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Astronomy for Amateurs

Patrick Smith Astronomy for Amateurs 2047 GMT, 02.27.09 30.542374 N, 84.438587 W (for Loren Eiseley) Big Bang breaches the membrane, rushes into the vacuum. Barred owl’s incantation bruises dew gathering on grass. The Pleiades come into focus when looked at … Continue reading

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Parkour

Parkour Adrift off Saturn’s outer shore amidst bright scree I bounce & judder skipped stone self-thrown.   —Robert Borski _______________ Robert Borski is the author of Blood Wallah and Other Poems (Dark Regions Press) and lives in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.  … Continue reading

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Abyss & Apex : Fourth Quarter 2012: Viewed

“Viewed” by N. E. Chenier I dive naked into a pool of black glass and white stars. My breath explodes out my parted lips. Shards rip at my skin, claw down my throat. My muscles seize up. Cold! Hell! Cold! … Continue reading

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Abyss & Apex : Fourth Quarter 2012: Dancing Day

“Dancing Day” by Lindsey Duncan   “No.  They couldn’t have.”  Taris stared at the wreckage, hoping the shadows of the palace cellar had deceived her.  The small derelicts could be soup bowls or ribs from a game animal – or … Continue reading

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Abyss & Apex : Fourth Quarter 2012: Hoarding

Hoarding By John Glass   The pain had been excruciating, more than I imagined possible. It was marginally better now– still agonizingly sharp and dizzying, but better. The array of green monitors on my right beeped repeatedly. “Blood Oxygen Levels … Continue reading

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Abyss & Apex : Fourth Quarter 2012: Rose Petals, Lavender and Glitter

“Rose Petals, Lavender and Glitter” by Sheila Crosby   Police Sergeant Colin Jones fought down a sigh.  “Look, I  can’t go burning young Sophie at the stake, you know.  Not even if I caught her flying on a broomstick.”  Chasing … Continue reading

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Abyss & Apex : Fourth Quarter 2012: Lace Downstairs

Lace Downstairs by Arkady Martine I needed her. If the official description of what I did is more along the lines of illegal co-option and immoral use of a registered para-empath – that’s how it got cited in my record, … Continue reading

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Abyss & Apex : Fourth Quarter 2012: Every Body Is More Than Human

“Every Body Is More Than Human” by Andrew S. Taylor “I can revive you, sir. The rest of your life awaits you. Please, your name and identification?” The Battery Man towered over me as the falling snowflakes disappeared into his … Continue reading

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Hearts of old gods

Hearts of old gods by Peycho Kanev I am seized by the shadows of the altar’s stones, by the weight of the centuries between the sanctified arches; I am always under the laurel leaves, spat out by the passing hands, … Continue reading

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“tiny atrocities” by Tina Connolly

Tina Connolly tiny atrocities there is nothing you can confront me with from my past those silly sordid secrets that everyone has! the girl I gave a red apple, insides bleached white with tooth-tart poison, the horse I had slaughtered, … Continue reading

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