CHAPTER ONE – CLASHES AND CRASHES Aren cried. Mommy slapped me, and I slapped her back. Floyd threw our bags in the back of the dirty brown station wagon he used for work. We hurried into the safet…

By g emil reutter Chad Parenteau was born in Woonsocket Rhode Island and grew up in Bellingham, Massachusetts. Graduating high school, he entered Framingham State College (Now Framingham State Univ…

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Prologue                 The slow rebuild of the country was of no surprise to the nation’s citizens. A young city was slo…

Across a collection of short stories set in Mexico City, Tangiers, and Texas, Flakus takes readers on surreal journeys into the cosmic horrors that lurk beneath everyday life.

Anhedonia has an affair with the poet It’s not just the pretty words or how he seems to readher heart; it’s the way he kisses her wedding ring,says he loves her more than love. Calls her muse…

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