http://martianlit.com no invasion forthcoming or your money back Fri, 22 May 2026 14:31:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://martianlit.com/magazine/1609/lost-martians-by-laura-wiseman/ http://martianlit.com/magazine/1609/lost-martians-by-laura-wiseman/#comments Mon, 29 Jul 2013 11:00:31 +0000 Laura Madeline Wiseman http://martianlit.com/?p=1609 I looked behind the dryer where socks, mittens, and dust bunnies crouch in shadows and lint. I looked inside the closets. I looked under the bed where I’ve found mp3 players, earplugs, and bad dreams.… [more]]]> 0 http://martianlit.com/magazine/1600/green-thumbs-by-laura-wiseman/ http://martianlit.com/magazine/1600/green-thumbs-by-laura-wiseman/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:00:44 +0000 Laura Madeline Wiseman http://martianlit.com/?p=1600 When Poison Ivy appears at my backyard gate the Martians offer bouquets of Virginia creeper and woven crowns of red-tongued honeysuckle. I’m so startled that Dr. Isley is in my garden— butterfly bush, tea roses,… [more]]]> 0 http://martianlit.com/magazine/1443/mars-vigila/ http://martianlit.com/magazine/1443/mars-vigila/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:00:04 +0000 Laura Madeline Wiseman http://martianlit.com/?p=1443 _____Martians don’t masturbate. No _____pinch or stroke. No intoxicants of booze spiked. No Viagra. _____No eye-popping size. No static _____crackle from shirt removed. No _____cry to drift through open window. _____No electric glow of clock… [more]]]> 0 http://martianlit.com/magazine/1312/epithalamion-an-undetected-life-laura-wiseman/ http://martianlit.com/magazine/1312/epithalamion-an-undetected-life-laura-wiseman/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:00:43 +0000 Laura Madeline Wiseman http://martianlit.com/?p=1312 The Martians have decided to get married. Bridal magazines unfold on the end tables and curl in the humidity of the bathroom. Every weekend they take the city bus to the mall, to David’s, and… [more]]]> 0