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Please Now Submit an Author Photo, .JPG Preferred

Please Now Submit an Author Photo, .JPG Preferred

There’s no one here to take an unguarded photo of me biting on a hangnail while staring at the screen working out a better word for ‘broken.’
By JAKE Jun 1, 2023
Catching Smoke

Catching Smoke

A couple of cards, a 4 and a King, lay on the green felt in front of you. You clutch a cup of coffee with your left hand. There’s a stack of casino chips in your right. You're shuffling the chips over and over.
By JAKE May 25, 2023
Were-Teen Dreams

Were-Teen Dreams

What if...?
By JAKE May 18, 2023
How to Clean Filters: An instruction manual

How to Clean Filters: An instruction manual

You heard it’s best to step away from it for a while. You decide to let the story rest for a few days/weeks/months. It sounds like you deserve a break, anyway; you watch as your computer switches off.
By JAKE May 11, 2023
Dinner for One: An Internal Monologue

Dinner for One: An Internal Monologue

I cannot fathom sitting alone in a restaurant with a horde of costumed men breathing down my neck, pitying the lone eater, wondering how fast I will empty the table for a group of noisy jobless rich brats who would order five times more and tip a little too generously.
By JAKE May 4, 2023
A Thief in the Caucasus

A Thief in the Caucasus

Prometheus hadn’t seen a son so close in eons. He spoke words from Armenia, a tongue which demanded much from the throat.
By JAKE Apr 27, 2023
Gun Circus at the Civic Center

Gun Circus at the Civic Center

Oh, fuck, will there be guns!
By JAKE Apr 20, 2023

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