Don Kingfisher Campbell Biology, Chemistry, Physics, when cells bump into each other, when soil is pummeled with raindrops, when flowers open to the sun, when flies swarm shit, when spiders intertwine legs, when a caterpillar walks on a twig and leaf, when fish kiss, when mice rub noses, when newborn wolves huddle and whimper, claws […]
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F. John Sharp: “I Draw With This Red Crayon”
F. John Sharp I draw with this red crayon hearts, like boy-giddy schoolgirls in study hall pretending love is forever, practicing the entwining of initials like limbs, when all they need to know about adulthood is you shouldn’t have to sit alone in Denny’s with a red crayon drawing hearts. F. John Sharp lives and […]
Read MoreKeith Moul “Seabirds…”
Keith Moul Seabirds reconvene darkly at the dock. Keith Moul is widely published, prolific and handsome for an old guy.
Read MoreKristina England: “Blackout”
Kristina England Blackout says the hairdresser, electricity off throughout the neighborhood, so I stumble into the parking lot, my grandmother’s cancer causing her to clutch me, the starless night an anchor I pull her bones through, and still she sinks. Kristina England’s first flash fiction chapbook, Stanley Stanley’s Investigative Services and Other Mysteries, was published […]
Read MoreClark Xu: “Colorful”
Clark Xu Colorful Her african prints no longer dance in city wind. Clark Xu is prone to dreaming.
Read MoreBrad Rose: “Behind the Scenes at the Funeral Home”
Brad Rose Behind the Scenes at the Funeral Home All of you, now, small as a simple sentence, they drain your blood from a whitened body, as if you were a typo. Brad Rose frequently contributes to Right Hand Pointing and One Sentence Poems. His chapbook of miniature fiction, Coyotes Circle the Party Store, is from Right Hand Pointing.
Read MoreAl Ortolani: “Waiting in the branches…”
Al Ortolani Waiting in the branches for the clouds to break— crows shrug away the rain like pall bearers—one cold drop at a time. Al Ortolani is a teacher and poet in the Kansas City area.
Read MoreCody Badaracca: “A double-jointed man”
Cody Badaracca A double-jointed man It ain’t that they look no different than us regular folks, it’s just what they can do with that strength of theirs, as if they might be monsters in disguise, or superheroes on the lam. Cody Badaracca grew up in North Routt County, Colorado where he still lives, despite his […]
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