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Black Coffee, fiction by Dena Rash Guzman

1- If you were sit­ting here with me and I closed my eyes and asked you what col­or they are, you wouldn't know. You don't see me. The oth­er boy who loves me, I don't love him. I don't love … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Mather Schneider Interview Reposted

Math­er Schnei­der is a 40-year-old cab dri­ver from Tuc­son, Ari­zona. He is hap­pi­ly mar­ried to a sexy Mex­i­can woman. His poet­ry and prose have appeared in the small press since 1993. He has one full-length book out by Inte­ri­or Noise … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Waiting for the Man, fiction by Don Jennings

He didn't flinch when the met­al roof popped on the far side of the trail­er. Just kept look­ing out­side, eyes lev­el, gaze steady. Fin­ger­tips rest­ing light­ly on the win­dowsill.  Cops has been watch­ing Lester from the pine for­est out back … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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First Water, fiction by Court Merrigan

  The sand­cher­ries and chokecher­ries are in full blos­som in their ordered rows along the bound­aries of the set-aside and in irreg­u­lar swathes branch­ing into the grass, erect blos­soms at full atten­tion to the sun and the bees at them … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Back on Track

Well, the site is up now, and I plan on new content–interviews, fic­tion, essays–here in the next few days. One of the ways I used my free time in the last month or so is to read. I will have … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Deana Nantz Reviews Harry Brown's "In Some Households the King is Soul"

Har­ry Brown’s In Some House­holds the King is Soul is a col­lec­tion of poet­ry cel­e­brat­ing the human spir­it. Brown’s eclec­tic vari­a­tions of form invite you to trav­el along with the poet, mus­ing in thought and rec­ol­lec­tions of God, nature, and … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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The Revival, fiction by Rachel Cunningham

The ush­er man with his bel­ly pooched out in a light-blue suit takes our tick­ets, spits off the side from his chewin tobac­cer, and then con­tin­uin on, he brings us to seats that are bleach­ers offa soft­ball field. Up front … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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New Poem by Charles Dodd White

Old Bee Colony in a Bro­ken Down Home­place You and I, we have come to the rel­ic Blight­ed with hob­nails, slammed tight to plumb Where the secret city of insects once Thrived. The comb, brit­tle as grave­ly sunk bones Is a sur­prise, a … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Frackers Finding Some Opposition in PA

I said I wasn't going to post much about frack­ing in Penn­syl­va­nia, but this was too big to pass up: HARRISBURG, Pa. — Cit­ing poten­tial­ly unsafe drink­ing water, Penn­syl­va­nia called on com­pa­nies drilling in the Mar­cel­lus Shale nat­ur­al gas for­ma­tion to stop … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Wounded Knee, fiction by Jason Stuart

"They picked me up in their space­ship about noon," Austin Grantham says to me while pulling up an apple crate to use as a stool. I’m sit­ting out­side the Smith’s Farm Sup­ply and Gen­er­al Store shelling peas because my dad … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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