Latest Submissions
March 18, 2021
“Your Inauguration Tote Bag,” “Embattled,” “Embattled, Part II,” and Other Poems
Your Inauguration Tote Bag Your inaugural tote bag, sir. I had just gone through three levels of security to be allowed into the stands so I could…
March 18, 2021
Covenant
The bailiffs were discovered before it was even known they’d been missing, the poor boys, John of the dell with his face smashed in, like a rotted…
March 17, 2021
The Cry
I’m on the way to school this frigid Kuwaiti morning. That is, I think I’m on my way. I try starting my Audi. It won’t budge; could be frozen. It’s…
March 17, 2021
Felis, Part 4
XVII. Now. Major Thomas guided his flight into their final approach. He stifled a gasp as they came within sight of the city 30 miles out. No…
March 16, 2021
“Ten Different Sketches of the Same Shrunken Head,” “Dunsinane 19,” “Victims,” and Other Poems
Ten Different Sketches of the Same Shrunken Head I. Stiff-bristled brushes stuffed in a vase. II. Pocket lining from a chimney sweep’s coat. III. A…
March 16, 2021
From Henchmen: A Novel on the Millennial Dilemma
The heater in his car didn’t work. He rolled the window down and forgot. A roaming WiFi algorithm recorded the word cocksucker and flagged him as…
March 15, 2021
“Self-Surviving Strategy: Were I Ever Absent,” “I = Human: A Bilinguacultural Poem,” and “Seven East Idioms Reviewed”
Self-Surviving Strategy: Were I Ever Absent All human d stances…
March 15, 2021
Luminaria, Chapter 9: Balancing Act — Ith Daktar San, Part 1
And there was Lance Rey, plopped down right in front of me where I’d been waiting for him on the steppe near to Extorlia’s castle. I had to admire…
March 14, 2021
“Ode on a Photo Taken Somewhere Around December 2008,” “Twenty-Something of July, 2013,” “Jasmine,” and Other Poems
Ode on a Photo Taken Somewhere Around December 2008 A moment frozen in eternity, A picture I’m sure no one remembers But me. A frame, a slice, a…
March 14, 2021
The Slicing
Sardine cans is what Mother called them. The smaller caravans, down the hill in the dip, the view out their living room window looking in through the…