Eye
I opened suddenly, like a crack
of dawn, golden, molten, running
over the flat desert vista.
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.
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All my shoes are afraid of the sky.
Thunders are meant to be deceived by magpies,
but the stars break the roofs looking for
traces of water in sinks and bathtubs,
their shapes unable to stop the silence
from kissing the walls.
Wildernesses
Wildernesses
Beneath this opal encirclement,
my interlocutors are not
the sterile insinuations
of ratiocination
or the fanatical mysticisms
of ideologues
Gulping’s Recital by Russell Edson
Lullaby for Thirsty Lawn Furniture
Lullaby for Thirsty Lawn Furniture
the chairs hunker down
under layers of misuse
and dust. the air shimmies.
Darkness Walks
Darkness Walks
Continue reading “Darkness Walks”
The Tragedy Face: A Review of Madcap by Jessie Janeshek
Madcap – Jessie Janeshek
(Stalking Horse Press, 2019)
146 pages.
13 ways of using a blackbird
13 ways of using a blackbird
(after reading Wallace Stevens’ poem
“Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird”)
The Complete Butcher’s Tales by Rikki Ducornet
Pushing the Brain Deeper: An Interview with Jim Meirose
laputa
laputa
the aeroplane passed another universe
on the way to Florida, of
all places.
