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The Commuter

Poetry, flash, graphic, or experimental narrative arriving every Wednesday morning.

My Horny Extra Hand Needs Boundaries

“Prayers to the God of Progress,” flash fiction by Andrew Graham Martin

Dec 17 - Andrew Graham Martin
Prose

Frida Deserved Better Than Diego’s Coconut

Two ekphrastic poems by Danilo Marin

Dec 10 - Danilo Marin
poetry

A Severed Finger Is Rarely a Good Sign

“Fissures,” flash fiction by Ariel Katz

Dec 3 - Ariel Katz
Prose
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I Hate Summer, I Hate Being Outside, I Hate the Hell’s Angels, I Hate Other Kids —

Oct 12 - Bettina McKelvey

How to Bury Immortal Humans

Apr 23 - Benjamin Schaefer

We Live in a Tree for One Month Every Year

Dec 25 - Reina Hardy and Sara Lautman

Eight Tiny Stories, Translated From the Emoji

Nov 27 - James Hannaham and John W. Bateman
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My Nipples Are a Public Safety Hazard

Two poems by Weiji Wang

Nov 26 - Weiji Wang
poetry

Blood and Guts Were Our First Language

“what i can teach you,” a poem by Eshani Surya

Nov 19 - Eshani Surya
poetry

Where’s My “5 Over 65” Award?

“Senior Writer Bingo,” a graphic narrative by R.L. Maizes the Elder

Nov 12 - R.L. Maizes the Elder
Graphic Narrative

I’m Sorry, You’ve Reached the Wrong Messiah

“Paul's Tomb,” flash fiction by Will VanDenBerg

Nov 5 - Will VanDenBerg
Prose

Oral Sex Is the Only Honest Prayer

Two poems by Andrea Jurjević

Oct 29 - Andrea Jurjević
poetry

She Stole My Heart and My Favorite Toe

“Darling, Darling,” flash fiction by Riddhi Dastidar

Oct 22 - Riddhi Dastidar
Prose

Psychoanalyzing Desire With a Spam Bot

Two poems by Vincente Perez

Oct 15 - Vincente Perez
poetry

Finding My Voice Was Not on the Syllabus

Three poems by Jen Siraganian

Oct 8 - Jen Siraganian
poetry

The Humanities Building Has Lost Its Humanity

Two prose poems by Jake Levine

Oct 1 - Jake Levine
Prose
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