All The Best Strangers Have Mommy Issues
by Clio Contogenis He lives on my floor, at the end of the second of the four hallways that branch out from the elevator somewhat like the legs of a spider. He strides down the hallway with his hands in his pockets, bouncing with each step as if his legs are too long to […]
The Last Grand Tour of the Internal Combustion Engine
by Jeff Burt Palmetto bugs, cockroaches. I knew the difference between. Palmetto bugs were the ones coming out of the wallboards behind the cockroaches when I switched the light off, and the first to scurry back into the wallboards. Cockroaches gleamed of gold and bronze and came in almost military shapes: the fully armored with […]
by Graham Tugwell This is a story of love. St Fintan Giles… St Barnabus… St Catherine of Pypes… What was at work in the minds of the men who built this place? “Build me a home of shadow and brick.” “Take away warmth and softness and sweet.” “Leave me a lingering thirsting for salt.” Go deeper— take away walls […]
by George August Meier He was on his way to leap from Elderberry Cliff. Elderberry Cliff, a rocky outcrop resembling a flat-backed gargoyle peering out over the Atlantic below, is showcased by a park of the same name. The property, once an apple orchard, was donated to the city when its owner vowed to […]
by Eldon Reishus Shaken out of it, my body wrapped in plastic, for the last three days I’ve been smoke-boarded by a being I’ve come to call The Female Voice. On the floor between our folding chairs, beneath the harsh lamp’s blinding halo, lay butts by the imbecile dozenfold. »Did you know this… […]
The Last Tour of the Internal Combustion EnginebyJeff Burt
Leap From Elderberry Cliff by George August Meier
by Jim Krosschell I. Stay off My Property For twenty-two months in the first years of the new century, I was the principal dog walker in my family. The other candidates for this honor were gone all day at work and school; at that point in my career I worked at home, and […]
AUTHOR FORUM_Was it Good for You? Do You Smoke After Reading?Taking a look at the 21st century literary climate in the Amazon jungle, aseptic institutional corridors and beyond with the advent of publishing’s liberation.