James R. Gapinski

The Museum of Lost Objects

James R. GapinskiDecember 29, 2022

Your lost keys glisten on a plinth near the entrance. You remember the 1992 Dodge Neon that these belonged to, and how the entire car felt hollow and plastic an...

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The Last Dinosaurs of Portland

James R. GapinskiMay 28, 2019

Moises hadn’t seen another dinosaur in years. He remembered that allosaurs bully from middle school. There was the stegosaurus at that NOFX show back in ‘96. Th...

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Office, Itemized

James R. GapinskiAugust 17, 2016

Seventeen file folders. Contents include twenty-eight memos, three blank sheets of paper, one compact disc titled “Sounds of the Ocean,” and six Post-its® featu...

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The Doctor

James R. GapinskiMarch 3, 2016

The doctor says doctor things. You have somethingitis. The doctor prescribes medications and recommends bedrest and fluids and Wheel of Fortu...

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Collections

The Ill-Advised Trip of an Italian Plumber

Airplane Mode

Poetry

Fuck Marry Kill

So It Goes in the Summer of 1993

Get Off My Lawn & While You’re Doing So Don’t Judge Me

Flash Fiction

Third Date Is When You Tell ‘Em

My Skeleton Wants Out

Ted’s funeral is held at McDonald’s

Reviews

A Review of Will We All Still See Each Other Afterward

Hanging in an Alien Sky: a review of “Death Egg” by Nathaniel Duggan

A Review of I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition

Interviews

An Interview With Abigail Rivera Ramirez

ALL MY GENERATION WANTS: an interview with Austin Davis

Find the Shard of Beauty: An Interview with Rebecca van Laer

Columns

The 21 Best Small Press Books From 2021

Writer of the Week: Tanner Ballengee

Writer of the Week: Jeff Schneider

The Museum of Lost Objects

The Last Dinosaurs of Portland

Office, Itemized

The Doctor

James R. Gapinski