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thick crusts of midnight in the late Ordovician, a wilderness of morning elsewhere

Posted on February 28, 2021

i.other things live easy, you knowI suppose I, too, live easy in some ways.a domination of oceans gatheringa braying of old bones, dust and then nothinga quietude of less wrathful […]

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“Foe” by Matthew Chamberlin

Posted on October 30, 2020

Hidden under sheets of ice invisible as dreams in glass comes smoldering behind, my foe who shoulders fire and steel aside, rides elevators high and low and sneers at all […]

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“Moving Among the Changes” by Tim Suermondt

Posted on September 4, 2020

The aspirations of man are simpler— a plate of fruit, a bottle of wine and my wife about to cook a chef’s dinner from disparate items found hiding out in […]

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“Plywood World” by Fabrice Poussin

Posted on July 20, 2020

Another stormy night in their neighborhood a warning came for twisters, hail and fire no one said anything about ghosts in the dark. Eerie hours when the clocks have failed […]

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“Barrow” by Robin Wyatt Dunn

Posted on February 24, 2020

The darkness should be the first clue, like it was not just a memory but an encounter, both in past and present: of the future. Or some thing who remembers […]

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“Pink” by Izzy Martens

Posted on December 9, 2019

The small pink tube is pressed into the palm of my right hand. I am flicking the lid with my thumb, finding satisfaction in the incessant beat of the lever […]

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“Night” by Chestina Craig

Posted on February 19, 2018

I have been raised to fear my footfalls in the dark to be a walking skirt is to sacrifice safety, sway like an open gate for danger. but I collect […]

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I Am Scared of the Night by Indunil Madhusankha

Posted on October 16, 2017

As the dusk creeps through the summit the once luscious sun dips below the rocky mounts And flocks of birds soar away weaving intricate patterns in the grayish sky   […]

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“La Ciudad” by Ellen Zhang

Posted on May 9, 2016

Late night insomnia in la ciudad that never sleeps is a gift. I slip between the dusk, waltzing weaving between hum of streetlamp. Twirling in shadows and embellishing myself in […]

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“Every Night” by Ellen Webre

Posted on February 22, 2016

Every night I’ve lain awake with baited breath. Shadows flash across the ceiling as cars pass by the window. There is a woman out there, I know it, hissing at […]

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“4 AM Girl” By Matthew Maichen

Posted on November 23, 2015

She wanders through the streets past midnight. They assume it’s too dangerous for her. It isn’t because anyone who would harm her is asleep. She, on the other hand, is […]

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