Tag Archives: Flash Fiction

white cells sharpened

Posted on August 25, 2024 by istsfor manity

heavy sickness tanka virus multiplies—white cells, sharpened, overdrive—a heavy sicknessdescends like hot molasseson overtaxed wheezing lungs What I’m Reading: In one day, NBC, ABC and CBS spent almost as much time covering Jeff Bezos’s eleven-minute flight in his giant metal … Continue reading →

we’ll be back …

Posted on August 24, 2024 by istsfor manity

… soon with your regularly scheduled programming … What I Read (While I Was Battling Sickness): I’m an optimist for one single reason: you have a happier life. — Laurie Anderson / “Interview” / The Guardian

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pull the wires

Posted on August 18, 2024 by istsfor manity

Memorable Stuff I Read This Week Once you’ve pushed a system to its tipping point, you’ve removed all brakes. No exit. As one 500-page report recently put it, climate tipping points “pose some of the gravest threats faced by humanity.” … Continue reading →

the stone cool

Posted on August 17, 2024 by istsfor manity

offing blackout erasure redux What I’m Reading: I try to talkwith “I,” but “I” doesn’t trustme. “I” says I amslippery by nature. — Tori Derricotte / “Speculations about ‘I’”

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on the limb

Posted on August 16, 2024 by istsfor manity

delusions the things i didthe things i said sustanability pledgespromise rings lost betrothals cracked on the limbthe gut punch to induce wings to traduceto amuse to bed for you immediately agreed? What I’m Reading: They say history is written by … Continue reading →

drunk on simulacra

Posted on August 15, 2024 by istsfor manity

a module script failed i cant move importing a module script failedbutterfly wings detacheda planet catchesfire on the screentruer more visceralthan life itself we are drunk on simulacrawe are a sick clanwe are deathincarnate waiting to bloom What I’m Reading: … Continue reading →

commiserate in proportion

Posted on August 14, 2024 by istsfor manity

Dear Fellow Inmates The polling is complete! We received 40 wads, highlighting the strong internees in our upcoming respirator-led wrecks and incarcerations. “Towering Minds” emerged as the name for the withdrawal nasturtium garden at our grand supermax control unit. Check out … Continue reading →

lag no latency

Posted on August 13, 2024 by istsfor manity

why not? on the city streetsloads and forcesgoads and farcesno lag no latency none that i can feelnodules in the modulesnone that i can findno bags no vacancies no match for rustwhy not? someone please put me backtogether What I’m … Continue reading →

stranger than knowledge

Posted on August 12, 2024 by istsfor manity

in the unlikely event (redux) there is something louder than your heartit supersedes the asperity of your bones a wind forced through an aperture moansit sounds like a death rattle, an agonal breath this which your mind fastens uponwill always … Continue reading →

an ossuary blooming

Posted on August 11, 2024 by istsfor manity

Memorable Stuff I Read This Week One of these mornings we’ll get up and the weather willbe much different and much worse. We will be momentarilyannoyed. We will not for one moment be alarmed. Weunderstand how the universe works because … Continue reading →