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Closed Minds
It was rainy and the branches shed heavy drops on anyone who lingered near them. Lina staggered and knocked at the gatekeeper’s door, her stomach…
Angels in Nomen Town: Two Neutral Angels Watch Old Plays
The Nomen-Town or N-Town Plays are a cycle of mystery plays from the late Middle English period. Formerly known as the Coventry Cycle, “Nomen” means…
Knock! Knock!
I’ve been listening to a persistent knock for the last ten minutes. I check my Arlo camera alert and, sure enough, there is a man dressed in a black…
Making Pumpkin Spice Lattes in a Post-Apocalyptic Iowa, Part 1
I. It wasn’t war or an asteroid that nearly wiped out society. It was a disease, and how stereotypical, right? The bug could have been another…
“Heebie Jeebies,” “Spin the Bottle,” and “The Date Fairy”
Heebie Jeebies Twelve years old, enthralled by Jan August’s Misirlou, I listen to the 78 record on my phonograph. My heart soars with the strings. I…
The Magic Word
Andre turned to the cute blonde on the barstool next to him. He looked her in the face. Her luscious tits and legs for days blurred out beneath her…
“The Mood of D Major,” “About Hrabal,” “Sarabande is Actually a Sorrowful Name,” and Other Poems
translated by Xi Nan The Mood of D Major Undraw the curtains Things suddenly become open and bright Open and bright is just this Simple…
The Will to a Smiling Soul
She breached her apartment doorway behind her aluminum walker, dragging a torpedo-shaped oxygen tank on wheels, with hoses that slithered up and into…
Sheet Ghost
You want to know a secret? Most of psychology is nonsense. I should know; I make a living teaching it. Freud, for example, didn't do a single…
