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October 5, 2026 | Poetry

Cancer, Maybe

Era Pasquale

We are walking in 
different directions. I am 
going to your house 
without you. It’s evening already 
and the vibes are so off 
it isn’t even funny. 

Look –  DNA is dying 
all around us, it

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October 4, 2026 | fucked up modern love essays

The Love Boat

Niles Reddick

The nurse added that she hoped she had thwarted another outbreak of STDs, unlike their nursing home competitor in town.

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October 2, 2026 | Fiction

I REPENT YOU

Maximiliano Guzmán

The unknown boy, that uninvited new friend, showed his freckled face, sang a cumbia with us, and drank from our glass. He became light in a blink.

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October 2, 2026 | Poetry

Three Poems

Trevor Owen Jones

Days of Vagrant Youth  

We sit around drinking poison 
that’ll give half of us  
cancer  
             and the other, madness, 
mistaking ill euphoria for 
wisdom of the moment.  

We’re

October 2, 2026 | Fiction

Woman alone at the movies

katie frank

As my passion for tweeting grew, my grip on reality subsided.

October 2, 2026 |

Long distance

katie frank

He said his responses were never good enough for her, that she made him feel like an asshole.

October 2, 2026 |

The CVS Employee

katie frank

Maybe she didn’t need to map it all onto some existing story.

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

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Backwardness

Garielle Lutz

Garielle's longest, most peculiar, most particularized book. A sure-to-be collector's item. Delivery 4-6 weeks!