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Tag: Fiction

Vulvas in Milk:  On The Dreamers (dir. Bernardo Bertolucci) and Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille

Author’s Note: I am now offering my services on Fiverr. I will beta read your poem(s) and short stories for … More

book review, Book Reviews, books, Culture, Fiction, Film Review, French Cinema, French Literature, georges bataille, Literary Criticism, literature, reviews

The Octopus Who Dismembered Love

After ‘Incarnations of Burned Children’ by David Foster Wallace The half-chewed octopus lay like a tumour on the gold-rimmed dinner … More

Fiction, flash fiction, science fiction, short story, Speculative Fiction, writing

February ’25: Of her still body there sprang a little blaze

Author’s Note: These entries are typically relayed as a play-by-play, but this month’s (and possibly continually) will be a collage … More

Diaries, Fiction, film, literature, Poetry

Diary: October 2024

Books Read: New York City 1979 by Kathy Acker, Modern Nature by Derek Jarman, The Haunting of Hill House by … More

collage, diary, Fiction, journaling, literature, Poetry, Sestina, Sylvia Plath, Vanity

The Moonchild

Author’s Note: This very short dramatic work was originally published by The Hooghly Review. Additionally, in their rejection of the … More

Drama, Dramatic Writing, Fiction, literature, playwright, Theatre

Helpless Devil of the Mind

Reading: Armadale by Wilkie Collins / Life With Picasso by Francoise Gilot / Everyman Pocket Poets: Art and Artists “Beware of … More

Creative Writing, diary, Fiction, literature

The Husk of a Dozen Moths

We pulled the cap off that once quiet evening and choked on its medicine. The leg bone came popping out … More

Fiction, Gothic Horror, literature, short story

They Don’t Pack Light, Do They?

Hen sat at the bus shelter in a blueberry coat with a tissue tucked in the right sleeve. Her carer … More

Creative Writing, Fiction, flash fiction, literature

Mathilda by Mary Shelley: Acts of Creation

I’m sure we can all acknowledge the pressing fact that the surroundings we grow in shape us into who we … More

Culture, Fiction, Literary Criticism, literature

Pozzywallah: Dr. Wintooth and the Giant Hogweed

Author’s Note: This is the first tale to come out of Pozzywallah! Share with everyone you know! Read it to … More

Children's Literature, Fantasy, Fiction, Frankenstein, Kidlit, literature, Middle Grade

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