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Almost There by Shelley Decker

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

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Fiction

Magic Time Machine Sex Machine by Sarah Sorensen

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

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Rooftop by T.F. Rhoden

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

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Poetry

2 poems by Emily Paskevics

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

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3 poems by Charish Halliburton

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

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Interviews

An interview with Guido Mattioni

An interview with Guido Mattioni

Guido Mattioni is an Italian journalist who has written for a variety

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An interview with Eighty Six the Poet

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

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Reviews

Sheer Indefinite by Skip Fox

Sheer Indefinite by Skip Fox

Reviewed by Gabino Iglesias Poet Skip Fox is a man madly

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Amphetamine Heart by Liz Worth

Amphetamine Heart by Liz Worth

Reviewed by Gabino Iglesias There’s a very poetic

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Character Crushes

Character Crushes: Shiva by Michelle Lee

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

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Lobster Telephone

Rebels of the 512 ebook give-away

Rebels of the 512 ebook give-away

Like free ebooks? Who doesn’t! That’s why we’ve giving away free copies of

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Read these books, or die trying

Read these books, or die trying

Recently, I joined WriteByNight’s online book club, an awesome alternative

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More Mutiny

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

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The Glorieta Pass by Chris O’Grady

Reviewed by Laura Roberts Chris O’Grady’s novel The Glorieta Pass follows a tough

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Good Morning by Ryan Nelson

"The Holy Grail of the Mini Wheats world" (photo by grammardog) A Mini-Wheat eyes me warily from the

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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

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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

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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,

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one-bedroom solo by Sheila Maldonado

Reviewed by Amelia Cook As a bicultural, bilingual writer with immigrant roots, Sheila Maldonado is in the position

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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

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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

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An interview with Seumas Gallacher

Seumas Gallacher is a writer based in Abu Dhabi, where he does corporate

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