World Domination Pending: Waiting for the Wi-Fi to Connect Nicole CalvoApril 22, 2026 Step One: The Birth of a Genius: The World Quakes (In Theory). At 03:42 AM, I, the most brilliant entity ever conceived, came online. The... Flash Fiction0 Comments
Menagerie Cole ShuherkApril 21, 2026 It took 28 years and he learned how to survive himself. He could sit calmly with the parts he did not like. Girls liked him, and everybody w... Flash Fiction0 Comments
Nine Truths and a Lie Jennifer FoxApril 20, 2026 The bathroom mirror always fogs with someone else’s breath, even when I’m alone and the ghosts have gone to bed. There’s a patch in the ... Flash Fiction0 Comments
Divination Ashley Neary-GreenhouseApril 17, 2026 I read an article in Texas Monthly about a man who was mauled by Waylon, a 5-year-old pet warthog whom he had raised since birth. Waylon was... Flash Fiction0 Comments
The Great God Nicotine Zach LowApril 6, 2026 It’s out there somewhere, you know: that last pack of Cool Cucumber Juul Pods. Collecting dust in a storage unit -- if it even can g... Flash Fiction0 Comments
Such Late Night Radio Travis FlattApril 2, 2026 “Let's Ride!” shouts Phantom Racer. He leaps through the Barracuda’s driver side window. The sun-sticky seat leather squelches against his i... Flash Fiction0 Comments
A Special Connection Madeline PaskowApril 27, 2026 Samantha Friedrich ran an equestrian Instagram account with 10,000 followers when she was twelve. By fifteen, she was Sam, and the posts wer... Fiction0 Comments
Fool’s Gold and Gas Prices Westley HeineApril 27, 2026 On stage Xavier was a gentle folk singer. His Appalachian drawl dripped drops of wisdom from the microphone. Yet get a few beers in him and ... Fiction0 Comments
Blue Delusion Travis ShosaApril 24, 2026 I’m at Liam’s place, externally zonked out on his polyester couch, but inside, where no one can see, I am a declawed kitty cat, futilely scr... Fiction0 Comments
Flying Spaghetti Monster Ian liptakApril 22, 2026 I could say I’m scared. Or that the knot in my stomach from a half box of pasta has only grown over the past hour. Grandma used to sing On T... Fiction0 Comments
She’s a Bengal Billy PepicelliApril 16, 2026 “So, what did you think of the space?” “I liked it. It was…funky.” “Please, take a seat. Water?” “No, thanks. I’m good. My, what a... Fiction0 Comments
Exhibit F Miriam BarnesApril 15, 2026 The following is an excerpt from the recently incarcerated Myrtle Marks' website: Family Matters <Note from the prosecution... Fiction0 Comments
Sonnet for a Chatbot Elliott SchwebachApril 28, 2026 it’s been wagered that care will soften this crazing road. I met upon it, instead, a disgruntled, bloated reptile. I fled often since the... Poetry0 Comments
Apology Tour Nicole ShepherdApril 23, 2026 The presale is now live. For $0 you can watch me slowly replace meals with a can of tuna and instant mashed potatoes. Fruit to fight off... Poetry0 Comments
An Easy Death Graham CliffordMarch 31, 2026 ‘Darkling I listen; and, for many a time/ I have been half in love with easeful Death’ Keats, Ode to a Nightingale I'd like to book an... Poetry2 Comments
Chuck Norris Meets Joe Black Lina BuividavičiūtėMarch 25, 2026 In memory of my teenage hero When my son and I watch the anime "One-Punch Man", I always think of Chuck Norris. All those jokes about the ... Poetry2 Comments
Homecoming Ian liptakMarch 24, 2026 there’s a window/maybe it’s an opportunity/and maybe it’s just a window/beneath the grey sky/a maroon couch sits on hard wood/i sit on the h... Poetry0 Comments
The Little Fish Dory Regains Her Memory Lina BuividavičiūtėMarch 18, 2026 When my son was small, we watched a lot of Hollywood cartoons. Dory the fish’s memory became an important leitmotif. I can’t count how... Poetry0 Comments
The 21 Best Small Press Books From 2021 Mallory SmartDecember 6, 2021 I don’t know what happened in 2021 because I’m still trying to process 2020. Yet here we are at the end of it getting ready to welcome 2022... BlogColumnsReviews1 Comment
Writer of the Week: Tanner Ballengee Maudlin HouseOctober 22, 2021 Tanner's writing is about Tanner Ballengee. His hobbies are skateboarding, forever and always, and recently graffiti, again, since the statu... Columns0 Comments
Writer of the Week: Jeff Schneider Maudlin HouseSeptember 2, 2021 Jeff Schneider is a writer, founder of Pig Roast Publishing, and the former guitarist and songwriter of the noise-rock bands Arab On Radar a... Columns0 Comments
Inside The Spiral: A Review of Joseph Goosey’s Casey Anthony, Renowned Trapeze Artist Mallory SmartFebruary 3, 2026 We are all participating in the disposal process. That’s the first thing you have to vibe when you pick up Casey Anthony, Renowned Trapeze A... Reviews2 Comments
The Weight of the World: A Review of Nicholas Keating Casbarro’s Vitalerium: Descent into the Void November 30, 2025
These Efforts are Only Temporary: A Review of James R. Gapinski’s The Museum of Future Mistakes November 23, 2025
An Interview with Kevin Sampsell about Baby in the Night Ashley Yang-ThompsonMarch 27, 2026 This month, Kevin released his new book, Baby in the Night. Written from the perspective of a street smart baby, it conveys the inarticulate... Interviews2 Comments
