Steve Gergley

Friday Night at the Pine Valley Mall

Steve GergleyJanuary 31, 2022

On Friday night, me and Kyoko drive out to the Pine Valley Mall. The mall shut down six years ago, but we still go every weekend. It’s something of a tradition ...

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Thank You, Madame Clara

Steve GergleyJune 10, 2021

Hey Madame Clara, it’s so great to talk to you again! I’m not sure if you remember me, but I’m Lightning the Interdimensional Cheetah, and a few weeks ago I cal...

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Do You Like Death Metal?

Steve GergleyApril 27, 2021

A few weeks after me and Kyoko got back together for the second time, we went to the wedding for one of her friends from work. Kyoko hadn’t put her own wedding ...

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Brain Debris vs. The Squid Aliens

Steve GergleyJanuary 25, 2021

Dawn had only been in Brain Debris for six months, but already her headbanging was legendary. Sure, all the bands in the New York death metal scene headbanged w...

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Who Cares What Psychiatrists Write on Walls?

Steve GergleyNovember 12, 2020

Who cares what psychiatrists write on walls? is the answer I get, but it has nothing to do with my question. This is how things have been going ever since Trevo...

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Lizzy from Lake Placid

Steve GergleyNovember 26, 2019

The day after my thirty-fourth birthday, I had a dream about Lana Del Rey. In the dream me and Lana were sitting on a California beach at midnight, smoking weed...

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A Quick Primer on Wallowing in Despair

Steve GergleyApril 4, 2019

Wallow on, dudes! So you’re depressed. Your life is a failure. Every dream and aspiration you’ve ever had is gone and out of reach. Even your back-up...

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To You, in Another 31 Years

Steve GergleyJuly 31, 2018

For thirty-one days you’ve been trapped inside this house, searching for an exit. There is a part of you that craves this idea of freedom more than an...

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Fiction

The Bridge

Scared Smart

RINGS

Poetry

Poem where I imagine myself as part of the Donner Party

When Candy Becomes a Footnote

Happy Happy Joy Joy

Flash Fiction

He even freaked out on Bruce Willis

Short Shallow Breaths

#AD-terlife

Reviews

Two Tongues: A Review of Scattered All Over the Earth by Yoko Tawada

That Main Character Moment: a review of Bad Thoughts by Nada Alic

A Review of The Distortions by Christopher Linforth

Interviews

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

Sayantani Dasgupta’s Misbehaving Women an interview byJ aya Wagle

Art for Life’s Sake: An Interview with John Madera, Editor of Big Other

Columns

The 21 Best Small Press Books From 2021

Writer of the Week: Tanner Ballengee

Writer of the Week: Jeff Schneider

Friday Night at the Pine Valley Mall

Thank You, Madame Clara

Do You Like Death Metal?

Brain Debris vs. The Squid Aliens

Who Cares What Psychiatrists Write on Walls?

Lizzy from Lake Placid

A Quick Primer on Wallowing in Despair

To You, in Another 31 Years

Steve Gergley