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My spine spirals deep Down my back as a banister  Leading to all the compartments  Beneath my chest, of which just one  Is locked impenetrable at the centre  Of my breast. A misshapen beating beast resides there, Thrumming an insidious beat and humming of  Skeleton keys. Is this calcified foundation  Too brittle for the forthcoming… Continue reading Skeleton Keys by Vanessa Maderer

NUDES. Elle Nash. Short Flight/Long Drive Books, 2020. 242 pages. The very first impression of Elle Nash’s collection of short stories Nudes is that it is a very slick, small paperback book of a higher quality than a lot of paperback books I’ve purchased lately from indie lit outfits. The authors photo in the back… Continue reading STEPPING FURTHER INTO PERIL — a review of nudes by Jesse Hilson

I’m funding my way out of religious abuse with small town art modeling which does not produce enough cash.  When prompted, I choose the lewd, lucrative path in a southern hottown famous for white beaches, showgirlsecclesiastical wrath. This town is topless clubs, Pentecostal revivals; world tourists converged in Pensacola confess their urge for God or something less — like me,off… Continue reading How Many Eventually Paid For Me?