Rolling Head Adam ShawMay 13, 2026 Dr. Walker calls and says it isn't what we hoped for, that I have weeks, months at best. He tells me to take a breath, maybe go on a walk, b... Flash Fiction0 Comments
The Dawn Chorus Kerry ByrneMay 2, 2026 Throughout spring, at dawn, the men sing in their front gardens. Some wear pyjamas, others just boxers or briefs, the occasional thong. A fe... Flash Fiction0 Comments
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
Dating in San Francisco Alia SpartzMay 15, 2026 All my girlfriends on the apps say that if they see one more guy with poly in their profile, they’re going to kill themselves. But I’m not r... Fiction0 Comments
The Hayeater Brian RawlinsMay 11, 2026 I’m sitting in the Cadillac. The sun is rising over the motel, and just like he said, the steering wheel is ivory. I put his keys in the ign... Fiction0 Comments
A 2013 Screening of Secretary (2002) Emma FoleyMay 8, 2026 I showed Olive an inappropriate movie that I’d found in my mom’s room and she sat still on the pleather couch, her hair fanned out over the ... Fiction0 Comments
Richard Hands is dead Will SimpsonMay 7, 2026 That was the rumour going around school. Only we said, Dick Hands is dead, because that was what we all called him. Which, to be fair, was s... Fiction0 Comments
Elegy for the Kingdom of Twinkdom and Its Brief, Violent Reign Ryan NormanMay 5, 2026 At 25 and three months, I was a knife. The sharpness digging into the life I knew. Knife hips that cut my waist. Sharp collarbo... Fiction0 Comments
The Scratch Joe BohlingerMay 4, 2026 TO DO LIST Clean bathroom Vacuum Pack Dismantle bed frame He stole his roommate’s tools. He had never owned any. He chos... Fiction0 Comments
An Epitaph Justin KarcherMay 14, 2026 A party, a girl, it was raining. The details are blurry like those silent movies that disappeared from existence.... Poetry0 Comments
2026 Michael DegnanMay 12, 2026 We wanted to be Keanu and to know kung fu. We chose keystrokes over sequoias too large to put your arms around. We have forgotten the st... Poetry0 Comments
PARANOIASTRIKE tommy wyatt blakeMay 6, 2026 i watch BoJack Horseman when i’m in a deep refracting depression. when vodka in a plastic water bottle is a vessel of glitter-rotting space,... Poetry0 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... Poetry1 Comment
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
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... Interviews3 Comments
