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Tag: Fiction
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
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
Diary: October 2024
Books Read: New York City 1979 by Kathy Acker, Modern Nature by Derek Jarman, The Haunting of Hill House by … More
The Moonchild
Author’s Note: This very short dramatic work was originally published by The Hooghly Review. Additionally, in their rejection of the … More
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
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
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
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
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