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By John Grey Where I’ve Been I was in a diner and morning clientele were a cross-section of inner city lowlifes. The waitress’s name was Sally and she spilled coffee … Continue Reading “Where I’ve Been”, “The Coal Miner” and “Prism”
By Marc Swan Muzzle Velocity Some would say chipping away but leveling with a blow torch is closer to the truth Just over a month and the world we once … Continue Reading “Muzzle Velocity”, “In the year before the last year” and “Any street”
By Visio Roughton London is rich in history, having existed from the bronze age until today. Thus, such a city has had its fair share of urban disasters; fires, blizzards, … Continue Reading The Summer That Inspired Modern Sanitary Systems – London’s ‘Great Stink’ of 1858
Title: Cycle of the Werewolf. Media: Book, by Stephen King, illustrated by Bernie Wrightson. Later adapted into the 1985 film, Silver Bullet, directed by Dan Attias, Cycle of the Werewolf … Continue Reading Werewolf Wednesday Entry 3/26/25
By Visio Roughton Modern medicine has made notable growths in terms of its ability to track and treat diseases, however, there was a time when this was not the case, … Continue Reading Mystery Disease in the 20th Century – A Look at the First Outbreak of Legionnaires
Title: Werewolf by Night. Media: Film, directed by Michael Giacchino, story by Heather Quinn and Peter Cameron. Released in 2022 as a Disney+ exclusive short, Werewolf by Night is loosely … Continue Reading Werewolf Wednesday Entry 3/12/25
By Visio Roughton The eruptions of Mount St. Helens or Mount Vesuvius are often synonymous with volcanic disasters, and they are, in fact, some of the most well-known eruptions to … Continue Reading When Summer Never Came – A Look at the Mount Tambora Eruption
By Erick Wilund SOBRIETY I got my glasses fixed this morning The easiest wound to bandage after another fractured night Can I ask you, have I had enough? Is it … Continue Reading SOBRIETY
By Erick Wilund He stands on a frozen pond Before a great block of ice A perfect cube, twice his height The block is cold Dark and dense, a container … Continue Reading Untitled, January 5, 2025
By Erick Wilund The fish said to the hook, when I am old and swimming is an effort, when my fins are thin and transparent and my eyes are as … Continue Reading The Hook
By Erick Wilund Untitled, Thanksgiving. The crows all knew the food would come The fowl and figs and tarts and rum A taste or more Was what they craved Thus … Continue Reading Untitled, Thanksgiving
By Adèle Saint-Pierre Allô, bonjour “Allô, bonjour,” says the bird. Allô, bonjour!” say the others that have gathered around iton this bright, sunny last day of June. In a couple … Continue Reading Sweetest Goodbye
Title: Blackwater. Media: Comic, written and illustrated by Jeanette Arroyo and Ren Graham. The comic takes place in the fictional town of Blackwater, Maine, and draws inspiration from popular teen … Continue Reading Werewolf Wednesday Entry 3/5/25
By Fern Perkins An unbroken landscapeOf powder on frenetic groundBlanketing the chaos oflife and deathInto a white hum of nothingness The muffled whumphOf snow hitting snowDissolving into itself untilYou aren’t … Continue Reading White Noise
By Katie Lipoma A sickness fell over Father when December fell over the town.Father used to toss food scraps to the ravens when it got cold. They would flock to … Continue Reading Winter
By Katie Lipoma Childhood at 94 Elm St. It never rains on summer Saturdaysin Massachusetts where the driveway doesn’tcease to end and pitted brick grazesgolden sky.It’s morning and the clothesline … Continue Reading “Childhood at 94 Elm St.” and “Ballet”