Our Monkey’s Paw
Essay by Georgia | There is an age-old warning to be careful what you wish for. That advice has inspired a myriad of literary works. An archetype of this theme is “The Monkey’s Paw,” written in 1902 by W.W. Jacobs
read moreEssay by Georgia | There is an age-old warning to be careful what you wish for. That advice has inspired a myriad of literary works. An archetype of this theme is “The Monkey’s Paw,” written in 1902 by W.W. Jacobs
read morePulp Fiction by Galaaus | Drakon stood and wrapped an arm around Alexei as he used to, with tenderness, and laid him on the altar. The pyre had been lit and the stars exploded. The twelve surrounded the table, their knives drawn
read moreNovel excerpt by Stephen Paul Foster | I was fourteen years old and with my father, who at the time was a lay minister and social worker. He was on one of his summer missionary trips to Latin America supported by our church denomination. A sincere, devout, and humble Christian, he was without a devious or unkind bone in his gentle body
read moreEssay by Raw Egg Nationalist | For ordinary folk, the savage violence they were prepared to unleash on one another was, in a very obvious sense, simply a reflection of the broader violence and hardship of daily life, especially on the frontier. Life in the backwoods usually meant poverty, certainly in monetary terms
read moreFiction by Arbogast | Worst of all were the two empty eye sockets. The black holes did not show and could not show emotion. A smile was impossible too, as her lips were long gone
read moreEssay by Tailgunner Joe | The fusing of mental healthcare and elite power has a long history. In the Soviet Union, as a way to isolate and eventually purge regime enemies, psychologists and other mental health professionals would be tasked by the state to “cure” supposedly deranged individuals
read moreEssay by Raw Egg Nationalist | In a future agonal state, we might expect to see emerge men whose cruelty and thirst for vengeance and self-exaltation will outstrip any Miltiades of the past, and perhaps even the greatest despots of history so far. Their campaigns of annihilation will stretch across the planet, the solar system, and maybe even beyond
read moreEssay by Jenny Holland | The humble sacrifices of ordinary man have been written out of history, along with the male’s enormous tenderness towards his female counterparts
read moreFiction by Calvin Huckabee | Jerry stared unblinkingly at the overhead sun bulb in his little room. His white puffy body poured over the sides of the reclining chair, which doubled as his bed, like folded mayonnaise. His breathing was labored, though he hadn’t so much as stood in hours
read moreFiction by Stephen Pimentel | West of the Bosporus, the wilds began. Ancient tides whispered on the breeze across the land. A Persian outpost clung defiantly to the frontier, encircled by high stone walls, ramparts built of rough-hewn blocks and crowned with battlements, forming an imposing barrier against the wilderness
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