Content Warning: Any substantial discussion of Mister Miracle will involve the subjects of depression, suicide, and self-harm. Mister Miracle has been available for less than a week and already CBR has positioned it as the second coming to save comics from itself and Tucker Stone has knocked them down a peg or ten; that comics […]
Poetry: My God, My World
My God, My World Ben Boruff I like to spend my time on long car rides repurposing pop lyrics as evangelical sermons imagining every “baby” in a manger and every “I love you” as a prayer. my Synthpop God pulsing under my skin to the beats of top-charted idols tempts me to worship, tells me […]
I Want to Fuck a Trump Voter by Andy Segeral
I want to fuck a Trump voter. I want to rustle his thick brown hair through my fingers and I want to nibble on his ears. I want to run the back of my hand across his face and I want him to feel loved. I want to fuck a Trump voter. I want to […]
Poetry: The Balcony by Kayleigh Hughes
He said it was my fault. What the hell was I doing, looking at him that way. With those eyes. What did I expect. Oh, didn’t you know, This sort of thing is human nature. Uncontrollable—a growl in the stomach or saliva on the lips. The bloody burn of red cheeks. What’s a […]
Poetry Magazine Rattle Expects Cover Artists to Work on Spec
Update and a response from Rattle at the bottom. Poetry isn’t the big money game it once was, but there are still a few magazines that command a bit of respect, paying their contributors for poems and running contests that could help fund the lifestyle of a writer alongside adjunct teaching gigs or copywriting. […]