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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.
goodbyes for exodus
goodbyes for exodus
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there is a girl on our street who for a dime will eat any insect
that doesn’t die on its way to her mouth. her dad watches and talks to us about god and how lonely it must’ve been to not know for so long which language to learn. if there is food in my house, it’s gone. hunger is proof that I’ve struck only those people
who’ve entered my dream oblivious that they’ve come back for more. the girl tells me that if I don’t close my eyes
