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 [...]
Issue 4
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 [...]
It Always Rains by Tim Wilkinson
The small room lay quiet, cloaked in shadow and smoky haze, silent save two voices and the occasional, solid clank of steel against steel, echoing down the long, stone hewn [...]
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 [...]
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