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“The taxicab’s green rots into the green of a stagnant pond. The children’s laughter coagulates in the gutter. The fruit-seller’s hands shrivel like thin paper.” Snehal Bhadani

“He met her under the clock tower. She didn’t speak. She simply opened her mouth and let the bicycles roll out.” Tom Busillo

“The mayor read a speech about how brave it is to disappear.” Spencer Eckart

“somewhere, a toothache translates to loneliness / somewhere else, a chandelier grows out of the earth and no one questions it / I had a name once, but it melted / I carry its echo in my right knee” Molly Thapviwat

“Parties past dawn. Blows in my earlobes when angry. Says now, hellcat. Close your eyes. Now, hellcat. Look down.” Sarp Sozdinler

“Know this is a noble game. Although he’ll find we have no medicine for her the uncommon quiet here we hope will dose him new.” LC Gutierrez

“The illustrations in this book are black and white. Stark. The Girl Who Didn’t doesn’t even have a face. Her head is a ferocious scribble.” Sage Tyrtle

“The tightness in my heart, my stomach: it feels like something sharpening in the dark, deep down inside of me.” Amy DeBellis

Our June issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/volume-14-issu… Words: Z.H. J.D. STRUNK STELLA LEI ELIZABETH ROSEN Patrick Childress JEN HALLAMAN NAOMI DEMARINIS SEAN THOMAS DOUGHERTY EMILY M. GOLDSMITH TIFFANY PROMISE Cover art: TAMMY HIGGINS

Today on FLASH BOULEVARD, the wonderful Catherine Roberts. Enjoy. flashboulevard.wordpress.com/blog/

Me & my art

Very honored to have a CNF story included trampset.org/poppin-f2b0d58… in latest release of trampset among so many terrific writers! #amwriting #creativenonfiction #WritingCommunity

We are officially a paying market for poets, writers, authors, & artists. While we’ve offered scholarships, & honorariums since we launched in 2018, it feels extra special to award working folks for their craft in real time. So proud of everyone that made Issue 12 happen!

Grateful to J.W. McCormack for giving this poem from MY HERESIES (⁦Sarabande Books⁩) a home in one of my dream journals. thebaffler.com/poems/loose-ex…

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man i am so fucking proud of ICEBREAKERS 🦄. i love this thing we all made together.

a vague proclamation, take of it what you will: man I love the way a perfect square block of text looks on our site

I’m drinking Him tonight

Sharing a previously unpublished poem from my debut chapbook, BETWEEN MY SPINE & THE RIVER 🪻 Hope everyone has a wonderful Thursday!