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WORCESTER, MA CHRISTMAS 2003 by Rachel Camacho, from her book Pink Elephant. "When I broke the news to your mother, I could hear each word crash against her face like a frying pan. She was quiet for too long. Then she asked, 'But did you actually see him do it?'…"

The Information Man by Buddy Wakefield, from his book Stunt Water.

the cult leader invites you in by @alyssa.m.acevedo, from her book My Dear Cult Leader. "as a child, i was a wallflower, broken & confused just like you. i understand you more than your family."

CARDINAL by Rachel Camacho, from her book Pink Elephant.

somewhere, yes by Aly Acevedo, from her book My Dear Cult Leader.

LOSING DANNY OLIVER by @buddywakefield, from his book A Choir of Honest Killers. "I was nosedive, an unreliable narrator in an echo chamber. Speculation megaphone. Dying to distill the anger and hear what was left."

on listening to High and Dry by Radiohead in my psychiatrist's waiting room by Adrienne Novy, from her book good luck in the real world.

love is blind by @poetnextdoor, from her book unreliable narrator. "i have never known a love that did not require me to pluck my eyes from their sockets a jagged rock that did not pose itself as soft landing"

Promt From Generation Curce Retold by Ollie Schminkey, from their book DON’T BE AFRAID TO BE BAD.

Transplant by Francis Dylan Waguespack, from his book Tooth Gaps in the Archives. "My accent thins. Phone calls home bring it rushing back, vowels stretching like Roman candy. I speak two languages: then and now."

10:33 OUTSIDE YOUR LOCAL PRECINCT by Darius Simpson, from his book Never Catch Me.

Amazing by @NeSP3, from his book Roads. "Sometimes I feel the motion of the planet like riding a train when the wheels hit a shake in the tracks."

I Take My Midwestern Penpal to a Gay Bar by Carson Wolfe, from their book Coin Laundry at Midnight.

THEY// HE by PAGES Matam, from their book Living at Baggage Claim. "let the church say // a "man"? in the name of queerness dressed in //a craving"

THE LIKELY SALOON by Buddy Wakefield, from his book A Choir of Honest Killers.

Flee by Tim Raymond, from their book Flee. "…decades of mental illness had prepared me to live day-by-day, without much care put into an end-game or end-goal. But what to do when the literal world is ending?"

War-torn by PAGES Matam, from their book Living at Baggage Claim.

waiting to audition for ari aster while listening to beyoncé sing “blackbird” by Gigi Bella, from their book without the frills. "i also know that no matter how enough we are, our country will continue to make us ask permission"

jenna ortega reveals she had covid while filming the prom scene in wednesday by Gigi Bella, from their book without the frills.

NOW by @Buddywakefield, from their book Stunt Water. "wanna be of every faith wanna benefit from every grace then give it all back to you"