Categoría: little chews
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“2005 Nikon Selfie with Dear Pal Gregory Millar (RIP)” by Lance Mazmanian
Big little story… Nikon selfie with photo-roll poster of actor Gregory Millar, taken in a rather fancy Hollywood/Franklin Hills shack owned by a curious 5’3” (1.6m) actress. The year was 2005, the season was winter. Decades ago, for sure…so in 2026, if you find a profile pic of mine where…
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“Talk to me in the shape of clouds” by Pegah Rahmati Nezhad
I ask the universeto talk to mein the shape of cloudsa mermaid with pony tailand a cape like a loose crop topover her tiny waistafloat in pastel blue watersof the sunset skyappears among the cloudsall in pearl white i wonder what has happenedto my ownCohellen Druith…the ocean calls me
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“Hunted” by Alissa Brown
I try to scream, but no sound comes out. What’s wrong with me? Why can’t I just do it? I attempt to move my arms, but they won’t budge, and my left arm is completely numb. What is happening to me? I try to remember what happened yesterday, but everything…
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Video 9 “a butterfly on my skin, Book 2” by Christina Chin and M. R. Defibaugh
“a butterfly on my skin, Book 2,” is free to download. Here’s the link to the chapbook, which includes an intro and wonderful review by a prominent President of the British Haiku Society and a Japanese shortforms editor, Jerome Berglund. https://ko-fi.com/s/2346b3af9c
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“Whispers of a Gentle Farewell” by Alice Baburek
The old man laid his thin arm across the cold, empty bed. Sometimes he could still smell the fresh scent of flowers in his dear departed wife’s shampoo. How he missed her terribly each day. It was extremely hard for Jim Winthrop after Betty’s passing. But now his new part-time…
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“Sincerity” by Peter Lingard
We should catch upwith each other, you said.And we did.For old times’ sakeyou said.And how we lovedthat night.Better than memories.Better than lonelinessbut not returningto what we once had. That was good, you said.I needed a man.Give my love to the kids.
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Chapter 5 of “Bruised but unbroken” by Alissa Brown
Content Warning: Violence Freedom The next few weeks pass at a snail’s pace. Gavin keeps to himself, and my wounds heal pretty well. One evening, he tells me to go out and buy him some beer from the local supermarket. I don’t argue. I get dressed and leave. It’s almost…
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“That Man” by Bill Tope
Trish spotted that man again, out in the front yard this time. What was he up to now? she wondered. She peered closer. He was trimming the hedges with an electric gizmo. Was he the guy that David was going to hire to help around the house? He seemed awfully…
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“Top Dog” by Peter Lingard
I came from a horrible place where I, and many like me, were kept in cages in a barn with a dirt floor and artificial sunlight. Long, thin things slithered through now and then, and excited the two-legged giants. Friends would disappear, and I wondered where they’d gone until I…
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“There’s Never Enough of Me” by Barbara Leonhard, Melissa Lemay, and Nolcha Fox
something smelly is growingin the back of the refrigeratorIt leaves footprints of crumbs and smears the dust bunnies need feeding dailyI drape myself in lacy spider webs drips without dropsrun down the front of the stovetrail of spaghetti sauce trails and trials, so many disastersI’ll pay anything for someone to…
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3 Poems by Cithara Patra
While You’re Dreaming Away A million screens scream a million thingsWith the truth locked away in oneYour head’s about to explodeGoing through words and codeTo get a sense of what is going on Close all the screens and phonesTake some time to be aloneForget about who and what isdragging you…
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“FINAL ACTION” by Duane L Herrmann
Content Warning: Thoughts of suicide The boy was thirteen, and it was the most peaceful summer of his life. The house was quiet and clean because his mother was not there to yell or scream or make it messy. This summer, he could do his chores in peace, without his…
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“A Donkey’s Tale” by Matias Travieso-Diaz
I love fairy tale retellings and mash-ups.Sarah J. Maas The following narrative is based on a presentation given by Boaz Ben-Frenkel, the head archeologist at the Israel government’s research facility in Ma’ale Adumim’s industrial park, five miles from Jerusalem. The presentation arose from the analysis of a fossilized donkey jawbone…
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“your mother wants to tell you something” by Helen Pletts 海伦·普莱茨, Translated by Yongbo Ma 马永波
as if the screen were liquid silverwe’re swallowed in the last square of your lifemy eyes and the nurses’ ether-voices stifle fearas you are still here; bead-black doll eyesabove your mask and I ask them to show methe paper where the pen-marks dive into curlsthat would tell me something if…
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“Shores of Meaning” by Nicholas Monroe
I was once a wanderer from a faraway land,Searching for answers to who I am.I sought far and wide, looking for just a word,Even a smidgen of purpose in my existence upon man. Amidst my travels, I came across many answers that were not my own.I found wealth, I found…
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“no matter how hard” by John Yamrus
no matter how hard hetried,or wished or hoped, thingsnever got anybetter for Tommy, theyalways got worse. so,it wasn’tany big surprise whenhe hooked upwith Big Leg Betty. notthe Bettywith the scar on her cheek, but,the Betty whowalked with a limp andalways kept a doughnut in her purse. ifyou askedanybody on the…
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