* * * Flock constant and inconstant both _________like the fluttering of wings o the manyness of things _________that keep us from ourselves and must be fed _________dusted, displayed, shooed…
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WOVEN: What’s the Story?
by Guest Contributor May 19, 2021WOVEN is an Entropy series and dedicated safe space for essays by persons who engage with #MeToo, sexual assault and harassment, and #DomesticViolence, as well as their intersections with mental…
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The Birds: Birdland
by Guest Contributor May 7, 2021You’re sorry to hear that Dan’s bird Glen died last week. Lately you’ve been wondering about bird life spans. Your friend mentioned something called “blue zones” over dinner, how humans…
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Holy Communion
by Guest Contributor March 5, 2020My seven-year-old lies on the fuzzy rug in her shared bedroom; the ball of her right foot is on top of her left and her arms stretch out in a…
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I Prefer Not To
by Guest Contributor June 11, 2019Image Credit: Charlie Chaplin. Modern Times (1936). I was running on the promenade that lines Brooklyn along the bay of the New York harbor, which stretches from Gravesend to Bay…
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NAME TAGS #12: How To Make a Name For Yourself
by Guest Contributor August 30, 2018[Image: Sara Williams, shitfuck] By Sara Williams Be nobody. You are infinite space, pearly everlasting, a perfect, pure moment. Now, this: get in the bedroom and watch the dance—put a…
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Dream Lit: On Diana Hamilton’s “The Awful Truth”
by Guest Contributor June 28, 2018The Awful Truth by Diana Hamilton Golias Books, 2017 152 pages / Golias Books I’ve been writing down dreams since the mid 90’s, a practice that is difficult, one which…
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Session Report: Dream Quest and the Grinding Nightmare
by Byron Alexander Campbell September 2, 2017Session Report is a monthly series that explores the intersection of narrative and broader themes of game design by focusing on a specific tabletop (or tabletop-adjacent) game each month. This…
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“America happened to America”: A Conversation with Steve Erickson
by Joe Milazzo August 10, 2017It would be wise, I think, to keep these introductory comments brief. Steve Erickson’s innovative, eloquent, and downright visionary fiction has been inspiring other storytellers* for over 30 years. His…
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Notes from Malta: Paris, The Wall
by Dennis James Sweeney November 23, 2015We learn about Paris on the bus north from Valletta. A speaker crackles apocalyptically from the plastic trimming overhead, trying desperately to announce the stops but sounding instead like a…
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Dream Machine by Sade Murphy
by James Pate May 21, 2015Dream Machine by Sade Murphy 2014, co•im•press 88 pages – co•im•press / Amazon As everybody knows, one never sees the sun in one’s dreams, even though one is often aware of…
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Session Report: Onirim
by Byron Alexander Campbell September 27, 2014Session Report is a monthly series that explores the intersection of narrative and broader themes of game design by focusing on a specific tabletop game each month. The same dream…
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I awoke this morning, far too early, in sweat, my stomach churning, my body sending my brain signals that something was wrong. I sat upright, moaned to darkness, and went…