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July 9, 2026 | Poetry

three poems from filmed media

Z.H. Gill

they’re starting to appeal to women
who had written them off as lunatics.

three poems from filmed media photo
The Guy Who Was Just Like Me photo

July 8, 2026 | Fiction

The Guy Who Was Just Like Me

Gideon Leek

That night, I spent hours scrolling reels on Instagram. I stopped to watch a monkey on skis.

The Kevin Hart Roast & Other Poems photo

July 7, 2026 |

The Kevin Hart Roast & Other Poems

Elizabeth Ellen

The women and I had met in a 12 step program
So there were things we didn’t tell each other
And one of my things was
I’d written a comedy special years ago
In the heart of my alcoholism
Which is when, I guess,
You’re most likely to write
A comedy special

Corey photo

July 6, 2026 |

Corey

Oliver Land

I must have turned bright red as I watched him spin, dance and sing.

July 6, 2026 | Poetry

DogĀ Songs

Zachary Swezy

Everyday hajj to the blackdesk obelisk. 

Train back and forth.

I am five minutes tall, seated at my desk.

I shrink by seconds, bored and melancholic.

July 5, 2026 | fucked up modern love essays

I Have Never Been Less Well

Lucy Parks Urbano

The nineteen year olds in the grocery section who tell me I look like Wednesday are yelling into their walkie talkies. 

July 4, 2026 | Fiction

Independence Day

Jon Doughboy

A ground spinner in the shape of Saturn which promises its rings are sexier than all the emperor’s concubines combined, than all of your wishes fulfilled. Poppers and fountains. I think my boss’s daughter groomed me. Rich kid calling in the help to get on his knees and pleasure his betters.

Recent Books

Pregaming Grief

Danielle Chelosky

Love is like a museum. You have to look around, experience things, and then leave.

Exit, Carefully

Elizabeth Ellen

"I loved reading Exit, Carefully. It’s unusual, and in my opinion exciting, to publish a play without previously receiving a major production."

                      -Walker Caplan, Lithub