Finnegan once wrote a play. Well, I can’t say that for sure because it could have been a character in Finnegan’s Play who wrote Finnegan’s Play. But the absence of any so-named cast member in Finnegan’s Play makes me suspect, and it is just that, a suspicion, that Finnegan authored Finnegan’s Play. . . . Not that it matters . . . or that it was a play or that I know Finnegan, though I’d like to, thoroughly, though I see little chance of that at present, given, I mean, the divorce between actor and setting.
Continue reading “Finnegan’s Play”Author: The Collidescope
The Collidescope was founded by George Salis: He is the author of the novel Sea Above, Sun Below, which was praised by Alexander Theroux and Rikki Ducornet. He’s also the editor of The Collidescope, an online publication that celebrates innovative and neglected literature. His fiction is featured in The Dark, Black Dandy, Sci Phi Journal, Three Crows Magazine, and elsewhere. His criticism has appeared in Isacoustic, Atticus Review, and The Tishman Review, and his science article on the mechanics of natural evil was featured in Skeptic. For almost a decade, he has been working on a maximalist novel titled Morphological Echoes. He has taught in Bulgaria, China, and Poland. He's the winner of the Tom La Farge Award for Innovative Writing.
flight of the drunken megabytes
flight of the drunken megabytes
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Caesarian & Euthanasia
Lost Bodies of a Ruined City
Lost Bodies of a Ruined City
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Four Rows of Seats
I lay on my back,
stomach an empty
circus tent, stripes and all
Jon Carver of Barzoon, You Misunderstood
Jon Carver of Barzoon, you misunderstood.
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Lost on the River
I.
Hudson, Han, Seine, Mississippi—
river, where are you taking me?
Theology Lesson Five Hundred
no need to apologize
no need to apologize
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