This is gorgeous work! Click the link below to see and read. A pair of paradox, or pandora’s box We are forgotten yesterdays of tomorrow, note-booked mementos on thighs time travelled, back from the future, a few tsha-tsha with flashes blackouts and gray-matter gashes, the slurred dance of good memory, crib-notes on collar-bones, bare chest,Continue reading "Art + Poetry by nublaccsoul — BURNING HOUSE PRESS"
An elf turns inside out for the dragon by Kate Garrett — BURNING HOUSE PRESS
Powerful poetry. Read in the link below! my fire-breathing mother says she believes in love— she preaches starvation, picks the latest drive-thru-visit hoard from her teeth with my toothpick legs via An elf turns inside out for the dragon by Kate Garrett — BURNING HOUSE PRESS
Meagan Reads Sci-Fi: Feed by Mira Grant
I went on vacation, so I'm getting to this review a bit late. Spoilers are also ahead, so read at your own risk if you plan on picking up this book. It's the first in the Newsflesh trilogy, taking place in the U.S. after a zombie apocalypse has occurred. Except it's not really an apocalypse,Continue reading "Meagan Reads Sci-Fi: Feed by Mira Grant"
lips by Eve Black — BURNING HOUSE PRESS
I am shook. Read this poem! Click the link below. when the blood came the nowhere voice said paint your lips red this was under the table in the blank space between sweetheart and cunt I obeyed as I always do the nowhere voice via lips by Eve Black — BURNING HOUSE PRESS
Crevice by Trina Young — BURNING HOUSE PRESS
This was a particularly haunting and compelling look at depression. An absolutely excellent read! Click the link below to see the full story. Corinne shrunk herself to bird size, just hatched. Cupped on a leaf, she floated down from a tree branch delicately. Her mind rocked back and forth, rocking the leaf back and forth.Continue reading "Crevice by Trina Young — BURNING HOUSE PRESS"
2 Poems by Adam Strauss — BURNING HOUSE PRESS
This is poetry that I don't completely understand on a logical level, but its sound and flow and rhythm make me feel like I understand something about it viscerally. Click the link to read the 2 poems! His Body Retold He abraded marble Until he reached skin, inner than Any thigh and equally muscular. HeContinue reading "2 Poems by Adam Strauss — BURNING HOUSE PRESS"
Wanderlust: Spain
I'm not entirely sure why I chose Spain as the first European country I visited, but that's where my parents and I went in the summer of 2015. It was more of a whim really, or maybe my brain though it'd be best to start somewhere where at least I speak the language (other thanContinue reading "Wanderlust: Spain"
Meagan Reads Speculative Fiction: Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
Here’s another backlist I recently read as part of a book club with my coworkers. I figured since it’s been slated for production as a television show with HBO though, it might be relevant to some media fans. Readers beware: spoilers are ahead! Also, tw: sexual assault, rape, violence. Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor, 2010 Here’sContinue reading "Meagan Reads Speculative Fiction: Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor"
Facing the Fall
Another steep climb over slick gray rocks, but at least that day the sun was shining. Short on breath, once again but I paid no mind as I drank it all deep. Another cliff side looking down to a fall into crashing blue waves, but this time I faced the height. With cautious steps andContinue reading "Facing the Fall"