robert haight

A Series of Controlled Explosions By David Haight

Evelyn sat at the kitchen table the tiny hands of her tiny body wrapped in supplication around her coffee cup and never once looked at her husband of thirty-nine years. This [...]

April 1, 2015

The Huldufolk by Liz Kay

You had spent most of your years gazing at the moon like a thick haired child on a Christmas advert but the orange plane to [...]
Vending Machine Press Issue #17

Photo by: Johannes Huwe The very fine writers for Issue 17 are: Crying in Cars With Ghosts by Maggie McEvoy Three [...]
Two Poems by Daniel Wallock

Barren Walking in, the hallow, whites of, the moonlight, my heart beats, silent hums. My eyes, shed frozen, tears, and my [...]
Welcome to Vending Machine Press First Birthday Issue #7

Photo by Johannes Huwe Dear Readers, Welcome to Issue 7 of Vending Machine Press. This is a special issue as it is our First [...]
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 [...]
The Heart Is an Organ on Fire by Sheldon Lee Compton

Tracy had sensed Bruce was different but had been too interested in his company to see any sign of it early on. The church [...]
Firefly by Gladys Justin Carr

I dabble in wings in variations of flux Heraclitus is my friend everything in the world is my living room I am not pretty [...]
two poems by liz minette

After After you died, your house was still a mess; like always, always when we’d come over, you’d say [...]
Angry Young Man by Raphael Maurice

I dropkicked the Holy Book before the morning Mass. You don’t, barring dreamless sleeps & drugs, tend to believe all [...]
Killing My Grandmother’s Grandaughter and other poems by Kanika Lawton

I think my body will always be an euphemism for apology, always too tall or too short or too wide or too thin. My hips [...]
Six Poems by Daniel Burttram

Another Draw She waits for him in their car, out in the parking lot, hoping that a train won’t pass—cutting through [...]
Vending Machine Press Issue #11

Photo by: Johannes Huwe The very fine writers for issue 11 are: Carnival Surprise by Tasha Coryell Four Dog Track Poems by [...]