Saints in Limbo

By Kyle Hemmings

A new Leaf Garden Press chapbook by Kyle Hemmings. Kyle Hemmings lives and works in New Jersey. He has been published in Elimae, Smokelong Quarterly, Blaze Vox, Matchbook, and elsewhere. He loves 50s Sci-Fi movies, manga comics, and pre-punk garage bands of the 60s. His latest collection of poems and prose is Future Wars published by Another New Calligraphy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Leaf Garden Press
• Release date: Mar 28, 2016
• ISBN: 9781310765315

Kyle Hemmings

BioKyle Hemmings lives and works in New Jersey. He has been published in Elimae, Smokelong Quarterly, This Zine Will Change Your Life, Matchbook, and elsewhere. He loves cats, dogs, and garage bands of the 60s.

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Saints in Limbo

by

Kyle Hemmings

Smashwords edition.

Copyright 2015-2016 by Kyle Hemmings. All rights reserved.

Cover art by Kyle Hemmings

Interior layout by Robert Louis Henry

Published by

Leaf Garden Press

LeafGardenPress.com

Acknowledgements

Versions of these pieces have been published in Map Literary, Wintergreen Review, and International Flash

Table of Contents

The Agony of Saint Cleo

The Calling of Saint Stanislaus

The Life of St. Xi

The Tragedy of Saint Cynthia of Hollywood

Saints in the Morning

The Trials of Saint Agnes of Rhodes

Saint Herman of the Repossessed

Saint Monica, Patron of the Forgetful

Saint Jack & the Life of Chance

Saint Emile, Protector of Sod Houses

Saint William/Willamina

Saint Olaf of the Midnight Sun

How to Make a Saint

The Vision of Saint Horatio

A Medieval Saint

Saint Anthony of Hoboken

Saint Amnesia

Saint Chumani

The Orchard Saint

Saint Innocence

Mother Garuba

Saint Gilbert, Patron of Losers

Saint Abha, the Amphibious Queen

Saint Mortimer of Punk

Saint Helena, Protector of Solipsists

Saint Chona, Patron of Those Born Without Night Vision

Saint Lourdes of New Orleans

Saint Marcus of Wichita

Saint Anonymous

The Agony of Saint Cleo

Neighborhood girls loved his thick hands, hairy & double-knuckled. He entertained shark-women by making collapsible churches with his fingers. Nobody laughed or fainted. A divorced friend of his mother said, I could screw you like a hex-head. He failed at numbers or at keeping promises to God. He vented sexual frustrations by pissing in graveyards or becoming addicted to porno films with ex-child stars of the 90s. When his life flat-headed, he said God, the time has come. At the church where he dispensed penance along with free candy, he couldn't look any nun in the eye