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Mar 24, 20252 min read
Arts & Culture

Having Sex with a Robot

Lucy McCorkindale (she/her)  His unbending hands aren’t good with buttons, so I undress the both of us. He lifts his heavy arms to the...

Mar 24, 20251 min read
Arts & Culture

full moon

Bram Casey (he/him)  under skylight in black underwear  nobody knows me like i do  in my head plays  a shaky digi-cam video of the full...

Mar 3, 20251 min read
Poetry/Prose

Three Spells 

Jackson McCarthy (he/him)  Make me of the body spell  And even if the night were bad,  how could I want the wanting day,  everything in...

Feb 24, 20256 min read
Poetry/Prose

Friedrich’s Ulcer

Bob van Beek Self-hygiene had never been one of Friedrich’s strengths. This fact is most readily apparent in his oral region, which,...

Feb 24, 20251 min read
Poetry/Prose

Truths

Cadence Chung (she/they) I’ve got one of those colds that sneaks in like a text to an ex-lover, and my lungs are full of salt. On Marion...

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