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The House of Zabka by Marcus Slease

Marcus Slease

House of Zabka

Mind the ice, says Didi. We shuffle across the parking lot. My stomach rumbles. Have to feed the monsters, says Didi. She reaches inside her yellow trench coat and pulls out a paper bag. She opens the … [Read more...]

Let Me Tell You About the Fistfight I Got Into Last Night

Amy Fusselman

912 - Denise Enck

My friend Mendi gave me a book by the Dalai Lama for my birthday. It has a color picture of him on the cover. The words are by him, all right. I started reading, I was sailing along at a nice clip. I … [Read more...]

Shine – Star Spider

Star Spider

Shine

She moves soft as moonlight, pouring across the concrete. She follows the sound of the music as it reaches out into the quiet streets. She’s been following the sound for eons and still it pulls her … [Read more...]

Red Warner’s Last Painting

Alec Clayton

Red Warner's Last Painting

Excerpted from the forthcoming novel, Visual Liberties He's now had his morning coffee and finished off a bowl of oatmeal with raisins and slices of banana. From the back of his closet he digs out … [Read more...]

Dancing the Blues

Caitlyn Waldman

San Francisco at Night - Sam Goodgame

Friday night is blues dancing in the South of Market district of San Francisco. A small studio space filled with about thirty people freely moving to the music in a way that can only be described as a … [Read more...]

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Empty Mirror

Established in 2000 and edited by Denise Enck, Empty Mirror is an online literary magazine that publishes new work each Friday.

Each week EM features several poems each by one or two poets; reviews; critical essays; visual art; and personal essays.

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