Poetry , Volume 8, Issue 3
Epitaph
He slipped away from the Paidotribe’s stern gaze / And ran through green meadows, chasing winged souls— / Cicadas, ants, bees, golden beetles. / With…
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Pieces
I think the sun cracked my helmet. Not shattered—just a hairline, right across the top of my visor. I can’t tell if it’s new or if it’s been there since the crash. I think that was a few hours ago now. Either way, the light’s getting in.…
The sun’s rays finally peeked over the horizon after a long and freezing night. The weak light it emitted urged her to finally poke her head out of the ground. She squinted her eyes and looked at her surroundings. Things were the same as…
Poetry , Volume 8, Issue 2
A Passaggio for The Knights
(Caravaggio painted The Beheading of St John in gratitude for his passaggio (or admission) into the / Knights of Malta in 1607) / When a tragedy…
Poetry , Volume 8, Issue 2
Wignacourt and Page
A portrait designed exclusively to flatter: / the Grand Master of the Order of Malta, / rivet-plated, fully armoured, more stag beetle / than man, human…
Poetry , Volume 8, Issue 2
Oubliette
I painted the light out of Christ / now I’ve broken the night’s code / gutted the Gospels at a stroke / reduced to a single cell / I’m a swan carved in…
Poetry , Volume 8, Issue 2
The Good Samaritan
“A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers.
Flash , Volume 8, Issue 2
Standards
Quibble has fallen for the counter girl at the Dillard’s in the nearest shopping mall.
Flash , Volume 8, Issue 2
The Duality Trap
Quibble can tell the difference between what is real and what is his imagination.
Flash , Volume 8, Issue 2
The Partisan
The plan is to change the river’s flow so it runs through houses across the street.
Flash , Volume 8, Issue 2
Value
When the fish spoke, he expected he was the subject of a joke: there was an amateur ventriloquist afoot.
Creative nonfiction , Volume 8, Issue 2
Rainy Season
The sky is bright and the white light wakes me up.