edward birt

You are what you eat and I’m not meat by Edward Birt

Bacon. Ham. Sausage. Steak. None of this gets on my plate. Chops. Chorizo. Squid and offal. Divine to some, to me just awful! “Why?!” folks say – “Meat’s so [...]

February 23, 2017

About The Universe by Eleanore Lee

September 2, 2016

Why worry? In five billion years our sun will become a spuming red giant. Will it matter then who got Mother’s Ming [...]
Ready for Texas by Nicole Bennett

December 10, 2016

Digging into the sweet potatoes with the two knives held between his ﬁngers like chopsticks, he asked me, “Where are [...]
Behavior Pattern by Frank Rubino

September 2, 2016

I have very much liked you— to feel one has acted well— My behaviors were in admiration of you and perhaps imitative [...]
Three Poems by Sloane Eliot Mariem

December 10, 2016

Heresy for the Nonbeliever / Mistaking Real Things for Shadows No refuge here, not with you no room for my veiled language [...]
sometimes people ask me if i’m mad and i say no by Shy Watson

February 27, 2017

order me caviar you cheap fuck order me caviar my bones become dismantled in the rain what more could you want from me my [...]
scars and other stories by stefan lutter

February 22, 2017

Dim lights and crowded room shoes scuffing and embarrassed cell phones. Prominent man, stands, emphasizes his [...]
Harlem and other stories by Alex Antiuk

March 8, 2017

Harlem is beautiful at night. There are no stars. Only colors. The flashing lights outside the police station, the african [...]
Vending Machine Press Issue #17

December 10, 2016

Photo by: Johannes Huwe The very fine writers for Issue 17 are: Crying in Cars With Ghosts by Maggie McEvoy Three [...]
Chalk outlines of a future self by Jay Sizemore

June 1, 2015

I will leave the water running while I brush my teeth, because it soothes me. Being wasteful can be soothing. I wonder if [...]
Two Poems by Helen Picard

February 1, 2015

Rusty Rood From the second floor window, the red roof of the house next door reflected A strange, rusty glow at twilight. In [...]
Welcome to The Very First Issue of Vending Machine Press

December 1, 2013

We live in a time of diverse mediums and expressions where literature online has become a thriving creative form [...]
Aspen Matis by Ted Guevara

August 7, 2017

Throw that cane away; let it bounce and belittle itself among the down rocks. And please don’t look back to cradle it like [...]

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