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Category: Side A
The rule is simple: send ONE standalone poem, essay, story, comic, manifesto, anomaly to “Side A.” Published works appear alongside short-form interviews and, if possible, YouTube audio.
“O Pen the State/open the say/ate the stated,” a Side A Poem by Tony Mancus
O Pen the State/open the say/ate the stated We are always one link from disaster blinking the clouds top the mountains like … More
Side A: “The Borg EP,” a comic by Rachel Busnardo
The Borg EP Mini-interview with Rachel Busnardo HFR: Can you share a moment that has shaped you as a writer … More
Side A Video Poem Collaboration by Penn Kemp & Gary Barwin: “The Female Line”
A note on the media: Gary Barwin created the video poem in collaboration with Canadian poet Penn Kemp. Kemp wrote … More
“Distance and Memory,” a Side A Essay by Jason Zuzga
MY GRANDMOM VICTORIA (TOMARO) STRACQUADANIO, born in Boiano, Italy, immigrant to Bound Brook, New Jersey, subsequently married John of Modica, … More
Side A: “Taxonomy of Amnesia,” a poem by Tam Nguyen
Taxonomy of Amnesia I swear I’d trade my body to remember and instantly regret it. Ma and Ba—children of sweat-glazed … More
Side A Short Story: “Fragments in Color” by Chella Courington
Fragments in Color 1 WHEN A KID I KEPT running away from home to see if Mama still wanted me. … More
“I want a new car, I told you.” a Side A prose poem by Hannah Grieco
I want a new car, I told you. but what I want is to smash the windows of our minivan, … More
Side A Poem: “Indigo Froth” by Benjamin Niespodziany
Indigo Frothfor Boris Vian It’s an old robe story. Old folktale. Woman surrounds herself with flowers and dies. Petals wilt. … More
Side A Video Poem: Catherine Heard & Gary Barwin’s THE MOST CHARMING CREATURES
Music was created by Barwin using Max/MSP programming language abstracting the recording of the spoken text into a haunting soundworld … More
Side A Poem: “A Power or Ability of the Kind Possessed by Superheroes” by Kathleen Rooney
A Power or Ability of the Kind Possessed by Superheroes If death is a specter that devours everything, then making … More
Side A Short Story: “Dolphin Adventure” by Robert Long Foreman
Dolphin Adventure STAN ARRIVED HOME LATE AND flopped like an upright dolphin into his and Linda’s house. Dolphins are almost … More
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