Sarajevo Bosnia 1992. The Realness Ball NYC. Trump’s AI Gaza. #BlueAvianMessage. Purchasing tickets for Massive Attack’s Co-op Live Manchester concert, I didn’t realize I was also signing up for a cinematic exposé of socio-political corruption-one that would transport...
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Review of SeparateButEqual by Assia Lau’ren by François Beread
SEPARATEBUTEQUAL is a photography collection released by the Los Angeles based actor, writer, and photographer, Assia Lau’ren. The collection is divided into two sections: a series of photographs taken on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia and a second series from...
Review of Luke Johnson’s Quiver by David John Baer McNicholas
“For he is not mad, he through whom the abject exists.”—Julia Kristeva I. Cruelty is God. Thou shalt have no other God before cruelty. Thou shalt make no serene images. Thou shalt kill what offends thee. Thou shalt kill what entices you out of sheer blank-faced...
Demolition in the Tropics by Rogan Kelly (review by Alina Stefanescu)
Rogan Kelly. Demolition in the Tropics. Lewisburg, PA: Seven Kitchens Press, 2019. 28 pages. $9.00. Some readers expect to be punched in the gut repeatedly. Demolition in the Tropics is not for them. Rogan Kelly's poetic line is wistful, impressionistic, similar to...
Death, Desire and Other Destinations by Tara Isabel Zambrano (review by Dan Crawley)
Tara Isabel Zambrano’s full-length flash collection, Death, Desire, and Other Destinations (Okay Donkey Press, 2020), illuminates, enchants. I’m awestruck with Zambrano’s effortless talent, her swings from stark realism to inventive magic realism. She is...
I too dislike flash fiction, sometimes by David Swann (with cartoons by Bob Nancollis)
I. The first widely-read ‘books’ appeared in Medieval times. They were made out of stained glass, and relied upon sunshine. When illiterate church-goers visited the new cathedrals, they’d read stories about saints and sinners, painted in light. Eventually, illustrated...
I Don’t Know About You But by Kara Vernor
I Don’t Know About You But by Kara Vernor, [A Craft Essay] I read and write because it’s cheaper than travelling and the second best way I know to surprise myself and feel something new. To remind myself that my daily trappings—showering, running my face through a...
Plots Are For Dead People by Jacqueline Doyle
PLOTS ARE FOR DEAD PEOPLE Jacqueline Doyle Who knows what attracted me to flash ten years ago? I hate following rules, for one thing, and as far as I could see it was a genre without rules. Within the maximum word count, anything was possible. My first flash was a...
Review of Massive Attack’s June 5th performance at Manchester’s Co-op Live by Maia Cardew
Sarajevo Bosnia 1992. The Realness Ball NYC. Trump’s AI Gaza. #BlueAvianMessage. Purchasing tickets for Massive Attack’s Co-op Live Manchester concert, I didn’t realize I was also signing up for a cinematic exposé of socio-political corruption-one that would transport...
Review of SeparateButEqual by Assia Lau’ren by François Beread
SEPARATEBUTEQUAL is a photography collection released by the Los Angeles based actor, writer, and photographer, Assia Lau’ren. The collection is divided into two sections: a series of photographs taken on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia and a second series from...
Review of Luke Johnson’s Quiver by David John Baer McNicholas
“For he is not mad, he through whom the abject exists.”—Julia Kristeva I. Cruelty is God. Thou shalt have no other God before cruelty. Thou shalt make no serene images. Thou shalt kill what offends thee. Thou shalt kill what entices you out of sheer blank-faced...
Demolition in the Tropics by Rogan Kelly (review by Alina Stefanescu)
Rogan Kelly. Demolition in the Tropics. Lewisburg, PA: Seven Kitchens Press, 2019. 28 pages. $9.00. Some readers expect to be punched in the gut repeatedly. Demolition in the Tropics is not for them. Rogan Kelly's poetic line is wistful, impressionistic, similar to...
Death, Desire and Other Destinations by Tara Isabel Zambrano (review by Dan Crawley)
Tara Isabel Zambrano’s full-length flash collection, Death, Desire, and Other Destinations (Okay Donkey Press, 2020), illuminates, enchants. I’m awestruck with Zambrano’s effortless talent, her swings from stark realism to inventive magic realism. She is...
I too dislike flash fiction, sometimes by David Swann (with cartoons by Bob Nancollis)
I. The first widely-read ‘books’ appeared in Medieval times. They were made out of stained glass, and relied upon sunshine. When illiterate church-goers visited the new cathedrals, they’d read stories about saints and sinners, painted in light. Eventually, illustrated...
I Don’t Know About You But by Kara Vernor
I Don’t Know About You But by Kara Vernor, [A Craft Essay] I read and write because it’s cheaper than travelling and the second best way I know to surprise myself and feel something new. To remind myself that my daily trappings—showering, running my face through a...
Plots Are For Dead People by Jacqueline Doyle
PLOTS ARE FOR DEAD PEOPLE Jacqueline Doyle Who knows what attracted me to flash ten years ago? I hate following rules, for one thing, and as far as I could see it was a genre without rules. Within the maximum word count, anything was possible. My first flash was a...