Latest Submissions
“The Extinction Squad,” “Switchyard Flash on 20th Century Limited,” “Report Card,” and Other Poems
The Extinction Squad Attacking each psyche to build the cyborg consumer army, advertisers carpet bombed with market campaigns from Internet heights…
Little Pills Like Pearls
He felt like shit, but then again, he always did. Today was no different. He sat with his councillor and listened. Wasn’t he supposed to do the…
#SpeakEasy
“#ThinkThenSpeak.” Tony glanced at the words printed with permanent ink on the cup of coffee he had ordered. He casually took it from the barista on…
Floor
who can really tell, these days, which are the days that matter--- if there are days that matter because significance is insignificant if you can…
Blood Knot, Part 3
V. Her apartment was huge. It was on the top floor of a twelve-story building. It looked as though it took up the whole twelfth floor. She slipped…
“Jailed Genet (in Honor),” “Carny,” “Mica and Quartz,” and Other Poems
Jailed Genet (in Honor) The deepest truths cannot be taught except by experience--- Genet's face, that jail of dreams, each line in the forehead, a…
Bubblegum Cigarettes
Momma says she named me Dawn because I was born with a headful of hair as golden and radiant as the rising sun. When I was just a little girl, Momma…
The Busker
The shop sold incense and crystals, Native American flutes, and roughhewn natural clothing of no particular shape. The incense was overpowering. My…
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
Alice was glad to get back to her secluded sylvan cottage now that her week was at an end. Tom, the outside package deliveryman for the Braille…
“Give Back the Day,” “Poetique Voyage,” and “The Glory of the Rush”
Give Back the Day Yesterday, the day was all mine. It brushed against my skin And penetrated my innermost self. It climbed into my body and took…
