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The Ticklebeast by Phillip Gustavus Hostetler

September 18, 2020
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I love nature, I love the surprising and sometimes perplexing adaptations it produces to fill an ecosystemic niche. Just when I think I’ve seen it all through my many romps and hikes, a new…

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Fractures by Peter Burton

September 11, 2020
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The city’s dreich rainbow of concrete, granite, and cloud looms over me as I sit waiting on a steel bench, it’s cold metal tang absorbed long ago by the heat of my thighs. I’m…

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Alone by Janine PIPE

September 4, 2020
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Kirsten enjoyed a luxurious stretch in her large bed, revelling in the euphoria of a restful night. That, and knowing it was her day off, was pure bliss. The King-size bed was all hers,…

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The Dungwich Horror

August 7, 2020
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A Lovecraptian Tale by Josh Schlossberg   My head throbbing from last night’s drinking binge, I sat on the john for my late morning elimination. Usually regular enough to set a clock by, I…

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The Majestic Ten by Alexander Olson

July 31, 2020
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There was a bottomless pothole in the far corner of the Majestic Ten Cinema parking lot. Bottomless, as in, one time, James, the assistant manager, tossed an ugly yellow dresser into it and we…

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Surrogate Corpse by Mark Anthony Smith

June 26, 2020
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She is always replacing things. Just as I get comfortable with a sofa – it’s gone. I can never relax at home. She can’t tell me why she feels the need to do it….

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What They Caught at Loon Lake by Michael Carter

June 19, 2020
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What They Caught at Loon Lake by Michael Carter   A rod tip bobbed above cattails swaying in the summer breeze. Little Amanda held the cork handle of her rod firm as she traversed…

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Dreams of Metal by Radar DeBoard

June 12, 2020
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Dreams of Metal by Radar DeBoard     The blaring alarm shocked Devon from his sleep. He slammed his hand down onto the alarm. Sweat poured down the sides of his face and hands….

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Day Drinking at the Bridge by L.L. Asher

June 5, 2020
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Day Drinking at the Bridge by L.L. Asher   “Gimme some more.” Sarah elbowed Jessie. Jessie swung her backpack around, swaying, and fished out the orange soda bottle. She swung it like a clock’s…

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Gloria by Donna L Greenwood

May 29, 2020
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Gloria by Donna L Greenwood   The odour of the place triggered immediate nausea. I knew that I wouldn’t be able to get rid of the smell for hours, despite copious deodorant and showering….

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