Blackthorn
Art and Literary Magazine
Created by
Épine Noir Society
This group is called Épine Noir Society. Épine Noir means Blackthorn. I have chosen this name for multiple reasons. It sounds mysterious, Gothic and possibly spooky, for one, and the darkness and unknown in our lives is a great fascination of mine. Noir is also a proto-horror film genre, one of the oldest, most famous and identifiable artistic genres of the film industry. It also means “black” in French. Épine is the French word for “Thorn”. The reason for choosing this word to represent this Society are literary. The origin lies in Chekhov’s The Seagull. One of the character's names is Dorn. This surname, from Middle High German origins, means "Thorn". He is a doctor, and is seemingly the observer, the character on the outside looking in, and he comments on and questions the actions and words of the other characters. He is almost amused by the drama his friends create for themselves. Furthermore, Chekhov was a doctor himself, and so the theory is that Dorn, and the doctors present in his other works, represent the playwright within the worlds of his plays.
August 2020
Black Lives Matter
A memorial to the beautiful lives lost.
This art and literature is Dedicated to you ...
David Earl Brooks, 45 ~ July 27, 2020
Samuel Soloman Cochran Jr., 22 ~ July 26, 2020
Southern Jeremy, 22 ~ July 21, 2020
Vincent Harris, 51 ~ July 20, 2020
Darius Washington, 24 ~ July 18, 2020
Rayshard Brooks, 27 - June 12, 2020
Carlos Carson, 36 - June 6, 2020
Justin Howell, 20 ~ June 4, 2020 (suffered brain damage after the policd shot him)
Jamel Floyd, 35 ~ June 3, 2020
Sean Monterrosa, 22 ~ June 2, 2020
David Mcatee, 53 ~ May 31, 2020 (shot by National guard)
Tony McDade, 1982 - May 27, 2020
George Floyd, 46 ~ May 25, 2020
Dreasjon “Sean” Reed, 21 - May 6, 2020
Breonna Taylor, 26 ~ March 13, 2020
Ahmaud Arbery, 25 ~ February 23, 2020
Atatiana Jefferson, 28 ~ October 12, 2019
Elijah McClain, 23 - August 30, 2019
Javier Ambler, 41 - March 28, 2019
Sterling Lapree Higgins, 38 - March 25, 2019
Emantic “EJ” Fitzgerald Bradford Jr., 21 - November 22, 2018
Botham Jean, 26 ~ september 6, 2018
Charles “Chop” Roundtree Jr., 18 - October 17, 2018
Chinedu Okobi, 36 - October 3, 2018
Antwon Rose Jr., 17 - June 19, 2018
Saheed Vassell, 34 - April 4, 2018
Stephon Clark, 22 ~ March 18, 2018
Dominique White, 30 ~ September 28, 2017
Aaron Bailey, 45 - June 29, 2017
Charleena Chavon Lyles, 30 - June 18, 2017
Fetus of Charleena Chavon Lyles, (14-15 weeks), June 18, 2017
Jordan Edwards, 15 - April 29, 2017
Chad Robertson, 25 - February 15, 2017
Deborah Danner, 66 - October 18, 2016
Alfred Olango, 38 - September 27, 2016
Keith Lamont Scott, 43 ~ September 20, 2016
Terence Crutcher, 40 - September 16, 2016
Terrence LeDell Sterling, 31 - September 11, 2016
Korryn Gaines, 22 - August 1, 2016
Joseph Curtis Mann, 51 - July 11, 2016
Philando Castille, 32 ~ July 6, 2016
Alton Sterling, 37~ July 5, 2016
Bettie “Betty Boo” Jones, 55 - December 26, 2015
Quintonio LeGrier, 19 - December 26, 2015
Corey Lamar Jones, 31 - October 18, 2015
Natasha Mckenna, 37 ~ February 8, 2015
Jamar O’Neal Clark, 24 - November 16, 2015
Jeremy “Bam Bam” McDole, a paraplegic man, 28 - September 23, 2015
India Kager, 28 - September 5, 2015
Michelle Cuseaux, 50 ~ August 13, 2015
Samuel Vincent DuBose, 43 - July 19, 2015
Sandra Bland, 28 - July 13, 2015
Salvado Ellswood, 36 ~ July 12, 2015
George Mann, 35 ~ July 11, 2015
Jonathan Sanders, 39 ~ July 8, 2015
Brendon K. Glenn, 29 - May 5, 2015
Freddie Gray, 25 ~ April 12, 2015
Walter Scott, 50 ~ April 4, 2015
Eric Harris, 44 ~ April 2, 2015
Phillip White, 33 ~ March 31, 2015
Mya Hall, a Transwoman, 27 ~ March 30, 2015
Tony Robinson, 19 ~ March 6, 2015
Meagan Hockaday, 26 - March 28, 2015
Anthony Hill, 26 ~ March 9, 2015
Jonisha Fonville, 20 ~ February 18, 2015
Frank Smart, 39 ~ January 5, 2015
Jerame Reid, 36 ~ December 30, 2014
Rumain Brisbon, 34 - December 2, 2014
Tamir Rice, 12 ~ November 22, 2014
Akai Gurley, 28 ~ November 20, 2014
Tanisha N. Anderson, 37 - November 13, 2014
Aura Rosser, 40 ~ November 10, 2014
Laquan Mcdonald, 17 ~ October 20, 2014
Dante Parker, 36 ~ August 12, 2014
Ezell Ford, 25 ~ August 11, 2014
Michael Brown Jr., 18 - August 9, 2014
John Crawford III, 22 - August 5, 2014
Eric Garner, 43 ~ July 17, 2014
Dontre Hamilton, 31 - April 30, 2014
Victor White III, 22 - March 3, 2014
Gabriella Nevarez, 22 ~ March 2, 2014
Yvette Smith, 47 - February 16, 2014
McKenzie J. Cochran, 25 - January 29, 2014
Jordan Baker, 26 - January 16, 2014
Miriam Iris Carey, 34 - October 3, 2013
Barrington “BJ” Williams, 25 - September 17, 2013
Jonathan Ferrell, 24 - September 14, 2013
Larry Eugene Jackson Jr., 32 - July 26, 2013
Kyam Livingston, 37 - July 21, 2013
Deion Fludd, 17 - July 12, 2013
Clinton R. Allen, 25 - March 10, 2013
Kimani “KiKi” Gray, 16 - March 9, 2013
Kayla Moore, 41 - February 12, 2013
Jamaal Moore, 23 - December 15, 2012
Johnnie Kamahi Warren, 43 - February 13, 2012
Shelly Marie Frey, 27 - December 6, 2012
Darnisha Harris, 16 - December 2, 2012
Timothy Russell, 43 - November 29, 2012
Malissa Williams, 30 - November 29, 2012
Jordan Russell Davis, 17 - November 23, 2012
Noel Palanco, 22 - October 4, 2012
Chavis Carter, 21 - July 28, 2012
Alesia Thomas, 35 - July 22, 2012
Shantel Davis, 23 - June 14, 2012
Sharmel T. Edwards, 49 - April 21, 2012
Tamon Robinson, 27 - April 18, 2012
Ervin Jefferson, 37 - March 24, 2012
Kendrec McDade, 19 - March 24, 2012
Rekia Boyd, 22 - March 21, 2012
Shereese Francis, 30 - March 15, 2012
Jersey K. Green, 37 - March 12, 2012
Wendell James Allen, 20 - March 7, 2012
Nehemiah Lazar Dillard, 29 - March 5, 2012
Dante’ Lamar Price, 25 - March 1, 2012
Raymond Luther Allen Jr., 34 - February 29, 2012
Trayvon Martin, 17 ~ February 26, 2012
Manual Levi Loggins Jr., 31 - February 7, 2012
Ramarley Graham, 18 - February 2, 2012
Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., 68 - November 19, 2011
Alonzo Ashley Jr., 29 - July 18, 2011
Kenneth Harding Jr., 19 - July 16, 2011
Derek Williams, 22 - July 6, 2011
Raheim Brown, Jr., 20 - January 22, 2011
Reginald Doucet, 25 - January 14, 2011
Derrick Jones, 37 - November 8, 2010
Danroy “DJ” Henry Jr., 20 - October 17, 2010
Aiyana Mo'Nay Stanley-Jones, 7 - May 16, 2010
Steven Eugene Washington, 27 - March 20, 2010
Aaron Campbell, 25 - January 29, 2010
Kiwane Carrington, 15 - October 9, 2009
Victor Steen, 18 - October 3, 2009
Shem Walker, 49 - July 11, 2009
Oscar Grant III, 22 - January 1, 2009
Tarika Wilson, 26 - January 4, 2008
DeAunta Terrel Farrow, 12 - June 22, 2007
Sean Bell, 23 - November 25, 2006
Kathryn Johnston, 92 - November 21, 2006
Ronald Curtis Madison, March 1, 1965 - September 4, 2005
James B. Brissette Jr., November 6, 1987 - September 4, 2005
Henry “Ace” Glover, October 2, 1973 - September 2, 2005
Timothy Stansbury, Jr., November 16, 1984 - January 24, 2004
Ousmane Zongo, 1960 - May 22, 2003
Alberta Spruill, 1946 - May 16, 2003
Kendra Sarie James, December 24, 1981 - May 5, 2003
Orlando Barlow, December 29, 1974 - February 28, 2003
Timothy DeWayne Thomas Jr., July 25, 1981 - April 7, 2001
Ronald Beasley, 1964 - June 12, 2000
Earl Murray, 1964 - June 12, 2000
Patrick Moses Dorismond, February 28, 1974 - March 16, 2000
Prince Carmen Jones Jr., March 30, 1975 - September 1, 2000
Malcolm Ferguson, October 31, 1976 - March 1, 2000
LaTanya Haggerty, 1973 - June 4, 1999
Margaret LaVerne Mitchell, 1945 - May 21, 1999
Amadou Diallo, September 2, 1975 - February 4, 1999
Tyisha Shenee Miller, March 9, 1979 - December 28, 1998
James Byrd Jr., May 2, 1949 - June 7, 1998
Dannette Daniels, January 25, 1966 - June 7, 1997
Frankie Ann Perkins, 1960 - March 22, 1997
Nicholas Heyward Jr., August 26, 1981 - September 27, 1994
Mary Mitchell, 1950 - November 3, 1991
Yusef Kirriem Hawkins, March 19, 1973 - August 23, 1989
Yvonne Smallwood, 1959 - December 9, 1987
Michael Griffith, March 2, 1963 - December 20, 1986
Eleanor Bumpers, August 22, 1918 - October 29, 1984
Michael Jerome Stewart, May 9, 1958 - September 28, 1983
Willie Turks, February 4, 1948 - June 22, 1982
Eula Mae Love, August 8, 1939 - January 3, 1979
Arthur Miller Jr., 1943 - June 14, 1978
Randolph Evans, April 5, 1961 - November 25, 1976
Rita Lloyd, January 27, 1973
Henry Dumas, July 20, 1934 - May 23, 1968
God is the biggest Queer I know.
a genderless queen
who graces me with Their presence
when i feel most alone
i see God
in my mother's strong hands
in my father's tears
they use them both for you, God
i see God
in the men who tuck their dicks to worship
and to question
all that is Feminine
i see God in women
with mustaches
combining with other women to worship
each other's hidden pieces
to moan Oh God
i see God
in those who defy definition
i see God in You.
i see God in Me.
God
Biggest Queer
I Know
is the
A poem by
Bex Love