Category: MISSING
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BEST OF THE GORKO 2024
The real gift of 2024 was the creative work submitted to this space by more than 75 contributors: humor, short fiction, CNF, poems, and more.
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3 poems by Oliver Baer
The pneumatic hiss of crypt air coalesces Mandibles clack in time Pedal phalanges pounding out a beat
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You Can Leave Now by Nolcha Fox
She took a few more steps backwards into the water. She was chest-deep.
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MISSING! Selections from Mykyta Ryzhykh
The ghetto of time sticks to the void And black birds are knocking on the broken window
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WHAT YOU MISSED WHILE NAPPING IN THE CAR by J.R. Solonche
the driver of a brand new Cadillac, the color of pewter, / its topaz headlights squinting in the sunlight, / for squandering, for ostentation, for vanity.
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Make It a Double and You Can Have New York by Alex Rost
But after the invasion, they honed the machine so it could send people back Terminator-style, in their physical form, able to alter the course of what was once history.
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What’s Missing from the Missing and 1 more by John Grey
Would it disturb you to know that how much I miss you can be momentarily numbed
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Have You Seen this Bear? by Cheryl Snell
So Teddi and the boy grew up together, but when Teddi became bigger than the boy, she was always hungry.
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Poems by M.P. Powers
for that chilly spring morning when dionysus pulls into the harbor in a cigarette boat and calls me aboard all my life
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‘crumbles’ by Theodore Wallbanger
Lunchtime sunshine routines found Francois basking by the manicured edges of a secluded pond.
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‘inversion’ by Theodore Wallbanger
morning commutes across metro lines positioned Ronald within the bustling sea of eyes that shielded electrified judgment factories
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‘Man boosted & lost has been found’ by Bob Gielow
He was found with a bag from Gertrude Hawk Chocolates, half-full with mocha hazelnut brittle bark, and a receipt from 10:51 am.