john talbird

Sounds of Home by John Talbird

He’ll never go back. John’s twenty-four and independent and has no desire to speak to his parents ever again. There’s no use in trying to make them understand, either [...]

June 20, 2017

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 [...]
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 [...]
I WANT TO BE LIKE CIRCE POISONING THE SEA by DEIRDRE COYLE

When the god, Glaucus, fell in love with the sea nymph, Scylla, and Scylla rejected him, Glaucus went to the witch, [...]
Poetry Quintet by Jessica Mehta

Ma’am, I Am Tonight Rare are the great moments recognized in the making. That night in Nashville, the rooftop, the five of [...]
A Modern Yiddish Dictionary by Mari Pack

I. The old Ashkenazim at my office say “nuu” when they want something like fucking Israeli teenagers they are restless, [...]
Two Poems by Helen Wickes

January Dazzle What did we know then—clock ticking, spilled salt, and that one faucet— bitterly, bitterly. The heart [...]
Carnival Surprise by Tasha Coryell

People often mistook him for a Walmart greeter because of the smiley face pin he wore on his chest each day. He had never [...]
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 [...]
White Cards by Aliya Whiteley

The rooms of the British Museum are organised journeys into stone, clay, gold, bronze, sorted by time and catalogued by the [...]
Coffee and Cigarettes and other poems by Benjamin Blake

Coffee & Cigarettes Sometimes, life doesn’t seem so bad A pot of black coffee brewing on the kitchen counter Cigarette [...]
Sea Shanties by Alicia Bones

1. Couple years ago, I bought a boiled crab off a man on the pier. I’d just started eating it when someone shouted, [...]
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 [...]