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The Vegetable Garden
Ann awoke with a start. She knew right away he was gone, but only recently; his sweaty body heat lingered like a festering cloud. She fought back a…
Sweet Whisper of a Carnivorous Flower
With my old friend, through a booth, we made an appointment with some girls who were in a flat, in the Plaza Virgen del Manzano, Burgos. According to…
Mirror, Mirror… Part 6
Evie grabbed her phone from the side of the bed and quieted the alarm. It was barely audible so as not wake Brad. She tiptoed out of the bedroom,…
Bijou Among Pearlets of an Epistolary Art: Exchange of Letters Between the Pundit and the Painter
The Epistle No. 1 as Long SMS Dispatched: The 5th May 2022, at the Most Picturesque Dawn Dear painter! I woke up bright and early and think of a…
Sweet Youth
Protected by the canopy, Matthew looked over his book and spied on the boy and girl sitting on the edge of the upper deck pool, feet in the water,…
Early 2022 Ramblings
I should have killed myself so long ago, but what's the point in suicide? It must remain the privilege of gods and monsters, and though a weirdo and…
De Revolutionibus
There is an axis, so thin, so fragile, so infinitely extended into the spacious fathoms of creation, that it is never seen. This axis’ furthest end,…
“Cruising Along Carroll Avenue,” “Words of Gratitude,” and “On Writing”
Cruising Along Carroll Avenue Going to get a haircut, Cruising along, Carroll Avenue, Downtown, Terrific weather, A morning of reading, And……
Forward-Facing Eyes
Hey, guys. Long time reading, first time posting. I’m pretty sure most creepy toys have been covered in this thread, the monkey with the cymbals with…
“Capital Punishment,” “Inspector Frederick George Aberline Reminisces about Jack the Ripper,” “13 Ways of Killing a Raccoon,” and Other Poems
Capital Punishment When they found her she was near a culvert, street smart no more, and though it was cold rigor mortis had not set in. A dark sedan…
