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Spit Mask
Carlos slavers, pigheadedly mutinous, in the filthy order of the King County Jail, archipelagic in the Chair. He hacks out brainsick verbalizations…
“Short-Cuts: Quatrains of Fear, Volume I (1-3),” “Slave,” “Walt-Mart,” and “A Sonnet for Elvira, Mistress of the Macabre: No. 11”
Short-Cuts: Quatrains of Fear, Volume I (1-3) Finding out was the easy part of it Explaining how it was done will take time After all, you did want…
Taco Night
“Tradition! Everything’s a goddamn tradition with you!” “Not everything, Fili, but it’s good to know how much you hate traditions. I’ll remember that…
Generation Broken Home
I can recall a time when kids as young as five were throwing up the middle finger screaming profanities a generation raised by the Talmudivision Or…
In the Shadow of the Belt, Chapter 9: School Again, Part 2
Chemistry Lesson One Our classroom was at the end of the corridor opposite the gym door. Schoolchildren freed from physical education were required…
“Tessa’s Marionette” and “The Liar’s Bench”
Tessa's Marionette She doesn’t paint her fingernails like I still do. Her band aid covered hand slithered across the cheap ink in my arms. I always…
The Islands Tell of It, Chapter 15: A Parking Lot Visitation
Late in the evening, after saying my goodnights to Wyla and Luther, I looked forward to getting back to my comfy apartment. Maybe watch something…
Excerpts from Paris Spleen by Charles Baudelaire
translated by Burl Horniachek and Ian McMillan XI. The Wild Woman and the Fine Lady Really, my dear, you exhaust me without measure or pity. To hear…
War in the Spring: A Review of The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers (Little, Brown, and Company, September 2012) “So, what drew you to this novel?” asks my roommate. “Well, you see,…
6 to 6: This Shit Kicks Viagra’s Ass
My sunflower-yellow cab stopped in front of a small trailer on a gravel road. A big old man came slowly out into the sun, his body jerking and…
