My self-destruct button pops up. It sits idle with flirt and temptation, just atop my ribs. Throbs with each perfectly pained thump of my heart. […]
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The I, That which separates me from you, Was the first of our sins. Thus, at rest on the sun-bleached water, We have learned that comfort is the father of […]

“On Being Home” by Isaiah R. Hicks
1.And you wish it were easier to writeAbout how you’ve been feeling lately,The thought of being back homeFor the first time in a while placating,Quite pitifully,The time you spend alone […]

“Penny of Ithaca” by P.L. Watts
She’s even made the bed where another man will rape her. The swine have been slaughtered, the silver’s been laid. Everything’s ready. She scans the […]

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“The whole world is divided for me into two parts: one is she, and there is all happiness, hope, light; the other is where she […]

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I didn’t always know I was a woman. That’s one of the myths – that every trans person knows it from Day One. I guess […]

“Traumatic Pneumothorax” by Melanie Gaughran
Melanie Gaughran is a university student in the city of subdued excitement, Bellingham, Washington. Particularly concerned with her internal workings and misworkings, she finds that […]