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rusty bus forever parked   out front   of boarded windows chipped paint   tire-swing hangs from dead sickamore   I thought I heard a...

The trick is to act before matter has set, harder since you never know             and that takes an arrogance needing balance with awareness if it’s not to create a rising mistake instead of, say, a pretzel

Click here to listen to the audio drama Written by Allison Bothley Performed by Allison Bothley and Rosana Filipe

The day I turned twenty My world crumbled and began anew The day I turned twenty An announcement from a platform I was no longer familiar...

Call someone. Actually call, not text or DM, but hear their voice and let them hear yours. Write the ingredients of your last meal on your arm, leg and chest. That way, if the zombies can read, they’ll know what’s in you and can make a wise dietary choice before consuming you. Don’t dare to fall asleep. Use caffeine, illicits, whatever you can to keep going. Stop paying your bills or making reasonable and responsible financial choices. Spend and spend and spend

Apocalypse The world ended with the words that fell from your doctors lips Argument I suppose it’s time for a long rambling rant leading...

The red demon had forced her to watch as it devoured her two smaller sisters, and now it was her turn. Even if she wanted to run, it had...

Not too long ago, tarot, astrology, and spiritualism—collectively dismissed as “woo-woo”—were relegated to dusty psychic parlors, hippie...

Fool. The past is a waste. there is only tomorrow. today take only what you need. a dog called Faith. a jute bag of bread. you begin and...

Forget the Hollywood trope of a witch in a pointy hat, stirring potions in a cauldron. Lisa Clark is much more likely to be spotted at...

I know. I see. I feel. I sense. The life experience of a clairvoyant.

1 Borrowed visions  Dark Mysticism  Sensory deprivation  Mindful watchers - ghosts  Moments validate Shamen  Visions and Skepticism 

I don't know how magical a saint’s medal is, a good luck charm disguised as some virgin martyr’s effigy, or if a scapular can truly...

No longer human Every time I saw him, he was standing still and staring at me. I felt chills in my back, within the next few times, in my...

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In the ever-shifting landscape of body image and self-perception, I’ve seen trends come and go. I grew up during the era of heroin chic,...

Ravi woke in a haze of anesthesia, chest heavy under the dressings. A dull pain crested and declined with each breath, punctuated by the...