Poinsettia Park? I’ll thank them all!).
“CROW TOES QUARTERLY: ART & LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN WHO DON’T SCARE EASILY is something of an anomaly… like Ambrosia Salad or Ice Tsunamis. It was and then it wasn’t and now it is again. Bigger, better and stranger than ever! CROW TOES QUARTERLY is an e-publication and limited-run print publication of art and literature for 8 - 13 year olds. It is also a magazine for all those adults who still have that 8-13 year old trapped inside of them… the adults who grew up reading stories that didn’t pander to certain safe ideals, stories that didn’t think readers were too dumb to understand, or stories that didn’t filter content that might cause a nightmare or two. CROW TOES QUARTERLY is a boutique magazine crafted by hand in a hut halfway up Enola Mountain in the Angrian Province of Du Manhg. It is filled with art and literature from established and amateur writers and artists from around the world. It is published four times a year and survives solely on subscriptions, donations, purchases of past issues and the crumbs at the bottom of potato chip bags. It is a publication that respects the art of storytelling and the power of creativity and imagination. Because of that, CROW TOES QUARTERLY does not include advertising in its publication. It also doesn’t include fluffy bunnies, rainbows, those big wet cat eyes, smooching, and mushy hearts (unless they’re in jars).”