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 [...]
Issue 5
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 [...]
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