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May 10, 2023  |  By . In Online Content, Poetry

Poetry: The Book of Never My Always, Overdue by Bobby Parrott

The Book of Never My Always, Overdue My Bible spits out Republicans brandishing Bazookas and hand-grenades. I think they’re from the Book of Revelations, because of that whole Armageddon thing. But when a new bar of soap feels more like an old friend to my nose, the hand-worn pages of all my ancestors splay out […]

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May 9, 2023  |  By . In Fiction, Novellas

Fiction: Cheri Coke: Section Five by James C. Stewart

Main Street was a study in grey, and it appeared the entire town was in hiding. I drove its length, eventually taking a right to find a shabby diner called Yesterday’s Café. In the dusty light, its ramshackle nature put me in mind of some hobo’s idea of a restaurant. But in the sunlight of […]

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After the nuclear war, a group of troops strolls across the city. Generative AI
May 5, 2023  |  By . In Fiction, Flash Fiction

Fiction: They Start With The Heart by Casey Jarmes

The bullet strikes me in the lower abdomen as I’m climbing the stairs. If it was a normal bullet, it wouldn’t be lethal. But normal bullets haven’t been used in years. The bullet disassembles in my gut, splitting into millions of microscopic machines. The nanobots move from cell to cell like a cancer, ripping me […]

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Woman enjoying with night city view from the balcony
May 3, 2023  |  By . In Online Content, Poetry

Poetry: awaygoing by Abbie Hart

awaygoing the city might miss me when i am gone. there is strength in ambiguity, and despite most likely not missing the city myself, i still do have a validation complex. the fingers will not stretch and wave, though. there will not be a hole in the existence of the city. there will just be […]

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