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Watercolour painting of an isolated beach

Winter Beach

Thu 30 Mar 2023
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Will troika mulch in treaded pass

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glory

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Ekphrasis for Roots, Frida Kahlo

Thu 30 Mar 2023
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Blackout

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The grey text 'Vedic Hymn 121', surrounded by soft clouds, a moon, a tree, a lantern and a book.

Vedic Hymn 121

Cyberpunk fluoros, / And past it all… noise / noise and buzzing. / Who is the god we homage with our oblation?Read Article

Wed 30 Nov 2022
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A vibrant cartoon illustration of two crying friends, a test paper between them breaking to pieces,

The Reel Life Assessment

You fill in the blanks with your best friend’s complete name—written repeatedly over grade school friendship slam books.Read Article

Tue 29 Nov 2022
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An intricate painting of a bowl of mussels, pumpkin ravioli, and a cut loaf of banana bread.

The Plates I've Made: Three Vignettes on Dishes and Their Social Lives

We circuited between food and the erotic, making promises to roast pumpkins and burn butter for each other.Read Article

Tue 29 Nov 2022
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Two faces at the top and bottom of the page, trailing duplicate heads and shooting out red lines.

That Last Neon Night

The pink, spherical Neon Galactic was in a dim rest stage at the moment, and hung, low and shallow, in the sky.Read Article

Tue 29 Nov 2022
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A child with long purple hair leans against a tree, holding a teddy bear, surrounded by stars.

lethe

she liked to make me dance / led me soapy / to the balcony / i grew up thankful, violet-hairedRead Article

Mon 28 Nov 2022
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The side of a large, gnarled green tree with a swing hanging from it, surrounded by bright stars.

wishing on a plucked eyelash

can you still remember / when we all stepped / in, and left our / shoes be- / hind / ?Read Article

Mon 28 Nov 2022
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's Little Prince sits atop a glowing grey moon, surrounded by stars.

the little prince

i imagine the patter will sound like a baptism. / or at least, it will sound.Read Article

Mon 28 Nov 2022
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A pattern of liquid-like hot pink and orange ghost shapes, layered with white fruits and stars.

Hocus-Pocus Recipes and Rituals: Jamming and Vibing Ourselves out of a Sticky Situation

Witch jail sure gets boring. Fortunately I will be released soon—but not before they take my ability to do magic!Read Article

Mon 28 Nov 2022
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A drawing of Amber Heard pasted over newspaper clippings and translucent outlines of flowers.

The Mistreatment of Amber Heard

You heard she deserved it. You p u l l e d her a p a r t taking her words and / spitting!! / on her!Read Article

Mon 28 Nov 2022
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An outlined transparent child sits before a hazy grey empty fireplace in a dark room.

A Grave for Smoke and Mirrors

So I write this elegy not / for them; / but for the spaces left in the dust on my mantelpieceRead Article

Mon 28 Nov 2022
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A person with long hair and a dress reaches towards a childlike creature in an oversized jacket.

Give Up, the Ghost

“A move from the first house to the twelfth.” He paused to read. “If you acquiesce, you’ll have strange times.”Read Article

Mon 28 Nov 2022
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A marble statue which, from the upper torso, turns to a woman, arms above a flower-crowned head.

The Exhibit Must Be Cleaned On Sunday

my pearled gaze / will watch that haze mark the soul / will watch it puncture thirty hollow menRead Article

Mon 28 Nov 2022
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Three faceless outlines of Elvis performing distinctive dance moves.

triptych for elvis / i want to swallow my own piss

on stage in honolulu / the music driving upwards out of his crotch / his arms knives cutting through the air.Read Article

Mon 28 Nov 2022
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Bird Hunting

“Now available,” the ad said. “Bird collector cards in every ZipFresh Ready Meal. Collect them all!”Read Article

Mon 28 Nov 2022
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An old television emits a purple substance into the air, through which fall blue-orange people.

angel sonnet

rollercoaster rides through sparkling / synths sounding there’s a big black sky / over my townRead Article

Mon 28 Nov 2022
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An ink-pen-sketched person sits and looks into an abstract haze of fluorescent warm colours.

Flash Fiction Edition Six: Nostalgia

blockbuster became liquorland / asphalt corner grew up / it doesn’t know i still have a child insideRead Article

Mon 28 Nov 2022
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EDITION FOUR 'MULTIVERSE' AVAILABLE NOW!

What would you find if you walked through the looking glass into another time? Why are all the plastic googly eyes you spilt over your bedroom floor following your every move? The entire universe and beyond is your disco ball of scintillating possibility.

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