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5 Oct 2023 1 minute read 5 comments Melina Mehr
In the deepest depths of despair, where hope appears to wane, They speak of a moment, when despair's shadows are most profane, When hands that once entwined, now part like they'll never meet again, A flicker of light awaits, in that darkness, I pr...
5 Oct 2023 6 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"The road to hell is fraught with pearl.Shiny people going down."Fraught With Pearl This article is an afterthought to an afterthought, so I thought I'd use the title of a poem I refuse to write, "Suicide By Holding My Breath." The gist of the poe...
4 Oct 2023 7 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Tentacled creature that also meows — and a decent facsimile of certain persons in the building Everyone expects that the Liberty Avenue store will be the next to close. It’s staggered along on life support for years, so much so that for the...
4 Oct 2023 3 minute read 0 comments NKvM
Well, Preptober is on us, and for those interested in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), it is time to start gathering ideas and making plans. If you haven't signed up, yet, you might want to head over to their site, and make things official....
3 Oct 2023 9 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Partial view of the growler and singles beer section at Palmyra This move back to the store is like everything happening in reverse. It’s possible Edgar even gives Duane the exact same response, verbatim, in shrugging and saying, “wherever you...
3 Oct 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Melina Mehr
Farzad Saifi Karan wrote last night: “The agents pushed a teenage girl who was not wearing hijab in the Tehran subway. Her head hit the iron and she was taken to the hospital unconscious. After the strong denial of the news agencies and the C...
2 Oct 2023 5 minute read 0 comments JaynieLea
I stumbled across a tweet the other day which hit me to my core. One of the greatest gifts in life is to be disrespected early in your life. Even better if it comes from someone you admire. That shit will fuel you for a lifetime. Even as I copied...
2 Oct 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Beautiful Beth I continued my long and prolix speech at the dinner table, which after weeks of my complete silence seemed eagerly welcome. "My simple goal is to find Dora once again and forgive her, kiss her hand and offer a complete cessation of...
2 Oct 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Hanna HHH
The sun was descending below the horizon as Sergeant Sarin returned from what had undoubtedly been one of the most grueling missions of his storied career. Stepping out of his vehicle, he entered the dimly lit parking lot of the building, his bat...
2 Oct 2023 2 minute read 1 comment Diomedes
"I knew from my past relations with Dora, many of them intimate, that she was not only not opposed to the discrepancies of our human minds, but intrigued by them. In fact, she was fascinated in us and with her vastly more comprehensive intelligenc...
