Alyson Miers on the end of the world: Charlinder’s Walk blog tour
In 2012, the Plague ended the world as we know it. In 2130, Charlinder wants to know why. The origin of the disease remains a mystery. Ignorance
Featured Story
Almost There by Shelley Decker
He takes the beer can out of my hand and puts it on the floor near us. The room is empty except for a blanket, a pillow and some trash. He sticks his tongue in my mouth and I don’t know what to do, so I just thrash my tongue around a little, hoping he won’t laugh. He kisses with his tongue and buys beer and lives with an ex-convict named Joe and
Fiction
Magic Time Machine Sex Machine by Sarah Sorensen
So, you win the lotto, science evolves, and some other supernatural shit happens and you score a magic time machine sex machine. This thing looks like
Rooftop by T.F. Rhoden
The Nigerian study-abroad student sat facing her laptop, somewhat hypnotized by the cursor’s blinking metronome. Beginning an essay was always the most
Poetry
2 poems by Emily Paskevics
We Were Never Lovers and we both know if it wasn’t for the vodka and that extra shot of rum you wouldn’t have walked me home, and you wouldn’t be
3 poems by Charish Halliburton
Searching for Marvin Gaye Wet face, tired arms, sore throat. Look at you carrying on, carrying the dead weight that Zora said you would. Put him down, he’s
Interviews
An interview with Guido Mattioni
Guido Mattioni is an Italian journalist who has written for a variety
An interview with Eighty Six the Poet
Eighty Six the Poet is a full-time bartender and a poet. With a wife, two kids and a forty-hour work
Reviews
Character Crushes
Character Crushes: Shiva by Michelle Lee
Being highly introverted, with my focus on studies and self-made games to keep me self-involved, I grew up with a deeper realization of my interests and
Lobster Telephone
Rebels of the 512 ebook give-away
Like free ebooks? Who doesn’t! That’s why we’ve giving away free copies of
Read these books, or die trying
Recently, I joined WriteByNight’s online book club, an awesome alternative
More Mutiny
The Glorieta Pass by Chris O’Grady
Reviewed by Laura Roberts Chris O’Grady’s novel The Glorieta Pass follows a tough
Good Morning by Ryan Nelson
"The Holy Grail of the Mini Wheats world" (photo by grammardog) A Mini-Wheat eyes me warily from the
Bulbs by Leah Kaminsky
Since the car crash, Lisa’s love life had cycled in strict monthly units. They strung together like cheap Christmas lights on cinder block dorm walls: all that blinking and buzzing, all that petering
2 poems by Katelyn C. Dececco
Wallets How often wallets open for women wilting green paper like the tongues of tired dogs placating the hands of their masters But what do we command that we do not carry? And what do you offer That
Ghosts Aren’t Real by Eric Mitchel Brown
He heard a shifting above his head. A settling in the ceiling. More of a shove, really, laced with the sound of a dragging cord. Like a knotted rope being pulled from a main hull. He paused and waited,
one-bedroom solo by Sheila Maldonado
Reviewed by Amelia Cook As a bicultural, bilingual writer with immigrant roots, Sheila Maldonado is in the position
3 Poems by Carey Glenn Smith
happy aesthetic couple He beat his former mistress, his wife, with a microphone. She bore whippletree lashes and slurped bruises, speaking deadly of mediocre fidelity. Her lashes batted to stand in for
American Desire by Jekwu Anyaegbuna
Okwuchukwu is going to America. He doesn’t even know what he’s going there to do, but he’s going. He knows he won’t be idle. His mother has been there since 2001, babysitting and sending dollars
An interview with Seumas Gallacher
Seumas Gallacher is a writer based in Abu Dhabi, where he does corporate
