By Karene Horst, contributing editor – As a child I would daydream and fidget every Sunday morning while sitting, kneeling or standing in the pew at St. Monica’s with Mother and my five brothers. Mother would cradle the youngest in the crook of one arm while swatting and grabbing at […]
By Saira Viola Nikki was a five and dime hustler. She had a fake-bake glow, red fish lips, and the kind of hips that can straddle a 6 foot mobster on ice. Her dreams stapled with 20 dollar bills and those cheap throwaway thrills a man gets when he feels […]
ACOSTA DOCUMENTARY WILL PRESENT PROOF, FAMILY SAYS By David Pratt “One of God’s own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.”—Hunter S. Thompson, Rolling Stone 12/15/1977 October 15, 1973, The Playboy Forum: Sir: Your November […]
by Stephen Aloysius Bischoff Acid skeletons riding Machine explosions on two wheels Where red men once roamed Like the buffalo they hunted Now we’re all ghosts Of the same genocide That started with flesh And ended with anesthesia Numbing our brains Into a silent submission With our final desire To […]
By Finley Daniels “Seriously? You guys are here on vacation?!” – some Spanish dude in the barrios of Malaga It was 5AM when my alarm started its ghastly ringing. I was about to smash my phone against the wall and go back to sleep when I realized what day it […]
By Marc D. Goldfinger The first thing I noticed after hugging the kids and wiping the tears away was the mound of plastic garbage bags in the middle of the living room—and the smell. The two big dogs circled around the garbage pile. I saw my daughter creeping under a […]
By Ashley Beth Last night I saw my predator And remembering the way he slid his hands Around my upper waist As he pretended to be giving me career advice I looked down my body and saw his hands bend around my rib cage Next stop was sure to be […]
The Interview By Mario Burns Seems I’ve changed these last few years My eyes were always somewhat open Now they are wide open My mind shifts towards Anarchy these days Complete rebellion Responsibilities tell me, I need to find work My interview is today Wake up earlier than I want […]
By David Pratt “Why not challenge the establishment with a candidate they’ve never heard of? Who has never been primed or prepped or greased for public office? And whose lifestyle is already so weird that the idea of ‘conversion’ would never occur to him? In other words, why not run […]
Copyright © 2025 | WordPress Theme by MH Themes