Vending Machine Press Issue #4
Dear Readers, Although it is summer in the northern hemisphere in the southern hemisphere we are preparing for winter. Therefore it is a time for introspection and [...]
Poems
Archaeologist by Emma Fissenden
sifting through her dresser drawer distracted by the staccato hum of the pipes upstairs, by the cat leaping, less gracefully than expected, by the neighbour’s garage [...]
Make Believe by Tom Pescatore
Did this happen yester- day or were you standing outside my window under the cool rain of primitive stars of all those years ago– and why can’t I remember your [...]
April Sleeps in Velvet by Marie Abate
April has a headache. She doesn’t want to take her pills. She remembers last night, the tavern on the other side of town where she had to go to escape everyone, and she [...]
Make Me Think Twice by Matthew J. Hall
Every time I drive you to it you pull back at the moment of impact your heart is too big your intentions and dreams are too pure and strong One of these days though I hope [...]
Two Poems by Mark Jackley
IT SNOWS, THE DEAD RETURN In the chill blanketing the barn horses shiver like rubber- booted fathers at the door who softly cursing stamp their feet and neigh of green [...]
Vending Machine Press Issue #3
This issue we are proud to present, stories and poems from writers across the globe that explore the morbid longings and powerful mysteries, the destructive passions and [...]
Milk Crates by Melanie Tague
I watched you once sitting on the bench by the courthouse, staring at the ground and I whispered that you were missing the night sky but the hum of the crickets drowned me [...]
Turtle and Hare by Chloe Clark
If loss were a mathematical concept— a subtraction, a division, a formula for invisible numbers, then how does one calculate their own sum? What losses are quantifiable? [...]
Two Poems by Daniel Ford
the subway On the metro today, Red line between Metro and Union I saw a girl Who reminded me so much of you I looked four times. She was beautiful but tangibly sad, pained as [...]
Welcome to The Very First Issue of Vending Machine Press
We live in a time of diverse mediums and expressions where literature online has become a thriving creative form transforming the literary firmament. Vending Machine Press [...]
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