“What is there to be said about Vom Sawyer, the great Schwinn-liberator, who’s loosed from their chains some half-dozen Huffies, Kents, and Dynacrafts already this month, an unknowable number in the summer preceding, an unknowable, inestimable, terrible number, who’s lain dormant all winter, evidently practicing his craft, whose fingers now sing in a twitching matrix … Continue reading THE CHIEF MAKES A SPEECH
MUTANT PROPHECY IN MEDIA CONTEXT
A Review of Children of the New Flesh, edited by Chris Kelso and David Leo Rice, via 11:11 Press In the quest for influences and masters among a new wave of artists and writers wishing to tap into a heritage of darkness and cerebral legitimacy, you could do worse than to position yourself in the … Continue reading MUTANT PROPHECY IN MEDIA CONTEXT
“THE ENEMY OF MY ENEMY IS NOT MY FRIEND” – “THE CRICKETS ARE VERY LOUD TONIGHT” – “EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR”
THE ENEMY OF MY ENEMY IS NOT MY FRIEND The billionaire begets a millionaire.The millionaire begins plottingto kill and eat the billionaire.I’m on the sidelines. Then I fallinto the river and am carried away. THE CRICKETS ARE VERY LOUD TONIGHT Sitting at the kitchen table,looking at the night sky through the window,I think I see … Continue reading “THE ENEMY OF MY ENEMY IS NOT MY FRIEND” – “THE CRICKETS ARE VERY LOUD TONIGHT” – “EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR”
“A DATE”
Go on a date with a woman. A nine hundred and forty-seven-year old woman. Meet her at a lounge with a secret door. One where you pick up on other people’s conversations. Choose one with a classy name like The Federal Reserve. Listen to her go on and on about tricking people into war. She’ll … Continue reading “A DATE”
A RODGERSIAN MASTERPIECE
A Review of Francis Top’s Grand Design by Craig Rodgers, via Death Of Print According to his publishers, Craig Rodgers is “a writer who doesn't care about fads or schools, only words and stories” with several books to his name including The Ghost of Mile 43, One More Number, and Moonbeams. I first became aware … Continue reading A RODGERSIAN MASTERPIECE
CONFESSION
brother unburden yourself to me. my confidence is of an unyielding strength. know that whatever transpires between us it is cast in the fraternal forge of our surreptitiously manifested kinship. no one shall ever know what is outside of these rooms. in that land of nod where the edge of reality meets the unknowable chasm … Continue reading CONFESSION
FATHER-FRIEND
When someone dies, the body is first severed at the head. The torso and limbs are smoked through the orifices to remove any trace of living beings, to sanitize it. Then the body is coated with a special mud mixture, made with real mud from a revered body of water nearby, such as the local … Continue reading FATHER-FRIEND
“THUS DID WE CONVERSE”
νῶι μὲν ὣς ἐπέεσσιν ἀμειβόμεθ᾽, αἱ δὲ γυναῖκεςἤλυθον, ὤτρυνεν γὰρ ἀγαυὴ Περσεφόνεια,ὅσσαι ἀριστήων ἄλοχοι ἔσαν ἠδὲ θύγατρες. -Homer, Odyssey, Book 11, Line 225 i am not a greek god and you are not the spring maideni remember your look of surprise and disappointmentin the sun beside the river when i said stupid things i remember … Continue reading “THUS DID WE CONVERSE”
“#0080FF” – “ON A WALK – APRIL 2022” – “HOLUBTSI”
#0080FF Ancient african eyes blossom like yellow wheatlacerating dog walkers and cafe creeps,bless ye the lord, praise him and tasteaerosol blues Retarded rockers sweating in their leatherchase tumorous ostriches through purple heather,bless ye the lord, praise him and tasteaerosol blues Charcoal clouds cloak wide eyed desert babashalf dead and radiating 333 psychic stigmatas,bless ye the … Continue reading “#0080FF” – “ON A WALK – APRIL 2022” – “HOLUBTSI”
GHOST LIVES: CURSED EDITION
-- Alex Mazey won The Roy Fisher Prize from Keele University in 2018 and was the recipient of a Creative Future Writers’ Award the following year. He is a regular contributor to the International Academic Journal, Baudrillard Now, and author of both Living in Disneyland and Sad Boy Aesthetics. Twitter: @AlexzanderMazey Instagram: @alexmazey Substack: alexmazey.substack.com
APOCALYPSE CONFIDENTIAL 