No One Has Spoken To You This Directly Sean EnnisMarch 26, 2026 The world crackles and feeds back with mystery on a walk with Apple the dog. Even the tiny microphones and cameras hidden in the shrubs do... Flash Fiction0 Comments
I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY Robert John MillerFebruary 26, 2026 The doctor, the ENT, is so far 10 minutes late, so I’m just sitting in a high-backed black chair, waiting. It feels suave, like a private sa... Flash Fiction0 Comments
Farewell to Regale Park T.S. CarneyFebruary 11, 2026 It has been a few years since I moved out of Regale Park. I still miss the location—the apartment tucked next to a synagogue and a Catholic ... Flash Fiction0 Comments
Jack the Ripper Sean DowieFebruary 10, 2026 There’s been a seismic shift in the world. I’m not ripping many movie theater tickets anymore. Working at AMC was a dream. My manager calle... Flash Fiction0 Comments
When we h(a)unted Rachel Abbey McCaffertyFebruary 4, 2026 We stalked the halls of dead malls, ghosts before our time. We lived by sense, taste and smell and sight, by instinct, lust and desire an... Flash Fiction0 Comments
Welcome to Hell-vetica Alyson FloydJanuary 27, 2026 Fluorescent lights peel my droopy eyelids open. My graphic design professor clicks through slide after slide of logos. Jeep. American Appare... Flash Fiction0 Comments
3rd Grade Demagogue Ethan BrashearMarch 26, 2026 6:00 A.M., and the little bastards arrived right on time. There must have been at least fifty of these tiny intellectuals. Breakfast always ... Fiction0 Comments
March Madness Frank JacksonMarch 23, 2026 Hank’s mood had little to do with the pain of recovering from his vasectomy. “I just didn’t like the joke,” he said. Evan was already ... Fiction0 Comments
The Editors Anthony CutoloMarch 11, 2026 “Fuck off,” Omar whispered, biting his cuticle until it bled. He looked out the window from his fourteenth-floor Manhattan apartment. Fi... Fiction2 Comments
Beating Each Other to Death With Shovels Quinn AdikesMarch 4, 2026 From: Sergeant Major Esposito To: Colonel Palmer Subj: After Actions Report For Operation ‘Dig It’ Summary: At 13:37, ... Fiction1 Comment
The Big Green Lie Sabine MayorMarch 3, 2026 It’s 9:02 pm. The stars are awake. My intestines are as if interstates and the Taglioni is swerving like a motherfucker. I’ve vomited on thi... Fiction0 Comments
The Algorithm Is Very Spiritual Today Camellia PeeblesFebruary 25, 2026 “Is my boyfriend going to leave me?” The girl asks it the way people ask about a menu item that’s clearly explained—like she already know... Fiction1 Comment
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 Night Before Easter Rosanne EnglishMarch 17, 2026 I watch an X-Files episode about a murderous doll, while slicing potatoes with a borrowed mandolin for potatoes au gratin. I let the dog ou... Poetry0 Comments
jason x was right about the future John SaraMarch 16, 2026 that david cronenberg will be there too. that we'll fuck and we'll die in a thousand inventive new ways and we’ll act as if ... Poetry0 Comments
My Boss Who Laid Me Off Keeps Sending Me Memes Brian Francis O’DeaMarch 10, 2026 Which I think is kinda bullshit When I was an employee I had a slight professional inclination To pretend his brand of millennial male ... Poetry2 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 Abigail Rivera Ramirez Noah CiceroMay 26, 2023 I first saw Abigail Rivera Ramirez’s painting show up on my Instagram. I was immediately stunned by them, then it said her paintings would b... Interviews0 Comments
