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February 1, 2022
“Welcome to Charleyville,” “Dancing in the Streets of Kogane-chō,” and “Quickie II Ti and Fast Food Restaurant”
Welcome to Charleyville Monochromatic in…
February 1, 2022
Vulture
“Your star’s the brightest tonight, V. You know what to do,” announces in a stealthy hiss Sorcerer Ophiuchus’ voice from within a small serpent…
January 31, 2022
Strays
My legs itched while my aunt rubbed alcohol on them. I stood inside the screened porch of the trailer that was nestled in an orange grove in among…
January 31, 2022
The Problem of Dry Rot in the Manor in the Woods by the Lake
It is certainly easy to forget about the things left unseen. Cutlery that has fallen down the back of the sink. Clothes at the bottom of a pile at…
January 30, 2022
What Men Want: It’s Not Just Sex, Power, Wealth, Vengeance, and Love
There’s a bad film called What Women Want (2000), where a man reads women’s thoughts, learns women are complicated, learns what attracts them to men,…
January 29, 2022
The Kennels
During my final year, the teaching hospital at my university was a bustling place that saw 60 to 70 cases on an average every day. We students were…
January 28, 2022
“Change Subtle,” “Breaking,” and “Conflicted”
change subtle he stares up at me with a bemused smile as i stand nearly at the top of an aluminum ladder cleaning gutters relentless wind and rain…
January 28, 2022
On the Collapse of Our Institutions of Higher Learning, Part 5
Fourth Topic: Gibraltar on the Danube, 2016-2017 The city of Novi Sad, situated on the Danube, is overlooked by a vast, sprawling fortress on the…
January 27, 2022
Post-Colonial Gothic
The truck pulled up to the house about an hour before sunset. Looking at the whitewashed house, albeit wanting for a fresh coat of paint, I knew I…