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Lords of Ash

Los Angeles in California has no reason at all to be as warm as it is. A microclimate? The Rim of Fire in the Circum-Pacific belt? I never really…


The Folksinger

Right off the bat, the first time she saw him, Bethany knew she had a thing for the folksinger. Not just because he was handsome with those long,…


The Islands Tell of It, Chapter 26: Synchronized Surprise

It was getting close to 4 p.m., and Clarissa Ross had finished filing a stack of results from a three-month testing symposium in the St.…


“The Tyranny of Toilet Paper,” “Dear Encapsulation,” and “The Narrator Presents”

The Tyranny of Toilet Paper hands lunge through darkness distancing answers, delineated, point A to point B disposed into toilet paper salvation…


Flagrante Delicto

George Lewis was sweating. Called from the comfort of his cubicle, he was sweating. A typical e-mail from HR: “...would request your attendance in…


“Table for One Gator,” “Love Sick Etc.,” “Spider-Man in the Park,” and Other Poems

Table for One Gator A ridge of gray breaks the surface of brown water--- a stillness like cypress roots--- two nostrils blink like eyes, suck in the…


The Pilgrim’s Digress: Chapter 5

Amos could sense the tension awaiting him in the chapel before the hefty wooden doors opened. As Hughes went inside, he looked over at the front…


“Rainy Season Damage,” “One Unlucky Boxer,” “In a Very Open Marriage,” and Other Poems

rainy season damage It's been a rough rainy season and rain always put father in the drinking mood He drank more in this rainy season than ever…


No Wonder

Is it any wonder the Japanese hate us? My wife Claudia and I had been cooped up in this fucking Palace Cruise Line anchored off Yokohama for 13 days…


Terror House Radio, Episode #18: The Fruit Machine

On this episode of Terror House Radio, Matt Forney and Bryden Proctor go solo to talk about Tekashi 6ix9ine's new song "Gooba," the Canadian "fruit…