Example 52 by JD DeHart
That lack of response to my chance Good Morning, the stare when I wave hello, yet another example of why I dislike most examples of our species, another reason to say, as the [...]
Queen City by Richard Luftig
If the world comes to an end, I want to be in Cincinnati. Everything comes there ten years later. – Attributed to Mark Twain. This is the town that turned its back to the [...]
Two Poems by Daniel Wallock
Barren Walking in, the hallow, whites of, the moonlight, my heart beats, silent hums. My eyes, shed frozen, tears, and my mind, wanders over, her lips. Her touch, sweeping, [...]
Vending Machine Press Issue #5
Dear Readers, Welcome to the new issue of Vending Machine Press. The quality of the writers we have encountered so far pleases us greatly. It keeps exceeding our [...]
Photophobia by Bobbi Lurie
I pray he will eat. I know he won’t let me make him food. His fear of wasting water overwhelms him so he rushes to turn off the kitchen faucet. He won’t drink [...]
Flesh and Blood by Stuart Snelson
They would only be staying one night, of that he had been assured. He didn’t begrudge them their visit, at such short notice as it was, but was unsure how best to occupy [...]
How (Not) To Do What I Did by Jennifer Chardon
Quit everything. Tell your high school boyfriend you can’t stare at the same ocean forever. Buy a one-way ticket. Disappoint your parents. Label your boxes with wit [...]
the trial will resume tomorrow at 10 am by Cassandra de Alba
all the landmarks of my childhood become a toy town, a diorama of bad decisions. the places I grew with wrenched from me, given new purpose. an audience biting its collective [...]
Two Poems by Raphael Maurice
My Better Life in the Country I suppose I should tell of the things I liked here. I liked the way hay bales looked liked giant, golden tablets, and often I thought God [...]
Three Poems by M.F Nagel
Love or a trick of light Somewhere East of the the pale moons of twilight Cometh the iceman Sing ‘in memory in vespers’ In sacrarium; in sacrarium (Has herself – [...]
George P. Henson by Ed Nichols
He knew he was of sound mind, even if no one else did. They all acted like he was off his rocker or something. Always patting him on the arm or shoulder, saying stuff like [...]
Elvis Would So by Rijn Collins
I’ve always assumed that at some point I’ll live next door to a carny. I mean, wouldn’t you? Most kids scan the neighbours’ windows for half glimpsed affairs [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Untitled #3 by Mike Lafontaine
My father appeared to me in a dream last night. I was walking down the street in my old neighbourhood. I was looking at my phone and not really paying attention to my [...]
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 [...]
You Will Drink by Eric Boyd
It is the end of the night. A man you hardly know, a new dishwasher at the restaurant you have been at for two years too long, will offer you a hit from his bottle; he hands [...]
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 [...]
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