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July 23, 2024 | Fiction

A Loveless Man

Katie Rice

 

I hover above the toilet, my thighs rock hard as they hold my body in a seated position. The walls are covered in yellowing images of women from the 70s. Half-clothed, their nipples are big and

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July 21, 2024 | fucked up modern love essays

Men I Have Loved

Susan Segal

He hugged me, kissed the top of my head. “I was wrong,” he said. “Just be grateful I’m not drinking. I can’t do more right now.”

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July 19, 2024 | Poetry

3 Poems

Cash Compson

october bumble date

less human. less here.
my mother lost my face and now i’m
everywhere. smeared in public. pulp
in private. self-immolation summer on demand.
i’ll love you all again
at the

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July 18, 2024 | Poetry

I Wouldn’t Last a Minute Anywhere

Madi bean

Video surveillance is for your safety 

I lost my thought and now I can't do anything but listen 

 

Writing is only anything if you can sublimate or depreciate the original thing into a