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Time Presents Itself: A Review of Bennett Sims’ Other Minds and Other Stories

Mallory SmartNovember 2, 2023

Bennett Sims, celebrated for his acclaimed works like "White Dialogues," skillfully crafts a captivating tapestry of surreal and absurdist narratives that will ...

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Unveiling the Supernatural: Nora Fussner’s ‘The Invisible World’ Conjures Eerie Excellence

Mallory SmartSeptember 23, 2023

Nora Fussner's debut novel, "The Invisible World," offers a captivating and atmospheric narrative reminiscent of the eerie charm found i...

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We Are Like The Dreamer: A Review of Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

Mallory SmartSeptember 10, 2023

Though we rarely speak of it today, humanity has always existed in a captivating world of superstitions full of myths of summoning shadows, broken mirrors, and ...

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Going Beyond The Curtain’s Illusion: a Review of Cardboard Clouds by Benjamin Niespodziany

Mallory SmartAugust 3, 2023

Prepare to embark on a surrealist odyssey of theatrical absurdity with Benjamin Niespodziany's remarkable collection of one-act plays, Cardboard Clouds, from X-...

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Random Occurrences

Mallory SmartJanuary 21, 2023

A Review of Jaded by Wilson Koewing Think nothing of mind or spirit whilst reading Jaded. It is neither the time or place to do so. Instead, focus on...

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Any Wish Fulfilled for the Right Price

Mallory SmartJanuary 17, 2023

A Review of Immoral Origins: A Suspense Thriller by Lee Matthew Goldberg Welcome to a land full of gangsters, murderers, petty thieves, and mysterious ...

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ALL MY GENERATION WANTS: an interview with Austin Davis

Mallory SmartDecember 9, 2022

My phone just pinged and Austin Davis says that he’s cool to start the interview we have scheduled today, whenever. Hyped, I jump up from watching Wednesday, to...

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

Mallory SmartJune 26, 2022

We all have bad thoughts sometimes and Nada Alic somehow manages to fit as many deviant thoughts she can think of in this enchanting debut collection of stories...

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Don’t Panic: A Review of “Everything Is Totally Fine” by Zac Smith

Mallory SmartNovember 29, 2021

You can write a long book full of witty metaphors. You can rip off dead writers that graduate students write massive essays about. You can use a nature trope or...

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Nothing In Life Matters: a review of This Is What Happens When You Leave Me Alone by D.T. Robbins

Mallory SmartSeptember 7, 2021

I’m getting beat up over here trying to decide if everything is lame and pointless or if that's just a condition of my being a millennial. And if something is p...

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Fiction

A Taco Bell, Champion the Wonder Horse and Some Random Trucker Guy Walk Into a Bar…

The Blue Eye 👁️

Ugly History

Poetry

Parallel

I want to take you to the record store

SONNET 1

Flash Fiction

Notes From an Unreliable Narrator

Barbie Dream

I went in my therapist’s office and she was dead!

Reviews

The Boys Aren’t Alright, They Want to be School Shooters: A Review of New Millennium Boyz

Time Presents Itself: A Review of Bennett Sims’ Other Minds and Other Stories

Unveiling the Supernatural: Nora Fussner’s ‘The Invisible World’ Conjures Eerie Excellence

Interviews

An Interview With Abigail Rivera Ramirez

ALL MY GENERATION WANTS: an interview with Austin Davis

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

Columns

The 21 Best Small Press Books From 2021

Writer of the Week: Tanner Ballengee

Writer of the Week: Jeff Schneider

Time Presents Itself: A Review of Bennett Sims’ Other Minds and Other Stories

Unveiling the Supernatural: Nora Fussner’s ‘The Invisible World’ Conjures Eerie Excellence

We Are Like The Dreamer: A Review of Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

Going Beyond The Curtain’s Illusion: a Review of Cardboard Clouds by Benjamin Niespodziany

Random Occurrences

Any Wish Fulfilled for the Right Price

ALL MY GENERATION WANTS: an interview with Austin Davis

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

Don’t Panic: A Review of “Everything Is Totally Fine” by Zac Smith

Nothing In Life Matters: a review of This Is What Happens When You Leave Me Alone by D.T. Robbins