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Sheldon Compton QA–The Same Terrible Storm

Shel­don Lee Comp­ton is the author of the col­lec­tion, The Same Ter­ri­ble Storm, recent­ly nom­i­nat­ed for the Thomas and Lil­lie D. Chaf­fin Award. His work has been pub­lished wide­ly and been four times nom­i­nat­ed for the Push­cart Prize, and was … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Court Merrigan Q&A–Moondog over the Mekong

Court Mer­ri­g­an is the author of the short sto­ry col­lec­tion Moon­dog Over The Mekong (Snub­nose Press) and he's got short sto­ries out or com­ing soon in Nee­dle, Weird Tales, Plots With Guns, Shot­gun Hon­ey and Noir Nation. He is cur­rent­ly … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Two Poems by John Dorsey

Box­car Poem #6 on hal­loween some­one in the trail­er park put razor blades in a few can­dy apples after that we stayed in to this day i still won’t shave look­ing like griz­zly adams just seems more whole­some   Box­car Poem #7 we watched as a woman … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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The Androgynous Coat, fiction by Nathan Graziano

I fin­ished my beer, took a hit off the bowl Toby left packed on the cof­fee table and grabbed my car keys. “Let’s hit the bar,” I called to Toby, who was in his bed­room. “Come here for a sec­ond,” … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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The Yellow World, fiction by Wesley Browne

  When my fin­gers came off, I didn’t so much feel pain as the sen­sa­tion of some­thing touch­ing my hand, which then became much lighter. I didn’t know they were gone at first; I threw my arm behind my back … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Whorehopper, fiction by Liz Frazier

I ain’t nev­er seen the beat, her liv­ing up there like that. Her and Woody both. They ain’t got no toi­let paper. No wash rags. The bed­spreads have got dog shit on them. I’m telling you, it’s a won­der they don’t … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Girls of Michigan, by Gary V.Powell

It was an era of inci­vil­i­ty; a mean time when lines were drawn and peo­ple picked sides. A few lived large while most teetered on the precipice. In those days, I ran with a rough crowd, row­dy guys who played … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Next Big Thing Self-Interview

In case some of you don't know me well, I'm going to break my own rule and post some­thing per­son­al,  a short bio and a self-inter­view which came to my atten­tion from Charles Dodd White and the 'Next Big Thing'. … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Big City Surprise, poem by Misty Skaggs

I saw a red-tailed hawk, with his red tail flash­ing sun­light lift up off the side of the high­way, that storms a con­crete path par­al­lel to Louisville, along the riv­er bank. He shouldn’t have been there. A big, bronze bird like the one who lives … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Last Will and Testament, by Murray Dunlap

You don’t know this, but I did every­thing in my pow­er to con­vince my father to change his cocka­mamie will.  I’m a lawyer for christ’s sake. It’s hard­ly a rea­son­able doc­u­ment.  Most of us will end up with noth­ing.  Noth­ing!  … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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