Tyson West Silverwood August Day Confronting the tattooed troll posing his buffed torso on the rock at the end of the theme park bridge over the lazy river, I pay my toll – Nice tats, Man. Tyson West has published tanka and haiku in addition to speculative fiction and lives in Eastern Washington where he works at […]
Read MoreSteve Bogdaniec Swapping Stories at His Wake But I think the dumbest thing I ever got Dad to say when he was frustrated at me was, “you know what, buddy, next time… there won’t BE another next time.” Steve Bogdaniec is a Chicago-based writer and teacher who continues to love short poetry.
Read MoreSteve Bogdaniec Exit Interview She said living with me was like driving a car when it’s raining out and the rain is coming down too hard to see properly with the wipers on low but too light to keep the wipers from squeaking across the windshield when set to high. Steve Bogdaniec is a Chicago-based […]
Read MoreMandy Sutter At Least At least, he said, you’ll get a poem out of this and I thought yeah, a short one. Mandy Sutter lives near Ilkley Moor with her partner and a large black dog called Fable. http://www.mandysutter.com/
Read MoreLucia Damacela Joy, repeat Jubilant Sisyph, the neighborhood kids climb and go down in their sleds, carving with their laughs the snowy hill. Lucía Damacela lives in Singapore, writes about the world and tweets as @lucyda.
Read MoreCody Badaracca Rio An old horse quiet and in the dark, his heavy mouth in my open palms, resting. Cody Badaracca grew up in North Routt County, Colorado but dreams about New Mexico and Louisiana because of heat and reptiles, and about Oklahoma because of a girl and the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher.
Read MoreChris Bullard Tyranny It was only when the Prince appeared as “missing” on our milk cartons that we were aware that we had a ruler. Chris Bullard is generally unknown.
Read MoreChris Bullard Measure To find out how deep the mineshaft was I threw a canary into it and counted the seconds until it hit. Chris Bullard is generally unknown.
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