Underground poetry blog In Between Hangovers rolls ever onward. It just accepted a batch of my work, to be trickled out over the next few months. The first of these, “No Money in Heaven” went live today. You can read it here.
publications
“The Inner Life of a Phantom” and “Night Fires” published in Poppy Road Review
Today, online poetry journal Poppy Road Review published two of my poems, “The Inner Life of a Phantom” and “Night Fires.” You can read them here.
“Another Absence” in Ex-Ex-Lit
Online poetry blog Experiential-Experimental-Literature released a big batch of poems today stretching the boundaries of the written word. Among them was my poem “Another Absence.” You can read it here.
“Hello Boys” and two other poems in Gold Wake Live
The first issue of online poetry journal Gold Wake Live had its official debut today. It includes three of my poems: “Hello Boys,” “Platypus on Mars,” and “Unemployed Nematodes Keep It Real.” You can read them here.
“Sellathon of the Mind” in Your One Phone Call
Today, poetry blog Your One Phone Call published my poem “Sellathon of the Mind.” Just another satire on business-think and the capitalist oligarchy. If you enjoy that sort of thing, you can read it here.
Visual poem in H&
Visual poetry blog H& features a wide variety of image based poems and pseudo-textual experiments. Yesterday, a video still from “Succubus Highway” was posted to the site. You can see the image here. The image includes text veering into asemic territory due to heavy video processing, but the original words read “Wherever there are ruins/lies like flames/dance across time.”
The video itself can be viewed here.
“My Pretties” in Danse Macabre du Jour
Online journal Danse Macabre du Jour presents dark and strange literature in a blend of obscure classics and contemporary works. Today, it published my poem “My Pretties.” This one conjures familiars to carry on ecoterrorist schemes of spreading seeds in areas dominated by civilization. You can read it here.
SF story “A Diamond in the Mind’s Eye” in The Colored Lens
Speculative fiction magazine The Colored Lens published my short story “A Diamond in the Mind’s Eye” in their Summer 2017 issue #24. You can buy a Kindle copy of the whole issue here. The story itself just went live on the magazine’s homepage today; you can read it here.
The story follows an explorer who has been tracking a legendary giant diamond across the galaxy. What he finds is more disappointing than he expected, and ultimately far more valuable.
I’ve published a few stories before, but this is my first paid piece.
In Between Hangovers publishes “When is Enough Is Enough Is Enough?”
Today, poetry blog In Between Hangovers published my poem “When is Enough Is Enough Is Enough?” You can read the full text here.
“This World is Ash” in Black Poppy Review
Black Poppy Review posted my poem “This World is Ash” today. The poem takes the volcanic destruction of Herculanum and Pompei as it’s starting point. You can read the full piece here.
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