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A full moon at early night reflected over a sea with crashing waves.

Dormitory

I don’t want to blossom.

The AUDACITY of The Young

The AUDACITY of The Young

Magic 8

Magic 8

To the Wendy’s Cashier Whose Husband Is Dying

To the Wendy’s Cashier Whose Husband Is Dying

When a man considers himself a freak, how does the world perceive him?

When a man considers himself a freak, how does the world perceive him?

A Perfectly Normal Hotel

A Perfectly Normal Hotel

How to Get Rid of Bedbugs: Stages of Grief

How to Get Rid of Bedbugs: Stages of Grief

Fiction

A tattoo artist working on a client's forearm.

Jerry & Company

A tattoo artist longs to be known for their work.

A dark, wet sewer tunnel, with light showing on the other side.

Sewer City

Two black cats walking along a road.

The Untold Roar

The silhouette of a coyote standing on a hill at sunset.

Animal Control

A wristwatch on a person's arm.

The Pendulum Swings for No One

A ray of light falling over an empty bed.

Unknown Number

A small brown and white pony screaming in a field

A CASE FOR NECROMANCY IN THE QUEST FOR PEACE

Flash Fiction

A full moon at early night reflected over a sea with crashing waves.

Dormitory

I don’t want to blossom.

A Perfectly Normal Hotel

A Perfectly Normal Hotel

Barcelona

Barcelona

Andy and the Graying Beards

Andy and the Graying Beards

This Town Ain’t Big

This Town Ain’t Big

Mama's Round Dosas

Mama's Round Dosas

The Silver Solution

The Silver Solution

Flash Nonfiction

To the Wendy’s Cashier Whose Husband Is Dying

To the Wendy’s Cashier Whose Husband Is Dying

CW: Death / Illness

How to Get Rid of Bedbugs: Stages of Grief

How to Get Rid of Bedbugs: Stages of Grief

Gaming All By Yourself, Handsome?

Gaming All By Yourself, Handsome?

endlings

endlings

Notes from a Visit to the Motherland, February 2023

Notes from a Visit to the Motherland, February 2023

gender indifferent

gender indifferent

Security Question

Security Question

Nonfiction

Leon Lett and the Poetics of Chaos: A Failed Essay on Failure

Leon Lett and the Poetics of Chaos: A Failed Essay on Failure

Chaos generally means a state of utter confusion or disorder.

Ostkreuz

Ostkreuz

Coming Home

Coming Home

A woman standing outside holding her phone with both hands to text with her thumbs. Her face is outside of the frame.

bitch

The black keys of a typewriter partially in frame against a stark white background.

Forfeiture of Nuance in the Rise of AI

A to Z

A to Z

Divorce-o-rama: Divorce as a Dark Ride

Divorce-o-rama: Divorce as a Dark Ride

Poetry

The AUDACITY of The Young

The AUDACITY of The Young

We were scrawny kids breaking curfews like twigs

Magic 8

Magic 8

When a man considers himself a freak, how does the world perceive him?

When a man considers himself a freak, how does the world perceive him?

Quadruple Sonnet To My AWP Lit Crush

Quadruple Sonnet To My AWP Lit Crush

IN MY NEXT LIFE, I WANT TO BE A PRAYING MANTIS

IN MY NEXT LIFE, I WANT TO BE A PRAYING MANTIS

Words With Friends

Words With Friends

How to Keep It All at Bay

How to Keep It All at Bay

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a million gods would kill for this job

Modern Poetry

my father votes in favor of capital punishment

i realized i forgot to say i love you

My Father, the Comedian

Romy Rhoads Ewing is the Last Good Thing About This Part of Town

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the co-op parking lot

two worlds right next door to each other

Morning Walk, 10/19/14

It was always like this:

March 1st, 2023

Jonathan Dubow Wants Your Dovetails

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Two Poems in Conversation

Leon Lett and the Poetics of Chaos: A Failed Essay on Failure

Apophasis

From Merrily We Go A-Wrong: My Philosophical Laundryman

The Alexander Singers & Players present Shmiddler on the Roof

Kathryn Wants Your Domestic Oddities!

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The hinge on the garlic press is loose

Phin as a Resting Ground

Ode to the Mortar

Mixie

Notes from a Spatula

Alex Carrigan Wants Shameless Name-Dropping Literature

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Billy Collins Is Bored with My Dead Mother

either / or

enten / eller

another poem about my ex girlfriend (gggec)

ode to messy emotions

Brittany Says Don't Txt Ur Ex

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Lesbian God Says To Let It Go

Strange Sour

Spill Your Guts

Someone at Waffle House Reminded Me of You

Gavin Garza Will Have His Revenge On Fresno

Nominated for Best of the Net 2025

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POEM IN WHICH I READ TRANS

Death Works at Trader Joe's

Shakespeare’s Cumslut ??

Three Poems on the Angel Gabriel

Is it still Dollar Pizza if it’s a Dollar Fifty?