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“floating away; on a vessel long derelict” by Kate Shannon

Posted on February 27, 2023

if you are listening, I am here, wracked with a Martian longing dreaming of stowaway spiders who would weave sickly webs over semi-important fixtures: reviled queen who presides over her silken court,an army […]

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“Blueblack Pier” by Robin Wyatt Dunn

Posted on September 16, 2022

Sometimes I come out here to think—I’m tempted to say “about death,” but that isn’t socially acceptable, and not quite true. Not even death’s cousin, but there is a resemblance. […]

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“The Last Atlantean” by David Henson

Posted on August 5, 2022

Atlantis Without Birds Marble women in gardens used to reach into the sky and gather birds by the armful.  Raindrops brought them down in scores to swallow worms they turned into wingbeats.  You could […]

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“Loch Ness Monster in the Rain at Night” by David Henson

Posted on February 21, 2022

A fang of lightning crashesa branch into the wind-clawed loch. Thunder drives eels to the bottom. Water flashes downa mountain rising through the skin of the lake.The monster loves the […]

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“Drowned Man Lives Again” by John Grey

Posted on January 28, 2022

There was a lot of crazy thrashing at first and I was cursing myself for not keeping at it with those swimming lessons, and I had unkind words for the […]

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“Abruptly-” by Shalini Singh

Posted on December 10, 2021

Hotaru ika are a glow-in-the-dark species, hiding in the translitic a mesmerizing light courtesy of a network of thousands of photophores, drifting long hairs of a wild woman situated over […]

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“Red Sun Red Moon” by Dan Yokum

Posted on November 19, 2021

Pauli stood at the railing on the back deck and flicked glances at the giant red sun fall slowly to the ground. The surrounding sky was a uniform hazy gray […]

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“Water Towers” by John L. Stanizzi

Posted on July 26, 2021

You’ve seen water towers, right? Those huge, tall jugs of water along the roadside. They’re usually a mess—washed out paint and rust, covered by graffiti, erected on the edge of […]

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“All the Water in the World” by Kate Copeland

Posted on April 19, 2021

A grey afternoon and when itcontinues to rain, a clueless patternleaves pools on our balcony, tearson the skylight.By now we knew who we are and asdrakes parade near the breaking […]

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“Meditations on Water (Ode to Escambia)” by Stella Meadows

Posted on March 5, 2021

I didn’t always know I was a woman. That’s one of the myths – that every trans person knows it from Day One. I guess I knew from pretty early […]

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“Unleashed” by Catherine Zickgraf

Posted on February 22, 2021

I clutch Dad’s oak tree leg. He reads the congregation my pre-baptism testimony. Seems myheart rejects sin, especially finger-painting my bedroom during Sunday naptime. But I’ll convertagain for another church […]

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“Water Angel 2” by Stephen Mead

Posted on December 11, 2017

  Note from the artist: Though a montage which utilized different computer programs to create the effects that photographers of not-so-old created during acid bath development, this image, and the Water […]

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