Dai Vaughan
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...
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Latest Works
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....
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