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“Songless Bird,” “Feeling the Train,” “Saint Bernards Are Big, Heavy Dogs,” and Other Poems

songless bird a songless bird that would be the nicest name she'd been called the others, far more common, being that little wench your bastard kid…


Ice Creamer, Part 2

XIX. Despite twenty years of strict Islamic rule, prostitution still exists in Iran. In some areas of downtown Shiraz, I think it was, for example,…


Terror House Radio, Episode #23: Terror House Autonomous Zone

On this episode of Terror House Radio, Matt Forney and Bryden Proctor go solo to talk about the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, Confederate statues,…


Fuck My Wife with Your Nazi Dick! Part 3

VIII. Sarah couldn’t help the groan that loosed itself from deep inside her chest. Is it the coke? Never, never felt so good. Like I’m in college…


Slot Machine

Ted had just gotten off of work. He worked in a printing factory. Boy was he tired and bored and bored and tired. It paid good money but he found it…


Bayonet

I. Grandpa told him about the ‘Nam and the crazy ass 60’s. Private First Class Jeremy Wilson was “heading into the shit.” But shit nuttier than…


“The Feast,” “Guangzhou is Particularly Cold This Winter,” “Every Day,” and Other Poems

translated by Xi Nan The Feast It was so noisy just a moment ago Now my friends are gone Leaving wine glasses and bottles Some are empty Some with…


The Islands Tell of It, Chapter 30: Bungalow by the Sea

A real estate agent in Carmel, California showed her client the last entry of the day. It was around the time where the sunsets were at their most…


Shake-Up

If it weren’t for the Constitution, we’d be Iran. If it weren’t for the First Amendment, we’d be China. My friends see themselves as reasonable, they…


Jack Tone Road

The Central Valley spreads out like a giant patchwork quilt. Green squares of orchards, brown rectangles of newly tilled ground, ready for seed. The…