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Experimental literature and art

Category: short story

August 20, 2020 fiction / short story

Candy Corona

Candy Corona clenches her gut and clamps her lips as a droplet of saliva, caught between a breath and a

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April 28, 2020 fiction / short story

Big Dumb Narcissist

The Big Dumb Narcissist from Rockford, Michigan sizes up all the little wrongs to make right. He seizes upon a

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A Congressman of Equal Weight

“Those who make antithesis by forcing words are like those who make false windows for symmetry. Their rule is not

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November 30, 2019 fiction / short story

Old Man On a Country Road

An old man, stooped and tottering through the snow. He holds his collar close. Stars twine his eyes and sicken

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March 24, 2018 fiction / short story

The Notebook of Molly Pitcher

The following is a collection of snippets culled from a journal that remained unclaimed at a public library for many

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March 18, 2018 fiction / flash fiction / poetry / short short / short story

That Car Passing

“Did it seem like that the car that just passed did so with a sort of purposeless intent just to

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March 9, 2018 fiction / short story / Uncategorized

Oedipus Pex

Ralph received a C- from his 12th grade English teacher, Mr. Pinstikler, for ignoring Pinstikler’s warning to avoid using anecdotes

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September 10, 2017 Chandala Stories and Poems / fiction / music / poetry / short story

American Success Story ch. 4

Chapter 4 Alone and Bleeding Pete Chandala American Success Story or Scene two Act two by RJHoffman In chapter three,

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September 8, 2017 Chandala Stories and Poems / fiction / lyrics / poetry / short story

Child In the Field

American Success Story, Pete Chandala Act two, scene one, or chapter 3. In chapter one, American Success Story, Pete loses

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August 25, 2017 Chandala Stories and Poems / Notes From a Bum / short story

Dietrich’s Adventures in Dentistry

Dietrich’s Adventures in Dentistry by RJHoffman I got an email reminder today from a dentist I saw six years ago

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