Elaine

Elaine sat alone in the corner booth of her favorite restaurant. Every Wednesday, when her classes had let out, she would walk the half-mile to…


Lord of the NEETs: A Review of Into the Vortex by Brian Eckert

Into the Vortex by Brian Eckert (Terror House Press, 2020) Brian Eckert’s Into the Vortex is a hilarious take on bugman culture versus anon culture…


“Westylvania’s Ghost Town” and “A Summer Drive”

Westylvania's Ghost Town June Green trees on rolling Appalachian hills Double wides. Little red brick farmhouses. Amish built barns 30 years in…


“Last Tuesday” and “Janus in Chains”

Last Tuesday I finished off a six-pack I wish the titty bar wasn’t closed. I would be there right now instead of sitting on my floor. If I lived in…


The Trial of Moloch and Dionysus

I. I am seated upon my forefather’s Throne of Rot Their putrid crown brandished proudly atop my shame and coxcomb All around me the West burns and…


Lina

“Shit.” I’m late again. This is my third date in a row with Lina that I’ll have shown up late to. I showed up 15 minutes early the first time we met;…


“Whiskey Boy Revival,” “Bane,” “The Dead Egger,” and Other Poems

Whiskey Boy Revival A plea for acceleration Headlong into sandbags, dry levies, iron grates Animalism, tribalism, primalism Hail Agraria, the…