“This awareness came through the beats and word fragments that drubbed like rain, luring me to my keyboard where I had to honor their call at all costs.” The whole essay is quotable!!! Love this (oddly quiet) and profound piece. Gorgeous writing, Koss! Reckon Review

“In some ways, my mind has always been trapped in cemeteries. My favorite movie as a child was The Nightmare Before Christmas” sooo good as always! Best place for a date (imho) Corey Farrenkopf in Nightmare Magazine !!!

“The doctor announces that this supplement powder against my chest will work. He wants me to ask the jug,” this is sooo good! Dan Crawley in Variant Literature 🔥🤍

“7. I was tolerated but paid no money to get in
8. I’m only partially a mammal and then, barely.”
LOVE all three of Koss (Insta: @koss_singular) !!

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“The courteous pool man brings another round of mescal drinks. Hermione slugs hers. Lifts her glass to signal for another.” Brilliant!! LOVE this! Patricia Q. Bidar in Bending Genres LLC

Thank you so much folks at Bending Genres LLC! I’d love for y’all to read my flash CNF “The Gun” if you’d like. It’s a doozy all right. bendinggenres.com/the-gun/

Going on my first couple’s trip next week with this sweet and kind man. 🤍🤍 So excited to have found him a year ago. Myrtle Beach, here we come!

“We crunch across the tufts of dried quack grass in empty lot between the trailer and the playground.” Love this! Rachel Laverdiere in the amazing Anti-Heroin Chic! Stunning pet usual 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍

“She tucks his urn into her shawl, crosses herself and apologises for the hundredth time that day – she knows, she knows . …” woah!! Sooo good! Kathryn Aldridge-Morris in the amazing SplonkFlash 🔥🔥🔥

“Because the baby’s shrieks reverberated through the plaster hallway laced with cracks and sent a jolt straight through my spine.” Simply brilliant!! Love! Elizabeth Fletcher in HAD

I just started Debbi’s three-month (at your own pace) course yesterday, and it has already given me tons of ideas. Plus, Debbi Voisey is an absolute delight to work with! Join me in our Sourdough Starter Course! Debbi Voisey!

“Waves and undercurrents murmur in my ear, trickle inwards towards a spiral
nautilus space. Small oceans wash up inside hollow shells.” STUNNING! 🙏🏻Such gorgeous work by Jenny Wong in IceFloe Press ! Love this, Jenny 🤍🤍🤍

Book mail! NOTES FROM A WOOD-PANELED BASEMENT arrived! 🎉🎉so excited to dig into Alan ten-Hoeve’s book!

DRESSING THE BEAR, Susan L. Leary’s most recent forthcoming book, will contain poems like this!! Just wow!! Highly recommend all Susan L. Leary writes!!❤️❤️❤️❤️ LO VE this poem, Susan. (And all words about your beloved brother 🤍)

“Who cares if they don’t know who Dante is, or don’t remember any Latin from tenth grade? You do, and how far has it taken you.” Brilliant!! Wow!! Hilarious too! Love this! Timothy Boudreau in The Indomitable Roi Fainéant Press ! So good Timothy! Congrats

Can't wait to start this with Susan Triemert on Monday! Come join us in this super productive #writing course where you will create loads of stories from one starter batch. Great fun. Do at your pace for 3 months on website, then own the course forever. 2500w feedback inc after.

“ The sky is gray and the firewood casts its twin on the mossy, aluminum siding.” Stunning! Love Koss (Insta: @koss_singular)’s poetry here and always! Diode Editions 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸!