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Rebel Vampyre
“It was not well to drive men into final corners; at those moments they could all develop teeth and claws.” --- Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of…
“Grow Grass, Nourish Dew,” “The Whole Sky Was the Roof of My House,” “Watching Airplanes,” and Other Poems
translated by Xi Nan "The moon is my only spiritual fortune. It is also my only tomb." Grow Grass, Nourish Dew A visitor said my courtyard was…
Homecoming
“It looks like burgers. But like if they got left on the grill too long.” “It sure doesn’t smell like burgers.” Trace coughed and stepped back. “And…
“In Suffocating Breath,” “Requisite Damage,” and “Self-Mutilation”
In Suffocating Breath I feel the dirty secrets her lips leave. In bruises for other women to read. Her knife---the sex she says she can’t give yet…
The State of Joe
Cleopatra has applied to graduate school in Austin---UT Austin, natch---with intent (not hopes) of securing her Master of Architecture degree. And…
The Ambush, Part 3: The Surveillance; or, the Vigil Over the Dead
I had a grand production in local media (and even social media, going so far as to make a Facebook Event page for it, to which tens of people…
Early Memories
No, not that one. Bit too tubby. Nah, she's too brown. Nope, fucked-up teeth. Okay, here we go. Ah yeah, she's gorgeous. Mumbling to himself, Will…
Terror House Radio, Episode #59: ALL CAPS COOMER
On this episode of Terror House Radio, Matt Forney and Bryden Proctor discuss literature, philosophy, film, music, and more. The show will air live…
Belated Eulogy to E.B.G.
Ellie, you left. My cousin, you left unanswered questions and we can only wonder what you would reply. Nothingness fills up the space in your…
At Time, on Tune
We parted on bad terms, Grandad and I. He wasn’t a blood relation, more of an in-law, but he was ‘Grandad’ to all of us all the same. And one evening…
