Issue #2
October 2010
New work by:
Brandon Blackburn
Would that I could run thee through, unseen reader, with a rapier for already coming this far!
Travis Blankenship
Our eyes are magnets—it ends
with us touching the wrong button.
On the first player’s turn, s/he must attempt to contact his or her ghost by assembling signal fires, using the kit provided. Players may supplement the kit with burnables from their own collection.
Dereck Clemons
The crowds caught hold of Kenneth’s pants, which spurred him into such a fearful pitch that he coughed up the last of the diamonds, fell over & begged us to believe him...
Andrew Kirk Farnsworth
http://Remember me on this computer.—www.Buffering...
@ Waiting for page to load—Try again—404—Nothing to undo
See, I am the birds and I hit two of him and then myself.
Love, Wolf
Elizabeth Hildreth
Go fuck yourself,
this basketball’s going in my shirt
I’m having problems remembering which one of us is dead.
Kent Leatham
I heard a fly buzz when I died.
What operations performed, what magic—
the hands jealous of the heart, the heart a lonely bomb.
I wanted to dress as a cop, she says. Only I forgot to buy the hat and badge.
Sees a Dr. to get a drawer installed instead. Keeps towels in the drawer. Dr. sneaks a baby penguin in with the towels.
He thought about tomorrow’s talk show, his first public appearance. He wondered if Leno would punch him again.
Fred Sasaki
I have many issues. Three total, for you.
The compact disc. The juggernaut. The myth.
David Welch
The logic of grammar is not genuine it shines forth
“Lauren” □□□□ “□□□ □□□□” □□.