Maudlin House

15/11/2024

Why I Love The Little Man So Much by Jack Kelly

He fits right in my pocket, snuggled against my wallet, keys, and phone. Sometimes, out of comfort or exhaustion, he takes a short nap and I feel a spritely patter against my thigh as he snores. Such a gentle intimacy. His face, as well, takes on a luminous red glow when I stick a pinkie down his th...

15/11/2024

There’s something off about the pool boy… by Zoe Roche

“Find a job you enjoy doing, and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.” That’s what they all say, and so that’s what my naïve self took to heart when signing up for my first Summer gig. What they don’t tell you is that quote came from an out-of-touch codger and the reality is mu...

14/11/2024

Gentle reminder: we're also on Bluesky! Follow http://maudlinhouse.bsky.social for all the same weirdness—but in a new corner of the internet...

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14/11/2024

new york, california by Ashley D. Escobar

someone can have a playlist called grocerystore tulips & get my entire world i wantto lounge in my underwear & do absolutelynothing in a hotel room again this timesomewhere warm play with my hair as the seasalt dries i wish an iphone could capture thesunset as i see it oxytocin as i feel how luckyi....

13/11/2024

I start my day by reading an article about climate change by Rachel Abbey McCafferty

and then I apply sunscreen, SPF 120, and get in my boat to row to work. The sun shines harshly, the former shifting of seasons done, leaves permanently burnt on twisted limbs, green growth relegated to the tops of tides. I see three stickleback fish, seven pikeminnow and one remora searching for a h...

12/11/2024

Situation Nowhere: A sardonic barista, exploding energy drinks, and a giant conspiracy. Buckle up and preorder now...

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12/11/2024

THE WORLD BLEEDS by Atlas Lee

Jess Curtis stooped at the window and stared at the dark. Wind rustled. Foliage shook. Valerie Finn and Noah Thacker, eating pizza straight from the box, sat on the red sofa beside the entry. Valerie’s leg lifted and hooked his thigh. They embraced, wetting each other’s lips. The last cloud of s...

11/11/2024

Autobiography by Eliot S. Ku

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11/11/2024

Two-Party System by Mark Abdon

Coyote’s s**t smells of stolen meat. With no thought to the impacts on the ecology, he’s taken to filling in prairie dog holes – my prairie dog holes – with dirt, pushing the rodents above-ground to his advantage. In retaliation, I have dragged logs from the thicket, interspersing them among...

08/11/2024

The Taste Of Roasted Garlic Late At Night by Ben Lockwood

It was late when Palmer called me that night. He was always calling late. Always just leaving some show, some party, always buzzing on some combination of chemicals. I guess we're all doing that, though, in our own way. Who's to say what the right combination is? David, he said when I answered. Did....

07/11/2024

Here’s our Bluesky in case you wanted to bump into us somewhere else…

07/11/2024

Moon Phase by Tom Kelly

According to Lacey, the moon’s a paper donkey on which humanity pins its desires & we’d buckle under longing if it didn’t bear the weight. These last two weeks, stupefied by a lemon wedge garnishing my windshield or an axe blade risen above silos, I’ve observed how the moon orbits earth at 2...

06/11/2024

Bad Spelling by Nichole Lightner

When the bus stops in front of our house, I walk off slow because I am afraid that Bertie’s body won’t still be in the bathtub. Mother Julia made me go to school today, to keep up appearances, to keep the truancy officers away. The talented girls never have to subject themselves to public school...

05/11/2024

Outsourcing Reputable Foods For My Diners As I'll Be Damned If I Were To Waste My Own Time Raising Daphnia by Aled Turner

I'd wanted to acquire live foods I could reproduce for my diners whom I'd housed in a separate aquarium in the living-room. I'd wanted to acquire live foods so that my diners could watch them reproducing, thoroughly aware that they would ultimately consume the brutes comfortably within the confineme...

04/11/2024

Backstage Rider for an Off-Site AWP Reading by John Waddy Bullion

Dear Literary Event Coordinator(s), The following document is a rider containing various provisions to assure you of a smooth and professionally delivered off site reading experience at your establishment. Please adhere to these agreed-upon provisions as rigorously as possible. If you have questions...

01/11/2024

Seance of the Sun by Akis Linardos

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31/10/2024

A Nightmare Grips My Ankle: A Review of Ken Anderson’s The Ward at Twilight by Alana M. Kelley

Ken Anderson’s The Ward at Twilight presents a heartrending exploration of vulnerability, memory, and the passage of time. Anderson’s language is both lyrical and stark, conjuring a sense of haunting beauty and often navigating the interplay between a metaphorical (and sometimes literal) sense o...

31/10/2024

night of the hunter by DJ Wolfinsohn

years ago on a basement tvat a birthday party, western themedsix girls gathered around a cellophane fireto sing and watch thatmovie that scared me so muchI forgot.his hat was licorice,his face was chalk.the misty graveyard,children hiding in a cardboard farmhouse.sometimes your ownlife triesto warn....