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Dai Vaughan

Nov 17, 20232 min read

Yes, It Really Happened

Those who debunk the supernatural can’t have ever experienced it When I read about Blake seeing the soul of his brother rise up through...

Heather Sager

Nov 17, 20231 min read

In the name of the decayed leaf

Might I decay, in russet brilliance, just like you, leaf. Fall adopts her prettiest dress when the singing thrush appears. With age might...

Gina Moriarty

Nov 17, 20231 min read

Bottoms Up

It’s the Ace of Wands, of Clubs. The card of talent. On its head. Telling me to look before I leap, but please, “Do not forget to leap.”*...

Robert Pettus

Nov 17, 20237 min read

Choose Your Heaven

“Please choose your heaven,” said the ethereal voice in my head. I looked around but I couldn’t see anything—everything was a shifting,...

Paul Smith

Nov 17, 20231 min read

Devil's Anvil

I am the devil’s anvil he beats on me daily it doesn’t hurt all that much you get used to it and the pounding drowns out all the white...

Lenore Weiss

Nov 17, 20231 min read

On the Border

How many borders exist within a single universe…what is the one true, crucial border? —Jenny Erpenbeck Close to my house, a five-story...

John Grey

Nov 17, 20231 min read

What I Share This House With

The steps to the basement are dark. The basement itself is even darker. Something scurries across the damp floor. Most likely a rat. At...

Peggy Nalls

Nov 17, 20235 min read

Des Arc Elegy

She was angry with her mother. The boys were going to Big Creek to swim and she wasn’t allowed. She was ten. It wasn’t fair. The only...

Nels Hanson

Nov 17, 20231 min read

My Friend

His one kidney failing my friend each night saw visions, unknown creatures, forms half human, ghosts, circle his bed as always tiny...

Edilson Afonso Ferreira

Nov 17, 20232 min read

Stumbles, Ambushes, and Spells

‘Yo no creo en brujas, pero que las hay, las hay’ (Galicia’s cruel saying) There was a thief that a bad luck set him on the way to your...

Jack D. Harvey

Nov 17, 20232 min read

Timor Mortis

We make him dress up, hooded cloak, scythe and skull, the Grim Reaper, put a name to it sinister slapstick to cover the skeleton he is....