Becoming Serpent Ex-marine seen too much killing wants to be a serpent has a plan and much money removes lips splits tongue head already shaved pulls teeth snips ears reticulates skin with tattoo cuts off fingers cuts off toes grinds down nose stitches snake-eyed lenses to his eyes fuses foot to foot hands to hips learns to wriggle and hiss and swallow
He watches the cursor blink and feels his heart beat. They are in rhythm, which is fitting, because this should come from the heart. Even so, he can’t
Jonah lay dead on the black and white checkerboard tile of the bathroom. The wound in his stomach had only taken moments to bleed out, to stain through
The Christ in my heart The Christ in my heart Spoils like lard. I drink wine and blubber on And break a cross of bone Over my knee. I am waiting for the
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Tender Curiosity This is not the only time I have arrived home to see a cracked window. And yet, in another sense, I have never seen a crack like this. It
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Please enjoy this Novel Publicity interview with Melissa McPhail, author of the spellbinding epic fantasy, Cephrael’s Hand. Then read on to learn
Emily Jane Trent writes contemporary erotic romance. As the author of the five-part Masquerade series, she promises readers “rich characters and
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Reviewed by Laura Roberts Set in Manchester, England in 1991, The
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Reviewed by Laura Roberts It’s been rough lately for the Lord of Darkness, with ex-girlfriend drama rearing its head at inconvenient moments, ancient
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Octave Parango is an ad designer and the main character of the acclaimed French novel 99
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Bestselling author Jeff Rivera is re-launching his first novel, Forever My Lady, this week at Amazon. To help you get to know Jeff, he has written the
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After reading through the submissions to our Haiku Contest, including a short list of poems by runners up including Luke Aditsan, Drew Jennings, Daniel
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Ever wondered whether you ought to download a copy of the infamous Fifty Shades of Grey, or grab a copy at your local grocery store? Well wonder no more!
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On the train home from work, Miguel awoke to find a man sleeping beside him. The train car was packed with people while it was half empty when he boarded from the downtown station. Miguel squinted from
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These are my friends, ones I see each day I got a prescription for our problems, keep the hounds at bay – David Lynch We were beaten, drugged, dateraped, grounded, imprisoned, slandered, censored, humiliated,
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Peter looked into the mirrored store window and straightened the green tie that ran down his chest like a snake. A woman neared his shoulder, and Peter turned his chin toward her. Her face was deeply lined.
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Once upon a time there were two brothers whose parents’ attraction to each other was so great it destroyed them both. The boys were raised by their grandmother. This was a long time ago, a time when
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It is not Christmas or her birthday but there is a card from her son, with a crest she recognizes as medieval, drawn with two male figures as supporters. One man wears a diaper and holds a scythe and the
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I scoop up the strays from around my neighborhood—stuff them down storm drains and toss them into trees. Sometimes their spring-loaded needle feet don’t catch the branches and it rains paws and mews.
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Her religion is the power of suggestion. In the newspaper, she reads about the nanny who stabbed two children to death with a butcher knife before slitting her own throat. It happened on W. 75th Street
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The three guys in front of me descend steps four at a time their hands hovering over the railing. At the bottom of each set, they swing their bodies like pendulums and start down the next flight. I trail
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My inner thighs rub against one another, sticky with lotion and sweat. My flesh, round and creamy, pushes against my plastic chair, forcing it deeper into the sand whenever I move. My mother tells me I
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I like big money. I called Richmond’s house in Florida on my cell an hour ago, expecting to hear his voice. Police answered. Richmond Edward Davies, the man I’m supposed to marry here in Arizona next
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Crop I saw the easing, heaving, before breaking the surface like swimmers, hairs on my hand, on each intolerant finger, driven by their own arterial clocks. It was too long since they discovered your lips, your
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Coco licked my elbow while Jason taped my ankles and I pretended not to be disappointed. I reclined in the wobbly computer chair, damned sure that I was ready for love. The dog’s charm had waned though
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