For Kristen, Who Would Have Turned 47 Today
April 7, 2020 I found your obituary in an online archive,where our newspapers return to earththese days. Hard to explain the […]
April 7, 2020 I found your obituary in an online archive,where our newspapers return to earththese days. Hard to explain the […]
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most ghost sightings are griefhallucinations. no one wants to admitto delusion, even when inducedby tragedy. scientists say we are shifting
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There you lie—with a thin tube attached to the side of your neck, an oxygen mask tightly clasped around your
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Publisher’s Note: this poem is best read on a desktop or tablet, as mobile viewing does not preserve the deliberate
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Reappears, out of the thick grey smog, our edificerazed to the ground again: columns cracked open by power lines,
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The Deadlands is a quarterly speculative fiction magazine exploring the theme of death. It has been twice nominated for the best semiprozine Hugo award. The Deadlands is published by Psychopomp.
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