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Stacks of new writing.

Stacks of new writing from the glossy print & digital magazine.

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August 2025

I waited for Kevin on his front porch.

The Mom yelled, “KEVIN.” Her voice made a screeching noise, like how my fat sister sounds when she screams at me.

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We come to the big city Denver, big protest rally.

Some of the protest signs are scruffy, last-minute scribblings on cardboard.

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July 2025

When he got off work and went out to the parking lot it was wet and quiet and cool. The hard freezing rain had made the parking lot shine.

It seemed that he could think clearly now.

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I think you’ll want to be there.

And here we stood.

Jul 24 • 

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These days I’m just happy to be playing. Just enjoying myself.

Before they had played their first live gig, nearly two years before the album was conceived, they had tossed around all kinds of names for the band and…

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June 2025

It's no longer His Fault.

I look in the mirror and I think the doctor is right.

Jun 15 • 

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I’d finally seen a painting about the world I lived in.

I didn’t want anyone telling me who they thought I should be.

Jun 15 • 

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This is a hurting game.

Some day he said you know it’ll be you.

Jun 12 • 

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Dandelions gently floating through the air, turning into stars.

I must be floating somewhere in a strange corner of my mind.

Jun 10 • 

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May 2025

The flowers waving.

WAVING BY WALLY SWIST 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 132

May 28 • 

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I can’t remember if we could go home.

SUMMER IRIDESCENCE BY K DANA KING 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 132

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