Samhainophobia

David ColodneyOctober 1, 2026

I’m starting to worry about Halloween I told her. Already she said. It’s September. Yes. The knocking on the door makes the dog nervous & the barking sets o...

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I watch Barbie in the hydraulic press

Chris KadsSeptember 29, 2026

her plastic body popping, her microfiber fit fluttering wildly away from the machine. This rot is supposed to be my refuge. My safety from buccal fat removal. ...

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Autumn Is Bound to Come

Lina BuividavičiūtėSeptember 28, 2026

Autumn will surely come; leaves will fall short of chlorophyll. In the forest, with cupped hands I will scoop the thickness of the mists. In summer, it is not...

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Vampires Don’t Wear Polka Dots

John SaraSeptember 16, 2026

They wouldn’t be able to see them anyway. Not in the mirror, or in photographs, the ones every warm-blooded human can flip through and reminisce, like...

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Booty Call on Doxycycline

Chelsea LebronSeptember 15, 2026

Day six is when I feel constantly on the verge of vomiting and I tell you I no longer want to have sex but can you still come over?   And I reek of yesterday...

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a great american love story

Catherine LiSeptember 11, 2026

in another lifetime we were all pizzas i was cheese pizza, plain and neutral you were pineapple and ham, controversial we sat together in that orange ligh...

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Frankenstein’s Tomb

Laura MichielsSeptember 4, 2026

The final rope of sunlight disappears from sight as a thousand-pound boulder seals off the entrance to the temple. My fellow-travellers moan and wail. O...

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Suicidal Ideation on the Jojo Siwa Cruise

Katie OrrAugust 27, 2026

On night one, Dress as Your Favorite Jojo night, I failed to dress up, though I brought the supplies to dress as Jojo as Draco Malfoy that’s when I knew someth...

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Easy Six Step Skincare Routine

Allison RedingAugust 26, 2026

One. No screens two hours before bed You need eight hours, or hollows Dark and sallow like shallow graves Will appear below your eyes. Exhausted is another...

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Misadventure

Joshua BirdAugust 20, 2026

there’s a detective in the corner of our I : it’s jetsam and quite a while : unavoidably thereafter in pools of starstruck : begin : profess doubt : be brune...

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I am Dwight Shrute when Jim got his Promotion in The Office

Madi MaioloAugust 19, 2026

of course he is the winner– gold-plated decadence sits on mahogany, “JIM HALPERT” reads victoriously as my envy turns to vengeance. he is effortless...

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welcome to the moon (presented by monster energy drink™)

Ben StarrAugust 5, 2026

We own the moon now. We own all water rights, air rights, subterranean rights, streaming rights, sequel rights, theme park and merchandising rights, we ow...

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between time & space & the bathroom floor

Liam ConnorsAugust 4, 2026

he lays barebacked on the off-white herringbone patterned tile. he needs to sweep, or mop – there is no clear evidence of a mess, but the overwhelming spirit of...

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It Was a Long, Hot Summer When You Told Me I Drink Like Your Dad

Justin KarcherAugust 3, 2026

I was learning how to pass out like the greats while playing formaldehyde flip cup with my ghosts. In the haziness, your blunt-filled mouth looked like cloud...

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Hot Dead Boy Summer

John SaraJuly 21, 2026

Did you hear what Jessica did? She took a cleaver to Gretchen’s face. Yeah, I think it had something to do with Doug or Brad, how he kissed Brenda while the ...

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Moon Man and Mom

Ian MoranJuly 16, 2026

I perched a cigarette between my lips as we sat in a window Kind of between the window and fire escape  Just between the moon and tumbling embers  Fall...

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Ace

Ella GreeneJuly 14, 2026

I live in a house of cards. Every time the wind blows my parent’s voices echo across the neighborhood. My friends beg to come over in school hallways and ...

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Game Over

Billie J DanielJuly 9, 2026

When Mario bumps into Goomba and dies, you hand me the controller, say it’s my turn, but I prefer to watch. Like an ASMR video, I’m tracing your every move...

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Listening to ‘Paris’ by The 1975

Mark DanowskyJuly 2, 2026

I miss Elliott & Bourdain & easy deep dives  into DFW & RWE    I lean on Camus & Cioran— cute: Billy Joel’s ‘Venice’  — f...

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Tom Cruise’s Sweaty Shoes

Charlie BoyJuly 1, 2026

If I hear the word dopamine again, I'll start a fire. I leave the church of ADHD and monetized wellness, and march faithfully to the noble home of Scientolo...

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spotify informs me i listened to “hard to tell you” by warpaint exactly 110 times in 2025

Anna BoughtwoodJune 30, 2026

i can’t do casual. nothing about me is casual, i’m times new roman font and my first words out of the womb were so what are we? i’ve said too much; this ...

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Disclosure Day

Lina BuividavičiūtėJune 24, 2026

After watching the movie “Disclosure Day”   When I watch this movie, the first thing that comes to mind is Carl Sagan.  I believe in the principles ...

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A poem for the guy at Ace Hardware

Sarp SozdinlerJune 12, 2026

I went to Ace Hardware for one small screw and left with a whole new understanding of quantum physics. The guy in the red vest said take your time. I kept c...

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The Endeavor

Ian MoranJune 8, 2026

I’ve often wondered what makes life worth living It might have a tendency to change. Like waves Lake Michigan is more accurate than any horoscope Somedays ar...

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Warmorange

Robert JohnsonJune 4, 2026

What becomes of the organic and the warped manufacturement of atrocity? The chemicals, leached out and in, each infinitesimal atom of doom a little slipp...

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A Song I Made Up at 3 a.m. While Pricing Solar Generators in Preparation for the Inevitable Collapse of the Power Grid

Stephanie HashagenMay 27, 2026

The floor is hot lava the door is ajar it’s enjambed and the sky is alive with the sound of the angels it’s Saturday night up in heaven they’re bowling and...

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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....

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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 stories told from the...

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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, and i want to go on...

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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 then, your messages on ...

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