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The Ever-Present Mr. Small
By Alicia Ameur Three-to-close is my least favorite shift. The streets are …
You Hate Me Correctly: A review of Cletus Crow’s Phallic Symbols
By Conor Hultman Cletus Crow has published a grand slam sophomore book …
The Dunes
By Jon Doughboy The Oregon Coast in the year 2000. The dunes …
FUTURES IN WHICH YOU’RE NOT WELCOME
By Sam Pink A huge dog charged me in the street snapping …
SNIP
By Anthony Neil Smith The doc called Logan and me back to …
Grief Therapy
By Carla Sarett Carla Sarett writes poetry, fiction and, occasionally, essays; and …
Two Poems
By Jeffrey Hermann You Couldn’t Pay Me They say to be good …
How to Forget
By MD Wheatley “Hullo, good afternoon potential future friends, you can call …
Three Poems
by Graeme Bezanson Graeme Bezanson is a writer living in southwestern France. …
My Heart Belongs in an Empty Big Mac Container Buried Beneath the Ocean Floor
By Homeless After Laura, the days were long and filled with even …
Swiss Pass
By Wallace Barker I. Day Before Independence Day Shuddered on the train …
Back in High School 
By Wilson Koewing Back in high school it was me and Lonnie …
Dip Spit
By Chuckry Vengadam Everybody at the pregame is white. Which is good. …
2 Micros
By Cletus Crow Excaliburs I forge a sword that cuts through passive …
NDA
By Julián Martinez Good morning, I am reaching out today to make …
HI I REMEMBER YOU BUT YOU DON’T REMEMBER ME
By Alexandra Naughton originally published by Cosmonauts Avenue, November 2017 I tell …
This guy from my court-mandated alcohol classes was on NBC’s The Voice
By Matt Starr The other night, my in-laws texted my wife: There’s …
The House on Hickory
By Justin Carter The only time I ever went to Manny’s house, …
MULTIDIMENSIONAL LOVE IN A LOOK
By Alex Rost My wife – not the mother of my daughters …
HENRY MILLER SAVED MY LIFE
By Mather Schneider When I was 30 years old, my grandfather died …
Evidence I’m Mentally Ill
By Tyler Dempsey When I was in eighth grade I got so …
Two Poems
By Scott Neuffer Trip: NYC, 2023 I will say on the plane …
B L A C K  A U R A
By Bill Whitten A Georg Jorgenson retrospective is at the Whitney. Georg …
TAMALES
by Elwood Weebs Three of us in a one bedroom – Alaska, …
Three Prose Poems
By Steve Gergley 1. Candied Pears My wife and I eat dinner …
THE GREAT COMPETITION
By Nathan Bogart Artie sat in his old beat up puke green …
Eyes in a Jar
By JD Clapp When Titus tired of seeing his life, he plucked …
Blinds
By Alexander Fredman The deer out there will still be eating when …
It Wouldn’t Hurt You
By Claire Hopple They are burying him in a red nose and …
America Bird
By Michael McSweeney Burning past Buffalo through the wildfire haze, I wanted …
Rose Rocks 
By Mason Parker It ends with me on hands and knees looking …
Echoed Like A Fart in Church
By Devin Sams who knewthe telephonewould becomea camera,or Dolly Parton’s titswould perk …
Felicitations, Malefactors 
By Julián Martinez I am endeavoring to ever-after end all loss by patching …
3 small thingz
By Zac Smith The Plane It was surprisingly easy to hijack the …
Carrion
By Jace Einfeldt I pull off on the shoulder and aim and …
The owner of my favorite coffee shop died 
By Matt Starr I didn't want to believe it when I saw …
The Dialectic of Rock Music
By Bill Whitten Rock songs have their origin in the wound.  Rock …
The Playground
By Matt Rowan The guy was not a very sociable guy. He …
Watch and Learn
By Jillian Luft Every day, the knocks came. Katie, Bren and Sometimes …
THE SUICIDAL IDEATION THAT SPIKES WHILE CHANGING JOBS
By Jesse Hilson I was at a library and talking with a …
LOU AND OTIS
By Ed Komenda Lou opened the door with a heavy blanket over …
Leaky Boat
By Dylan Smith They put a perfect Cathedral in my phone  an …
Wrong Currencies
By Sy Holmes I stood next to Julia, holding a portion of …
If we make it through December
By Sheldon Birnie Some of the neighbourhood dads are planning a trip …
Tiny
By David Williamson The day Rosie was sick and stayed home from …
I Want to Tell Secrets to the Rhythm in Your Bones
By Leigh Chadwick You put your leftover orgasms in a Tupperware container …
I Ate Around the Loss and Was Still Hungry
By Joshua Vigil Gordo pushes a damp kitchen towel into my hands. …
His Heart is Like an Open Turnpike
By Jon Doughboy Chris Christie gifts Zelensky handwritten lyrics to Bon Jovi’s …
Drinking At Home
By Phil Earle The morning after, I decide it’s over. Making breakfast …
The Blur of Things
By Sophia Popovska Sophia Popovska is a poet and translator currently living …
Two Poems
By Michael Gerard Spikes on Your Lapel Spikes on your lapelRocks popping Trucks …
Age of Wellness
By Sophia Popovska The crest of day urgent in the middle of …
Schrodinger’s Lil Chonker
By Coleman Bomar We took out the cat, a Main Coon with …
The Flood
By Denise S. Robbins “The Singularity will doom us all.” Samuel says …
Pothole Eyes
By Jon Berger Valentine’s Day Pothole emergence time Miles Teller drives down …
I Came to a Place of Rough Neglect and Left Myself There  
By Scott Mitchel May Notes From The Scene We found a pear. …
Love Taps
By Michael McSweeney The game started at the intersection in South Montford, …
Gulls
By Bram Riddlebarger Mariner MarketCannon Beach, Oregon “Why don’t you guys wait …
Instructions from Store Manager of Orange Julius on the Day The Mall Closed Down
By Dan Leach If you sit around thinking  about where all this …
My Life
By Yuu Ikeda B, C, D, B, C, D, B, C, D, …
The Water Bearer
Natalye Childress is a writer, an editor, and author of The Aftermath …
Oaxaca Studies
By Wallace Barker Levantate Campesino zocalo draped in coloredflags and flashingchristmas lights …
No Junk
By Leila Register There’s a lot of pressure on this thing to …
Two Poems
By Jack B. Bedell **** Swamp Thing Dives into Psalm 69 Quicksand …
My Fuckin’ Car, Man
By Sy Holmes My car was a beat-up 2000 BMW that I …
Five Poems
By Mike Andrelczyk *** The Logrollers  The two of them are always …
Hyperfixated
By Jessica Dawn All the TikToks they sent in the group chat …
Swamp Thing Locates Himself on the Continuum Between Problem and Mystery
By Jack B. Bedell “A problem is something which I meet, which …
How to Tell If Your Neighbors Divorce
By Kate Oden Today my boyfriend pulls up in the red mustang …
The Justice League
By Dustin Strickler I am a mobility practitioner whose passion is to …
Harmless Fun
By Alan ten-Hoeve Matt’s fat, pimply ass slid out of his pants …
Interview with a Neighbor
Writer/musician Jason Sebastian Russo interviews writer/musician Bill Whitten about their time as …