I Have Outlived Them
/… have outlived my youth
Dreams of career and accomplishment
The reality of a plodding job
Co-workers and peers…
By Mike Turner
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My Kevorkian Alter Ego
/…go ahead jump, put you out of my misery, you don't have the balls, you're all talk and no suicide, this charade has become an overplayed drama, it's a boring non event, the only thing that has …
By Santiago Burdon
Read MoreIndecent Company
/There was just enough …
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… was in the passenger seat of Mac’s black Impala SS, a new ‘66 model. They were parked along the Mohawk River, near the bridge, in the valley. Crickets and peepers were screaming at each other for …
By D.A. Helmer
Read MoreWill I Ever
/…I ever be respected
Or always be neglected
Will I ever be treated the way I'm expected
Or will I forever be…
By James Weber
Read MoreA Reckoning
/Suicide, preceded by three…
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…rounds from a pump-action 12-gauge shotgun took the lives of four souls - Floyd Sanford (shot twice), Bessie Lee Sanford, and Rosalie Sanford. Each died from close-range blasts that splattered blood, flesh and bone. The fifth shot was delivered to the chest of the murderer …
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreDark Thoughts
/Grandmother shared …
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… grandmother was sitting quietly in her favorite chair meditating, she said: “Susy, something is thumping at the corners of my mind.” I wanted to understand what was going on in her brain; however, I was late and needed to rush to my…
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreAbout The Book
/… read the book at college. It wasn’t on the syllabus. We didn’t read it in class. As far as we knew, the English department were unaware of the book and the sensation it was causing. It was handed around like it was an illegal substance. Check this out. Here, read …
By Chris Platt
Read MoreStrange Rhyme
/… quantum mechanics were understood,
and black hole singularities, space-time,
and gravity's well swallowed in a flood,
would bend to genius effort of this …
By Ngoc Nguyen
Read MoreA Suburban Edgelord...
/… lost youth sat in a darkened room
before flat screens in suburban homes.
Anti-flag posters are stuck to beige
walls as his lips drift…
By Andy Cooper
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