& party & bullshit

So we were at this house party and I was sitting in the kitchen sink drinking lukewarm vodka out of … More

First Cut: Interview with Stephen J. Golds

The first book in the First Cut Poetry series, Poems for Ghosts in Empty Tenement Windows I Thought I Saw … More

Inheritance

You left us nothing but your everything You gave us nothing but your all no bank account, no savings, just … More

Found in Phone Notes

09:23 The last time I met Emily Dickinson in my dreams we had coffee and ice cream, and I taught … More

City Triptych

1. Thursday night in the city / 10pm-ish I think / I’m busy / doing nothing / watching / the … More

Review: First Cut #8 – McConville

Book: Lyrics From The Chamber Author: Mark McConville Publisher: Close To The Bone (August 2021) Book #8 in the First Cut series Buy here: ebook / paperback Lyrics … More

Icarus

It was a sad thing to discover that the sensation of your lit cigarette burying its hot head in the pale crook of … More

Daria & Pete

I would enquire, would ask exactly how they all met, but all the members of this party are now dead. … More

Blunt Force

You see things and hear things that “aren’t real” [apparently, according to everybody else but it’s all real to you] … More

’til Death

1. The problem with a blood pact is that you can’t take it back. 2. It looked like the scene … More