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Newbie Down Undah, poetry by Dennis Mahagin

After the Nar­cotics Anony­mous meet­ing, they stopped to chat under a maple tree in the park­ing lot; she said to him "so… you wan­na get cof­fee at the IHOP, hon?" He replied "awwww … some place, yeah, but real­ly, any­where, but there." … … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Don't Die Before Your Mother, prose by Mather Schneider

Out­side the hotel two lit­tle old ladies climbed into the back seat of the cab and felt the air con­di­tion­er. “2212 North Inn Road,” one of them said to the dri­ver. “Are you sure it’s not North INA Road?” the … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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The Ballad of Billy Joe Fitz, fiction by Misty Skaggs

Well that was a blast!” My fiancée exclaimed as he stuffed his long body and tight Wran­glers into the pas­sen­ger seat of my beat up Ford Focus. I rolled my eyes in a big dra­mat­ic way and turned the key in … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Angels and Angels, fiction by Caroline Kepnes

Aun­tie Lee has all day par­ties and Mama says it’s got to be a hun­dred degrees out­side. That’s how I know it’s sum­mer again. Mama says next sum­mer we’ll get air con­di­tion­ing and next sum­mer we’ll take a big vaca­tion, … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Party Parasites, fiction by Misty Skaggs

When the day slips away, the mos­qui­toes come out. And bare skin brings the bugs. Not so far in the dis­tance, she can hear them shak­ing off stag­na­tion among the cat­tails and she wish­es wist­ful­ly that her jeans weren’t shoved … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Highlight of the Day, poem by Sheri Wright

Her youngest crawls through the dog's dish, then back again to retrieve a red Fruit-Loop float­ing in water.  She sits under­neath her crack­le of blonde hair –  three shades of per­ox­ide  streaked like chick­en trails through straw, while the TV screen flash­es her time … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Home Invasion, fiction by Timothy Gager

The moun­tain lion that could kill you in the woods, instead races past, leaps over a rock and devours a small dog in the scenic yard you’re squat­ting behind. You feel like Dwight Good­en sit­ting on a dirty old sofa … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Half-Life, fiction by Kurt Taylor

The dent­ed front fend­er of Dan­ny Mather’s gold ’89 Cadil­lac Eldo­ra­do and the dead armadil­lo cracked and steam­ing along the road­side a half mile back were not unre­lat­ed. Dan­ny was tap­ping the steer­ing wheel, say­ing the issue was pre­med­i­ta­tion. “I … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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The Jeep, by Mather Schneider

It’s an old army sur­plus Jeep. My dad trad­ed a Bil­ly goat and 12 egg-lay­ing hens for it. He just drove it home one day, we saw him com­ing down our long dri­ve­way. Lots of peo­ple have long dri­ve­ways in … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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High, West and Crooked

That's how I feel right now after try­ing to man­age my time in the last few days since I found out my chap­book Broke was going to be pub­lished (and quick­ly) by Didi Menen­dez and MiPoe­sias, the same folks that … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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