Month: July 2026
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The Lemondrop Dream Blog: Bomber Death Planes Riding Shotgun in the Sky
How can we be sure that pets are dead, and not traveling?
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Moonflower and 2 more by James Callan
In a wide valley somewhere in Kyrgyzstan flowers grow in the shape of a horse Eagles swim in edelweiss skies
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Iryna Somkina’s Fashion Empire
I wanted to be a fashion designer before I knew how to write. It was the nineties.
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13 Possible Consequences for Your Friend Who Has Slept with Your Significant Other by Rich Pounder
Welcome to Bruising the Bull (BTB), the consultants who specialize in helping you get revenge on guys who have had sexual relations with the woman you love.
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‘CAN YOU SPOT THE TEN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THESE TWO IMAGES?’ by Ron Arbuckle
I scan my eyes carefully over the two not so dissimilar images. Left to right. Top to bottom. One corner to the other.
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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
