Desultory stories of sultry disputation Perfunctory functions of defunct performers Superficial fiscal superlatives soured by fickle superfluityCareless lessons on a lark’s carousel, lest calls leave lasting impressions ***Keith Kennedy is a Pushcart… Continue reading
He has no eyes, no mouth, no nose.No fingers,no toes.A canvas dollwith mittens and socks.Rough but soft.And very tall.He is frighteningLooming in the hallway there.Still, somehow, I am convinced;He has a heart. ***Akela… Continue reading
No doubt Woman is sometimes a light, a glance, an invitation to happiness, sometimes just aword; but above all she is a general harmony. — Charles Baudelaire, “Woman” Driving into San Francisco… Continue reading
TIME:3:00am, present PLACE:Outside the railing of the Staten Island Ferry CAST:WOMAN: 20s-30s, attractive. She is not a good listener and has a very short fuse. MAN: Mid-20s to 30s. He is well-mannered and… Continue reading
There’s a path through the woodsdappled with the bright shillings of sunlightbefore the woods deepen and the afternoon darkens —the path I’ve been on since my first breathsipped our cryptic aloneness. I will… Continue reading
When my mother died, the vast weather of anger surrounding her like a force of naturedissolved and disappeared as if overnight. The change was astonishing. My father had his difficulties,but a constant… Continue reading
CAST OF CHARACTERS CARRIE Wife of Brian 28-65 FBRIAN Husband of Carrie 30-67 M SETTING:Carrie and Brian’s kitchen counter. TIME:Mornings. PLAYWRIGHT NOTE: If desired, the play can be cast with six actors by… Continue reading
Squid. I am transfixed by her. I knew she could create, but not in this way. As complex as Iendeavour to create. I follow her. Watch her work her magic. From afar down… Continue reading
Of all the crittersin the animal kingdom,the squirrel is my closest relative.Not the great apebut the gray-furred,bushy-tailed, dark-eyed rodentwith the yellow teeth.He’s the one who sharesmy plot of land,raises his familyin the tree… Continue reading
FLORA & FAUNA A room in an unidentified area. Flora & Fauna (35), non-identical Siamese twins joinedat the hip, are on all fours as their father (65) reclines in a comfortable chair behind… Continue reading
FBI agnostics Scully and Mulderseek the tube in this sci-fi serviceabout their quiche to explain the seeminglyunexplainable. Their casings include UFO signatures,allergy abductions, and just about any-thing else paranormal. ***Larry O. Dean was… Continue reading
***Jacob Laba is a writer and poet from El Cerrito, California. He has been published in Collidescope, Haiku, The Compulsive Reader, and elsewhere; he is also forthcoming in a few journals, such as… Continue reading
Some time ago a man moved in next door. There was something about him, perhaps the way he walked, or the way he politely said hello, that made him the subject of speculation… Continue reading
Kairos – the propitious momentReal time and field recordingFrom the rain forest,(Or) Basque & Black Sea bagpipesHaunted chartsInterpolating & interactingBeyond appropriationAncient, vibrant, jump cuttingWith love, & work the brittle chance Filtered through a… Continue reading
CHARACTERS:KATE – Female. 58. A formidable woman whose husband left her three yearsago.RICARDO – Male. 40. An attractive man who has been living with Kate’shusband for the past three years.SHERRY – Female. 32.… Continue reading
Infinite Scroll (click for video) ***Carolyn Guinzio‘s most recent collection is A Vertigo Book, winner of the Tenth Gate Poetry Prize and Best Poetry Book from Foreword Indies. Her writing, film or visual… Continue reading
Flying machines lay in pieces ontar and cement, as I walked outa cage in search of a bird(had anything been wrong, we certainly would have heard)making nowhere plans – stale, flatand unprofitable –… Continue reading
Sausage and peppers greeted my nose upon entry into my mother’s house and my mouth drooled like that of an old codger as I sat down at her kitchen table and unfolded a… Continue reading
Because you’refrom SomaliaI know it’s too coldfor you hereundershirt, shirt,sweater, coatlayers of a new lifethat chills to the bone In your villageeveryone said helloeven with theirprecariously built livescrumbling around themthey walked outof the… Continue reading