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Barbara Hamby: Hatred

Abracadabra, says Mephisto, the fire fly
buddha of Rue Morgue, and the whole wide world
changes from a stumbling rick-rack machine
doing the rag time, the bag time, the I’m-on-the
edge-of-a-drag time to a tornado of unmitigated
fury.

April 21, 2025 · 24 Comments

Video: Grace

Sixteen-year-old Grace prepares for her baptism in the 1950’s South. When she learns she must repent before the ritual, Grace contemplates her budding romantic feelings toward her best friend, Louise.

February 16, 2025 · 2 Comments

Doug Anderson: Original Sin

I don’t know what I’ve done
but I’m guilty.

December 3, 2019 · Leave a comment

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