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Introduction to Poetry Issue 93, Q1, 2025
Introduction to Poetry Issue 93, Q1, 2025 I pray you had a wonderful string of holidays as a precursor to your excellent health and prosperous New Year, especially with respect to your writing goals. For some, there has been tragedy, … Continue reading
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Where the Kelpies Swim
Where the Kelpies Swim By Sherri Cook Woosley Across the bay, the herd of water horses galloped straight from their island into the waves, fearless. Muscles bunched under smooth skin, sharp teeth bared in eagerness, fins fluttered along their legs. … Continue reading
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Wear It Marvelously
Wear It Marvelously by Ana Wesley I’ve got the hots for the announcer. It’s a consequence of having a sideline seat, while her levitating platform hovers overhead. It zips back and forth, swishing her miniskirt to flash glittery panties. Her … Continue reading
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HD 164595
F. J. Bergmann HD 164595 We thought we heard something like a sound, linking us to a star a light-century away. At the far end of its signal, the star bloomed like an unimaginable flower in a dark garden. The … Continue reading
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Singularity Storm
Lyri Ahnam Singularity Storm Dance a spiral of stars to the galaxy’s black hurricane heart. At the dense void, stretch and compress in gravity’s strain, listening for a celestial symphony. No angel harpists strum infinity hymns from the tempest’s core. … Continue reading
Shared Voices
Shared Voices by Zary Fekete “Profits are up!” Mr. Levai said. He surveyed the sales floor staff with a smile. “Good work. There’s more to do, of course, but I am very pleased with this quarter.” I glanced along the … Continue reading
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The Bracelets of the Gods
The Bracelets of the Gods by A.D.R. Forte The woman, Chiri, has never seen the bracelets of the gods even though she is from the city and a grown adult. For this reason, Nama pities the city woman in spite … Continue reading
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First Fruits
Pixie Bruner First Fruits The first in vivo Dreamfruit occurred ex nihilo The labs could not figure them out. Their chemistry too complex for chromatography, the tearful botanists left apoplectic. The first documented gardener was a woman named “Chava,” no … Continue reading
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Drawn by Light
Drawn by Light by CJ Erick Transformation. The idea feels dangerous, even for someone like me, who was born from a cocoon. It started with the missing girl. How does one missing girl change my whole damn world? I was … Continue reading
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Albino Raven
Katharyn Howd Machan Albino Raven Who paints the picture for his tarot card? Who dares to turn deep sacred black into a mockery of flight? White, white, white the woe of widespread wings, raw caw: who can raise a brush … Continue reading
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