Jessica Goodfellow The Function of Snow Snow fell on the ground like a truth serum, an inverse relief map of desires, everyone’s comings and go- ings laid bare. Jessica Goodfellow doesn’t want to do anything but watch the northern lights.
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Maximilian Lloyd “A Blind Woman or a Knife Victim”
Maximilian Lloyd A Blind Woman or a Knife Victim Each tear duct taped closed. Maximilian Lloyd writes poetry.
Read MoreHowie Good “Sea of Reeds”
Howie Good Sea of Reeds The way all of it was dancing in the wind, I thought was just so beautiful, like some buried turbulence stirred up by the back wash of a giant RV hurtling down the highway with a vodka-crazed angel at the wheel. Howie Good is the author of The Loser’s Guide […]
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Howie Good Late Capitalism The GPS asked which route, the shortest or most scenic, and so it’s not just happenstance that we happen to be here, at this roadside rest stop, where a woman fell, and nobody even bent down to help her, and what happiness there is the one vending machine that’s not broken […]
Read MoreHowie Good “Thinking of Spring in December”
Howie Good Thinking of Spring in December Gardens speak these fiery stories that have been buried in them – ash, smoke, all of it. Howie Good is the author of The Loser’s Guide to Street Fighting, winner of the 2017 Lorien Prize and forthcoming from Thoughtcrime Press. His latest books are Still Running from One […]
Read MoreMegan Merchant “The Pro-Life Approach to Refugee Children”
Megan Merchant The Pro-Life Approach to Refugee Children I will keep the egg nestled under a warm light in a bed of hair I shave from my head, and sing it safe, but once the first crack shows, I will sit behind my window— I will leave it to fend, or die, alone. Megan Merchant […]
Read MoreJ. R. Solonche “Short Speech for Sisyphus”
J. R. Solonche Short Speech for Sisyphus See how I torment my tormentor by cutting him out, and see how I punish myself by pushing this stone I cut up this mountain I built. J. R. Solonche is author of Beautiful Day (Deerbrook Editions), Won’t Be Long (Deerbrook Editions), Heart’s Content (Five Oaks Press), Invisible […]
Read MoreMadison Estes “New Toys”
Madison Estes New Toys A broken ballerina, forever spinning on hope and forgiveness, could be glued back together, but new toys so seldom require repairs. Madison Estes lives in Houston, Texas where she studies psychology, makes up voices for her pets and posts a ridiculous amount of memes on Twitter @madisonestes.
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