Month: July 2026
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THERE ARE MORE THAN 50 NEW FEARS REGISTERED EVERY SINGLE HOUR ON PHOBIAPEDIA. HERE ARE THE TOP 6 FEARS MOST LIKELY TO COME TRUE IN YOUR LIFETIME
The fear of dropping your phone into an open sewer: dropsmartophobia.
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MITCH’S LET’S JUMP THE TOP GUN! TOP TEN MOVIES OF 2026 IN JULY
Gorko Entertainment Editor Mitchell Kennedy sticks a fork in those months of moviegoing madness with his annual LET’S JUMP THE TOP GUN – Mitch’s top movie picks of the year, only halfway through the year!
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Scary by Jon Vilardi
Through tears, he looks at the holographic Daft Punk poster above his direct-to-consumer rubber bed.
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Flight beyond the edge of a notebook page by Mykyta Ryzhykh
Fear of heights Fear of silence Fear of birds
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An Incomplete Survey of Americans who are named John Wayne but are not the legendary 20th-century film star John Wayne by Sarp Sozdinler
At least six Jon Waynes are displeased by the typo in their names.
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MISTER BANANA AND THE BANANA BOAT
I talked to the man who rents the banana boats but he just thought I wanted a job.
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ACE THAT GROCERY CLERK INTERVIEW WITH THESE 5 TIPS
You know you have the skills, the expertise and the experience to be the best grocery clerk in Peoria, so get ready to ace the interview with these 5 easy tips.
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You Can’t Clean Everything by Adam Kaz
But there are cleanable spots all over the house I can attack.
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Dinner with the Arsonists and 1 more by Samantha Hund
The glow of the chandelier Paints my fingertips pinot red
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Glove Love by Simon Collinson
We were performing, ‘Wake me up before you go go’ with a shuttlecock shoved into my shorts.
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REPORT: SHE ATE THEIR MAYONNAISE THEN HOPPED A TRAIN FOR CHARLOTTE
The enigmatic, swashbuckling figure of Tonya Klippenberg-Vattenwasch III, one-time Romanian Robin Hood.
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Three François Tristan L’Hermite Poems translated by Stephan Crown-Weber
Destins, faites-moi voir une ville allumée, Toute pleine d’horreur, de carnage et de bruit
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POETRY SOCIETY TO HEAR SHORT POEMS READ
‘Any visiting writer may take part in the program,’ announced the Society’s pamphlet.
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Critique by Bill Tope
Robert booted up his laptop and immediately navigated to Babies, Orphans and Puppies (BOP), his favorite literary zine.
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The Erotic Positions of Chewbacca & C-3PO and 2 additional chalks by Theodore Wallbanger
The first rule of Chalk Club is you don’t chalk about Chalk Club.
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Two Covers, One Net: Playing Through Damon Hubbs’ ‘Nighttime Logic’ by Iryna Somkina
I hated every single word I spoke, offering mattresses wearing a plastic headset





