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The Legend of Forenia: The Twilight Kingdom — Chapter 7
Grancaliga sat on the wooden throne as the great hall filled with soldiers prechosen to participate in the deification ceremony. His long gray cape…
Rose on Poe’s Grave
"I wish I could write as mysteriously as a cat." --- Edgar Allan Poe The door was blown ajar, papers tossed with red leaves as if by a yearning sigh…
As We Forgive Those Who Trespass Against Us
Dottie Lamer was not one of those fervent Christians who forgave the convict in jail who killed their loved one. No; she wasn’t about to forgive the…
“Let’s Not,” “A Poem Written After Viewing Several YouTube Videos of Poets Reading Their Precious Works,” “Facebook Conversation with a Small Press Editor After 22-and-a-Half Cans of Beer,” and Other Poems
Let's Not Let’s not be melodramatic let’s not wear turtlenecks in the sun or scuff our boots on purpose let’s not stand at the podium and apologize…
Accordion Plan, Part 2
“It’s all the same conversations. The same words and ideas keep reappearing everywhere…confident, monotonous repetition is mind control.” “I’ll give…
“Holiday Blitzed,” “Night Lizards,” and “Haibun Cannabinoid Cruise Control”
Holiday Blitzed by Jordan Trethewey and Ryan Quinn Flanagan Marveling at sparkly gewgaws dangling from branches of an unfolded faux fir tree,…
The Shadow of That Hideous Strength
When I found a dead crab outside my door, it made me wonder. A fly or a spider or something I could have dismissed easily, but a crab? A crab seemed…
Meeting the Neighbors
Weighed down by the drudgery of packing, loading, unpacking, arranging, rearranging, we hoped for normalcy and finally found it when we had time to…
On the Road Again, Part 2
Desert Death It was like a giant celestial radio tuned between stations. An incredible buzz, a drone that ebbed and flowed but never disappeared. A…
AI, Smile
I smiled with a simple “Happy birthday!” It was a message that brought happiness and perfectly reflected how I felt. It was a wonderful experience. I…
