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The Commuter

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

When It Gets Hot the Block Gets Loud

Two poems by Birch Wiley

Sep 9 - Birch Wiley
poetry

A Frozen Bird Too Beautiful to Bury

Three prose poems by Mike Bove

Sep 2 - Mike Bove
poetry

Every Parent Needs a Tub of Their Own

“Cabin for Four in High Sierra” flash fiction by Jae Towle Vieira, from THIRTY CABINS

Aug 26 - Jae Towle Vieira
Prose
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When It Gets Hot the Block Gets Loud

Sep 9 - Birch Wiley

The Dude With One Eye Ate Six Of My Friends — Fiction By Jeff Bender

Oct 19 - Jeff Bender

FICTION: Men’s Room by Greg Ames

Mar 9 - Greg Ames

Picking through the Ruins of your Dying Neighborhood

Aug 21 - Desiree Cooper
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The NY Times Connections Destroyed Society and We’re Fine With It

Flash fiction by Pardis Parker

Sep 24 - Pardis Parker
Prose

My Husband’s Dream Woman Will Outlive Me

“3D-Printing the World and Other Dreams,” flash fiction by Nadia Born

Sep 17 - Nadia Born
Prose

Brandy Is My Queer Fairy Godmother

Two poems by Oak Morse

Sep 10 - Oak Morse
poetry

Friendship Is Temporary but Skin Suits Are Forever

“Spareskin,” flash fiction by Tehnuka

Sep 3 - Tehnuka
Prose

Sleeping Through It Is the Best Part

“Expensive Naps I've Taken,” a graphic narrative by Ali Solomon

Aug 27 - Ali Solomon
Graphic Narrative

Love Is Written in the Geography of My Face

Two poems by Genevieve Hudson

Aug 20 - Genevieve Hudson
poetry

This Guilt Is 100% Renewable

“The Endstate of History,” flash fiction by Bernie Jean Schiebeling

Aug 13 - Bernie Jean Schiebeling
Prose

God Is a Gator and He’s Watching Reruns

Two poems by Adele Elise Williams

Aug 6 - Adele Elise Williams
poetry

Stuck Inside a 60,000-Pound Whale of Grief

“Drone Metal,” a graphic narrative by Travis Dahlke

Jul 30 - Travis Dahlke
Graphic Narrative
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