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

Two Poems by Raphael Maurice

August 1, 2014

My Better Life in the Country I suppose I should tell of the things I liked here. I liked the way hay bales looked [...]
Farmington, Maine : The Warmth of Winter by Julia Guarch

November 1, 2015

Every winter jacket I ever owned paired with layers made me feel like the walking Marshmallow Man from Ghostbusters, my [...]
The Emperor Has No Balls by Lindsey Thaden

March 30, 2017

After INDECLINE’s multicity American art installation featuring a naked Donald Trump August 2016 written in [...]
When the sun is close and other poems by Miriam Calleja

August 14, 2017

What do you do if you’re that close to the edge, And you don’t know how you got there? How do you feel when, Just by [...]
Miscreants and Family by Len Kuntz

March 19, 2016

Mom is still in bed at noon The cats traipse across the sink like tight rope walkers. My friends never come over anymore and [...]
The Same Shine by Ernest Gordon Taulbee

October 23, 2017

The absence of a hangover made Samuel suspect he was dead. Last night’s moonshine had the perfect mix of burn and corn [...]
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 [...]
True Blue by Sarah Vernetti

April 1, 2015

Amber had almost survived another day. The children scrambled to find their places in line. A whirlwind of backpacks and [...]
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 [...]
Part of the Same Being by Nina Ficenec

February 1, 2015

We decided to cut out of the mill early, grab a case of beer and just drive, drive, Jay’s knuckles white against the [...]
Vending Machine Press Issue #8

February 1, 2015

Photo by: Johannes Huwe The very fine writers for Issue 8 are: Dying To Leave By Ashlie Allen French Press by Hannah White [...]
De Stijl by Sarah Vernetti

September 2, 2016

Claire stands and struggles to find her balance. The walls, the floor, the ceiling converge as a single plane, the seams [...]

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