I’ve looked at all the advice columns for mental illness, and the one thing they tell you to do is … More
Author: Courtenay Schembri Gray
June Asleep // A Found Poem
his body between thighs like June asleep. sex not flashing skin is bad. frenzied sexuality, wild with 103-degree fever. Taken … More
milk & eggs – Poetry [Expat Lit]
Late September, Expat Lit accepted my Georges Bataille inspired poem ‘milk & eggs’. I made my debut there on Thursday … More
7:10 am
Authors Note: I wrote this from the taxi this morning. the taxi smells like urine and the driver decided to … More
reminders // a tanka poem
she left eyelashes on his mother’s kitchen sink thick brush stroke bristles that he rubs on himself when lust swallows … More
Nightstand // Short Story
She sat outside the Les Deux Magots in Paris. A glass of rich coffee stewed next to her burning cigarette … More
mental warfare // a poem
how do you feel today? how has your mood been? what’s been on your mind? Today I feel… anxious competitive … More
14:00 hours // Tanka Poem
Tuesday mornings spent supreming a tart grapefruit the cashew segments bleed into his coffee cup his newspaper left unread at … More
Strangers & Cigarettes // Ten-Page Stage Play
CHARACTERS: VALENCIA – A woman in her mid-twenties. HENRY – A man in his early thirties. (SCENE: It is late … More
Soaking in Strange Hours by Erik Hofstatter: Review
Erik Hofstatter’s ‘Soaking in Strange Hours’ is essentially a long prose poem, but this should be the thing that nudges … More