John and the Rainbow Whatever by Christopher DiCicco
John understood the rainbow, which is why he kept his hands on the red. He waited until it hurt, until he felt the colors wash over him and through him. When his toes felt [...]
Flash Fiction
Locked In, Locked Out by Claire Polders
Minnie pushes her shopping cart down the aisles and thinks about getting a car. Not to drive it, for she has nowhere to go, but to sit in it on rainy Sunday afternoons. [...]
Vending Machine Press Issue #12
Photo by: Johannes Huwe The very fine writers for issue 12 are: Two Poems by Michelle Brooks At Least by Jennifer Saunders Self Portrait with Sweet Red Wine by Mica Evans [...]
Vending Machine Press Issue #11
Photo by: Johannes Huwe The very fine writers for issue 11 are: Carnival Surprise by Tasha Coryell Four Dog Track Poems by B.R.Yeager 2KBK by Cara Lorello Two Poems by Jenya [...]
Carnival Surprise by Tasha Coryell
People often mistook him for a Walmart greeter because of the smiley face pin he wore on his chest each day. He had never worked at Walmart, though he did do a brief stint at [...]
This Isn’t a Funeral by K. Barber
It is a sticky August afternoon, and flies keep landing on me like I’m a corpse. “Emily,” my mother chides. “Please. Don’t say [...]
Take as Directed by Thomas Kearnes
Greg wants to quit the Effexor. He washes up for bed in the bathroom. I’m already under the covers, seated against the pillows, knees drawn up. The first month, he [...]
Vending Machine Press Issue #10
Photo by: Johannes Huwe The very fine writers for Issue 10 are: Autobiography by Deirdre Coyle Blizzard of 1950, Eatontown NJ by Lee Landau Sheboygan County, Wisconsin No.1 [...]
Autobiography by Deirdre Coyle
I was born in a haunted mansion upstate. We moved. I lived in the South. I learned witchcraft in my sleep. In a dream, the goddess Hera came to me dressed in sunflowers. I [...]
Thirty by Rachel Harrison
At the age of 24 you will take a good long look in the mirror and realize that your face is asymmetrical. You won’t know how long it has been this way. You will have a [...]
Champ by Steph Post
We go down to the water to find him. Black crabs scurry up trees like rioters dispersed and needle-beaked birds balancing on spindly, backward bending legs eye us in with [...]
Vending Machine Press Issue #9
Photo by – Johannes Huwe The very fine writers for Issue 9 are: He by Lauren Millici Spill by Karie Fugett Four Poems by Justin Hyde When cleaning out the closet I find [...]
girls with griffins in their eyes need to wear contacts by Calvero
I saw a pretty girl in a cafe today. She was sitting alone and sipping some kinda coffee drink. She looked like that musty smell in your grandmother’s closet. Except [...]
True Blue by Sarah Vernetti
Amber had almost survived another day. The children scrambled to find their places in line. A whirlwind of backpacks and lunchboxes collided, inexplicably, into two straight [...]
Vending Machine Press Issue #8
Photo by: Johannes Huwe The very fine writers for Issue 8 are: Dying To Leave By Ashlie Allen French Press by Hannah White Grateful Mother by Kayla Pongrac Two Poems by Carly [...]
Dying to Leave by Ashlie Allen
I made sure everyone was asleep before I tried again. I had nothing to carry just the weight of uncertainty. No one knew how miserable I was here. The reservation was my home [...]
Grateful Mother by Kayla Pongrac
When I was a child I owned a teddy bear that I leashed and dragged into supermarkets and banks and shopping malls. His eyes never changed shape and his smile never rotted [...]
Part of the Same Being by Nina Ficenec
We decided to cut out of the mill early, grab a case of beer and just drive, drive, Jay’s knuckles white against the steering wheel, floor boards rattling with bottles as [...]
Welcome to Vending Machine Press First Birthday Issue #7
Photo by Johannes Huwe Dear Readers, Welcome to Issue 7 of Vending Machine Press. This is a special issue as it is our First Birthday Issue. We hope you dig all the stories [...]
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