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LISTENING TO DINOSAURS by Kyle Seibel

March 29, 2023

That morning at Rincon marked a change in my relationship to the dinosaurs. Fewer and fewer would muster when I called a session until I stopped doing it so much. Felt like I was bugging them.

DISAPPEAR HERE by Autumn Christian

January 25, 2023

I wanted a girl I could take my sunglasses off for. I wanted a girl that wanted to hold my reflection in the center of her eyes.

IN LOVING STRANGLEHOLD by Brecht De Poortere

December 23, 2022

Mosi is Sprite, Banji is Coca Cola. Whoever loses, does the rounds to check for hippos that might have strayed too far.

AN OPEN WOUND by Jasmyn Huff

December 9, 2022

What’s it like to die? To stop being. Gone in a moment, carried away on the wind. Does it hurt?

A CORBEAU BY ANY OTHER NAME by Camille U. Adams

December 2, 2022

How a mother could be so? Why when she’s in the same room with me I feel swallowed up by a heavy coat pulling me down?

THE PENNY IN THE WELL by Henry Elizabeth Christopher

November 25, 2022

We had sex, he took my blood. Positive ions, positive feedback loops. The cycle perpetuates itself.

A NIGHT WITHOUT ARMOR by Robert Long Foreman

November 18, 2022

Tamberlyn fell on the pavement, hard. Her body slapped against it. It sounded like someone dropped a lot of meat.

MAGICIANS by Scott Mashlan

November 11, 2022

On my way out of the closet I noticed a trunk at the edge of the bed... An antique padlock hooked through the clasp, but it was unlatched, so I slid it out and opened the trunk.

COUPLED PENDULA by Krista Jahnke

November 4, 2022

She hits the button to go live and slowly eats something. It could be anything: an apple, a banana, a small granola bar. Comments fly in, encouraging her.

I AM GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT MOLI by Sarah Cavar

October 28, 2022

Since I met MOLI she has of course been my vital thing.