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The Commuter

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

A Serial Killer Walks Into a Bookstore

“The Last Reader” from STORYKNIFE by Jess Row

Jun 3 - Jess Row
Prose

Angel, Those Wings Look Ridiculous on You

Two poems by Timi Sanni

May 27 - Timi Sanni
poetry

A Side of Metamorphosis With Your Coffee, Hon?

"The Flamingo Café" by Laurie Lathem, winner of the Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize

May 20 - Laurie Lathem
Prose
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A Serial Killer Walks Into a Bookstore

Jun 3 - Jess Row

Boy Meets Girl Without All the Bullshit

Aug 6 - Simon Henry Stein

Cat Puke Is the Wellspring of Creative Life

Jan 21 - Julia Wertz

Two Poems by francine j. harris

Aug 3 - francine j. harris
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He’d Rather Fight a Dragon Than His Wife

“Tom vs. Dragon,” flash fiction by Lyndsay Hall

Jan 7 - Lyndsay Hall
Prose

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

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
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