Month: August 2025
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A still life and 2 more by DS Maolalai
though the wine was just terrible – warm as a broken refrigerator. bitterly chardonnay and fruitily malbec
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Farce and Conflict in Suburbia: On Jessica Anthony’s ‘The Most’ by Hugh Blanton
‘Eventually she stopped playing tennis altogether, and now Virgil told her everyday how beautiful she was.’
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The kapok tree at the edge of the plaza by Nas Jolaade
It remembers a scuffed football swallowing the last of the light
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Prepared For My Demise by Bob Gielow
To help you avoid all that stressful planning while you are grieving for me, I’ve written out the following list of assignments.
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Didja Know? The Historical Edition by Chris Callard
Harry Houdini in earlier versions performed his ‘Escape From Closed Orange Crate’.
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THE INFLUENCE OF FIFTEEN ANXIETIES by J.R. Solonche
For a moment, I thought I was going to bleed to death.
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Vagrant Mermaid in a Drained Swimming Pool by Darrell Epp
the light won’t change, the meme won’t load, and the true song is stillborn, smothered under static.
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SALMON RUSHDIE BOT SAYS AI CAN’T HURT HUMAN URT OOMANS
You can bet that, unlike in the movies, we closed the door of the warehouse firmly behind us.
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Benji in Glitter Gulch by Theodore Wallbanger
Click here to find out about Benji’s time in Glitter Gulch.
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I Won’t Write a Poem About Us by Mileva Anastasiadou
about how we met on a plane years ago, and we talked for a couple hours
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SCIENTISTS ON THE VERGE OF TRANSLATING DOG LANGUAGE
The main problem facing the research team is that dog language is tonal, much like modern Chinese.
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3 poems by Ben Macnair
If anyone else had accepted her call, I would have been none the wiser, but that is the way of these things.
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The Secret Life of JC by Torrey Kurtzner
Upon his Second Coming, he had successfully carved a new identity for himself while blending in with the surf culture of Southern California.
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We Is Series Gorko Club of Books: J. Archer Avary & Parker Wilson
Mini reviews of new books by J. Archer Avary and Parker Wilson
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Little People by JD Clapp
They are stealing my stuff. Messing up the house. They move my favorite things so I can’t find them.
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EARLY ENGLISH by J.R. Solonche
Today I learned that two of the earliest words in English are town and priest
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THE LIZARD PEOPLE HAVE LANDED: A PHOTO ESSAY
Fortunately, this formidable enemy is being corralled by local and national military forces.
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UNDERTABLE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY DO’S AND DON’TS
Recently people have been asking me about my photo exposition ‘Under The Wedding’ (now showing at Mack’s Bar & Grill in Peoria), in which I explore what goes on UNDER the wedding — literally beneath the tables at weddings.
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By the Time You Get Home by Kenneth Nichols
Helps the Ilitches Feed the Tigers and Fuel the Red Wings.
