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The Following Recap: “Love Hurts”

The Following Recap: “Love Hurts” Original Air Date (Fox): Monday March 18, 2013 Season 1 Episode 9 by Julianne Snow: “Love Hurts” is the title of The Following’s ninth episode. It opens with Ryan and Parker being questioned and lambasted [...]

The Following (Fox)

The Chosen: Book One of the Portals of Destiny [Novel Excerpt]

by Shay Fabbro: Prologue Gentra Today, my life ends and a new one begins. Brok floated in front of the large window, both sets of arms crossed over his chest. His body pulsed rhythmically, keeping him in place in the water. [...]

Novel Excerpts

Shattered Destiny: Book Two of the Portals of Destiny [Novel Excerpt]

by Shay Fabbro: Prologue Gentra Master Ferrok watched the scrago as they floated lazily in their pens. His favorite beast had her head buried in the lush sea grass, nibbling on the tender shoots. Normally this past-time brought him joy, but [...]

Novel Excerpts

Junkie Love

by Laramore Black: I knew the author of this book mildly from his editorial position at Out of the Gutter Online and was a little skeptical when it came time to review this novel. Looking at it, I thought this would [...]

Arts and Literature

Game of Thrones Recap: “Valar Dohaeris”

by Tracy Ladd: Game of Thrones: “Valar Dohaeris” Original Air Date (HBO): Sunday March 31, 2012 Season 3 Episode 1 After what has felt like an eternal wait, the third season has finally arrived.  It’s been a long 10 months especially [...]

Game of Thrones (HBO)
Shovel

Frozen Nose [Short Fiction]

by Gerardo Delgadillo: My nose freezes when it goes below zero. Hate this digging gig. It’s way too late—even for the graveyard shift. Graveyard. Ha. Joel pushes his shovel in the dirt. “You helpin’?” “One sec.” I fish a smoke [...]

Short Fiction

Crème Brûlée [Short Fiction]

by O. D. Hegre: You’ve seen ‘um. Those faces you just know you’ll never forget – especially on women. Yeah, especially on a woman sporting those beautiful blue eyes like Grace Kelly or Cameron Diaz but with that aquiline nose. [...]

Short Fiction

In Essence Past 2 [Poetry]

by Timothy Frasier: Electric sleep with stuttering images in black and white Clutching at a reality made of mist and fragile cobwebs The constant smell of ozone with the taste of copper Hiding forever in dread with fragmented memory I [...]

Poetry

Rainbow Connection in Grayscale [Poetry]

by Jay Newman: Where color doesn’t come, imps scurry splintered floorboards— furry, felt-pawed, webbed-footed, cloven-hooved— hollow remnants—dead puppet master—no strings attached behind moth-ball curtains of dust-painted suits and button-down cigarette burns. Waiting—smiling, unblinking—beneath grime-glossed mirrors—sinking—Morpheus night terrors outside spider-cracked windows—above— [...]

Poetry