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Wonboyn, 2024 by Matthew T Phillips
Poetry

Wonboyn, 2024 by Matthew T Phillips

July 7, 2025July 3, 20250

“The specular / Reflection / Splitting light / Into prisms / Like rainbow / Scales” – excerpt from Wonboyn, 2024, poetry by Matthew T Phillips #TheMetaworker

“On the Plaza” by Clay Waters
Poetry

“On the Plaza” by Clay Waters

March 4, 2024March 25, 20240

“the recurring colonnades /
offered the illusion / of progress, vital calamity / passed into oblivion…” excerpt from On the Plaza by Clay Waters. #MetaworkerMonday #TheMetaworker

Lives of Dust and Ashes by Marie-Louise McGuinness
Non-Fiction

Lives of Dust and Ashes by Marie-Louise McGuinness

April 17, 2023March 4, 20250

“The bang came afterwards, as if the earth had just regained consciousness and gravity returned with violent force.”
#MetaworkerMonday #TheMetaworker

“Dorset” by J.R. Barner
Poetry

“Dorset” by J.R. Barner

October 3, 2022October 2, 20220

The most beautiful woman …

“Blueblack Pier” by Robin Wyatt Dunn
Fiction

“Blueblack Pier” by Robin Wyatt Dunn

September 16, 2022September 24, 20221

Sometimes I come out …

“The Last Atlantean” by David Henson
Poetry

“The Last Atlantean” by David Henson

August 5, 2022November 27, 20221

Atlantis Without Birds Marble …

The Metaworker Podcast | 011 Ink Runs in Our Veins: Editor Chat Part 1
Podcast

The Metaworker Podcast | 011 Ink Runs in Our Veins: Editor Chat Part 1

July 13, 2022March 6, 20240

Matthew, Elena, Mel, and new intern Cerid talk about how they fell in love with reading, then move into a history lesson about how The Metaworker got started, and how Mel and Cerid joined the team.

“Seeds of Racism” by Dave Luker
Poetry

“Seeds of Racism” by Dave Luker

July 8, 2022July 10, 20220

At dawn, in the …

“Mothering” by Jazmine Aluma
Poetry

“Mothering” by Jazmine Aluma

July 1, 2022September 9, 20240

It’s the way I …

“The Burial Begins Slow” by Robin Wyatt Dunn
Fiction

“The Burial Begins Slow” by Robin Wyatt Dunn

May 23, 2022May 22, 20221

The burial begins slow, …

“Trenches, Rats, and Watercolors” by Geoff Watkinson
Non-Fiction

“Trenches, Rats, and Watercolors” by Geoff Watkinson

February 28, 2022February 27, 20220

My internship duties in …

“The Art of Remembering Your History” by Christian Ward
Poetry

“The Art of Remembering Your History” by Christian Ward

February 25, 2022February 20, 20220

I do the same …

“Passing Through” by Dale Cottingham
Poetry

“Passing Through” by Dale Cottingham

January 17, 2022March 20, 20230

“There is no answer” …

“In Between” by Kelly Claytor
Fiction

“In Between” by Kelly Claytor

December 24, 2021March 23, 20242

Are you dead, Maria? …

“Maybe Next Time, Pat” by Mike McLaughlin
Fiction

“Maybe Next Time, Pat” by Mike McLaughlin

December 13, 2021December 16, 20210

The man’s souvenirs were …

“Searching for the Cottingley Fairies” by Kim Malinowski
Poetry

“Searching for the Cottingley Fairies” by Kim Malinowski

September 17, 2021March 23, 20244

I. Snapshot Click. WHIRR. …

“A Future Leviathan’s Prodigious Sister” by Mina Rozario
Fiction

“A Future Leviathan’s Prodigious Sister” by Mina Rozario

June 28, 2021June 30, 20211

They called me incandescent. …

“The Road to Cavalry” by Arthur L Wood
Poetry

“The Road to Cavalry” by Arthur L Wood

May 31, 2021June 30, 20210

How many days to …

“The Mosquito and the Bell Jar” by Carol Motta
Poetry

“The Mosquito and the Bell Jar” by Carol Motta

May 24, 2021June 30, 20210

Our balsa-sweet Mosquito flies …

“Penny of Ithaca” by P.L. Watts
Fiction

“Penny of Ithaca” by P.L. Watts

March 15, 2021June 30, 20210

She’s even made the …

“More” by Tom Barlow
Poetry

“More” by Tom Barlow

March 1, 2021March 1, 20210

Boxes everywhere, boxes overflowing, …

“LaMarcus Thompson’s Gravity Pleasure Switchback Railway” by John H. Johnson
Poetry

“LaMarcus Thompson’s Gravity Pleasure Switchback Railway” by John H. Johnson

January 22, 2021January 17, 20210

August humidity in Coney …

“Bones” by Japhy Mitchell
Poetry

“Bones” by Japhy Mitchell

November 2, 2020November 1, 20200

The winds switch faster …

“1984” by DC Diamondopolous
Fiction

“1984” by DC Diamondopolous

August 28, 2020September 4, 20202

James, as the doctors …

“As We Know It” by Marco Etheridge
Fiction

“As We Know It” by Marco Etheridge

July 31, 2020August 29, 20201

You pause in the …

” ‘Ain Ghazal” by Robert Beveridge
Poetry

” ‘Ain Ghazal” by Robert Beveridge

July 10, 2020September 1, 20200

In a chamber with …

“I Spit Dust” by Darin Milanesio
Editorial / Poetry

“I Spit Dust” by Darin Milanesio

April 24, 2017August 30, 20200

The fog was making …

“Hypertension” by Maya Castleman
Poetry

“Hypertension” by Maya Castleman

January 2, 2017August 19, 20200

  Hypertension:   Each …

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