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Terry Trowbridge · Poetry · September 2026
Why was paper dried in squares?
90-degree angles arbitrarily over-determined the technology.
If paper had been dried in circles,
90-degree angles arbitrarily over-determined the technology.
If paper had been dried in circles,
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Bulă, or How We Invented Quantum
Jaia Papitz
A literary satire about laughter, bureaucracy, and the small cosmic errors that keep reality from sealing itself shut.
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Perhaps Deleting Will Prevent Repetition
Nasser Pooyesh
Translated from the Persian by Nasser Pooyesh, with editorial consultation from Mojtaba…
Her nose was covered in blood.
It looked as though she had fallen face first onto the ground.
Her nose was covered in blood.
It looked as though she had fallen face first onto the ground.
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Jack-in-his-Kitchen
Daniel A. Rabuzzi
Setting: A broad kitchen under a low ceiling, flush with roseate light; bundles of…
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Nosy knifey Jack pulls in a clabber of secrets.
The AUDITOR
Nosy knifey Jack pulls in a clabber of secrets.
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WATCH!
Miles Grüne-Yanoff
FADE IN:
INT. THEATRE – 20:00
We open onto a dimly lit theatre, viewed diagonally from a back row of velvet seats. It…
INT. THEATRE – 20:00
We open onto a dimly lit theatre, viewed diagonally from a back row of velvet seats. It…
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Unraveling
Kingsley Okafor
Dreams
refuse small rooms,
press against every wall,
refuse small rooms,
press against every wall,
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The Bird Artist
Adela Sinclair
You only carried two books the Art of Birdwatching and the Bible.
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in the hills of Transylvania-
You went on expeditions
in the hills of Transylvania-
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From the archive
Jaia Papitz · 2011 · Poetry
A recovered text from the first iExile body — returned to circulation, not as nostalgia, but because it still burns.
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