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
A Word of Caution Before Your Tonsil Surgery Ági BoriJanuary 21, 2026 Since you’ve opted to have awake tonsil surgery to avoid general anesthesia due to your existing heart condition, the removal of your tonsil... Flash Fiction0 Comments
Sext to the Man 30 Years My Senior Whom I’m Strangely Attracted to Though I Do Not Have Daddy Issues Tracy DubinJanuary 19, 2026 I need to tell you that I do treat sex as a transactional human commodity because I am a capitalist, not a feminist, I am a sex capitalist; ... Flash Fiction0 Comments
It Happened Again Sam SmallJanuary 13, 2026 I don’t know how I came to you, maybe like a ghost, all fuzzy and plucked out of context and ringing your doorbell at 3 in the morning. Ther... Flash Fiction0 Comments
Nothing Special Happened Patrick G. RolandJanuary 5, 2026 He whispered through the phone, “I need you to come with me.” Ten years of silence, and I turned the volume down anyway. “Please,” he said. ... Flash Fiction0 Comments
an open letter to the worst best friend I ever had & taco bell (because you both fucked me over) Madison MaioloFebruary 3, 2026 i. damp pavement soaks through my four year-old gym shoes– they graduated before I did. while the droplets precipitate from whatever cumulus... Fiction7 Comments
Dead Ends Audrey Valentine WeisburdJanuary 28, 2026 The road went on forever, until it shrunk and trapped us in. Jason’s truck maneuvered through the vast and winding roads of Central Jersey. ... Fiction0 Comments
Public Relations Wade HarrisJanuary 26, 2026 The UH-60 Crash Hawks chopped out a sound so deafening it offended god. In our headsets our pilot switched on Dream Theater’s Pull Me Under ... Fiction0 Comments
Fatty Carbonara, Sloth Eli S. EvansJanuary 23, 2026 Fatty Carbonara (he wasn’t fat, that just happened to be his name) stepped out of the shower bright and early one morning to find a little h... Fiction0 Comments
Norwood Park Novena M. Ursula ChmielJanuary 12, 2026 Nine days before they uncovered the bodies, I watched Silvia Esposito perform her family’s late August ritual. In a one-piece Wonder Woman ... Fiction4 Comments
Mind Trip of the Orthodox Son Frederick SchardtJanuary 8, 2026 Poor boarding school boy Gil Freeman awakes after a long horrible night spent in a tired and dreary Scottish hospital. He is alone in the de... Fiction2 Comments
owl Ben StarrFebruary 5, 2026 Dysfunctional relationships aren’t nearly as fun as they seem in the movies. No wacky sidekicks cracking wise or hilarious hijinks begging... Poetry0 Comments
The alien Ursa Major defends her dissertation Lina BuividavičiūtėFebruary 2, 2026 Keanu Reeves plays a failed angel who wants to have a successful career – he is tasked with protecting drivers who use mobile phones on the... Poetry0 Comments
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Matt ZambitoJanuary 30, 2026 —after the film by the same name A dying bloodwood tree in the backyard needs timbering, and my neighbor, Jimbo, the amateur butcher, bul... Poetry0 Comments
how many signals would it take to bring down a commercial boeing 747 ani anyaJanuary 20, 2026 I have to tell you something. I need to get this off my chest Back sometime in 2009, I kept my phone on the entire flight (by accident, o... Poetry0 Comments
Ode to the RedBull Karina TenDecember 26, 2025 A divine can in my hand teases me, all beckoning with its colours of blue and white. I am unable to resist, and so I’ll be inhaling its v... Poetry0 Comments
Home Alone at the End of the Year Sammi LaBueDecember 24, 2025 The candles are fake burning in the new old windows of my movie set house Like I have died and been reincarnated as Kevin Mcallister. Stil... Poetry1 Comment
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... Reviews0 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
