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BRUISER showcase at the Baltimore Book Festival - Saturday 9.28
BRUISER Zines Series 1
FOR THE LOVE OF THE MASK by Michael Zunenshine
Oct 4, 2024
Fiction
I was content, hibernating in my apartment after a breakup I didn’t see coming and wasn’t ready for, streaming B-horror flicks on Tubi and
Two Poems by Rob Kempton
Oct 3, 2024
Poetry
"This Tiger I Keep Seeing Doesn't Remember Me" & "Thoughts at 5 p.m. on a Wednesday"
TOUCH by Tori McCandless
Oct 2, 2024
Poetry
Do you want this? A voice coming toward you. Toward, you think, is a direction that implies encounter or at least energetic force. Are we always
YOUR FIRST SCENE REPORT [Anything for a Weird Life]
Oct 1, 2024
Columns
You are in a basement in Pasadena, Maryland in a house off Goose Neck Road. The basement is large but spare and well kept. It is Friday, March 19th,
HALF TIME by Dan Williams
Sep 26, 2024
Fiction
You see it’s all about strategy, strategy! Long, short, tall, thin, wide, fat, spiked, smooth, ridged, ballooned - it’s strategy. Strategy,
JAKE DEPREE AND THE CASTLE OF WORMS by Andrew Buckner
Sep 25, 2024
Fiction
The chateau de vers, or the Castle of Worms, sat on a mountain of bodies and bones eaten by the title invertebrates in La Mort Valley, Paris,
SCENE REPORT: Twig Harper @ Current Space [Anything for a Weird Life]
Sep 24, 2024
Columns
No matter which calendar you follow, as of this weekend, it is officially fall in Baltimore. This can only mean one thing: more events, festivals,
BABY BROTHER DEAD by Nadim Silverman
Sep 19, 2024
Fiction
Jerry died and everyone started coming to me, asking what designs I had for revenge. Poor boy was found with his eyes taken out of his head, his
HUNTING by Miller Ganovsky
Sep 18, 2024
Fiction
Patience had a chipped tooth from when he was a child and shot a rabbit. The recoil fattened, bloodied his lips. Belle kissed them lightly when she
IN PRAISE OF BALTIMORE SHOWPLACE [Anything for a Weird Life]
Sep 17, 2024
Columns
On the heels of the DIY show listing's fifth anniversary, Tim sends up a vital Baltimore institution
Excerpts from PARANOID CITI by Shannon Hearn
Sep 11, 2024
Poetry
WALK! THEN WALK THE WAY AGAIN BACKWARDS WITH YOUR SHOES UNTIED FIND A BUSH TO HOUND YOUR NOSE SMELL THE LILACS! DON’T TAKE THEM! LET YOUR WANT BE AN
IMPRESSIONS OF SHINY FEST 3 [Anything for a Weird Life]
Sep 10, 2024
Columns
It is the day after the third Shiny Fest, and I can’t stop thinking about balloons. Shiny Fest’s intent was not only to tout its own roster and
THE DARK CASTLE by David C. Porter
Sep 6, 2024
Poetry
“You can go to bed — you’re as safe as we are.” Well into adulthood, he would jump when he saw his own shadow. He would see the tombstone was
BRUISER showcase at the Baltimore Book Festival - Saturday 9.28
Sep 5, 2024
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PLOT OF A MOVIE by Mary Klein
Sep 4, 2024
Poetry
Shot that makes smoking look cool, maybe even healthy. Dialogue implying a more profound connection between the two. Drug montage in blue. Extremely
SUMMER 2024 RECAP [Anything for a Weird Life]
Sep 3, 2024
Columns
Tim's back from his summer sabbatical with a look back at a busy summer in Baltimore music.
MY SISTER WAS TELLING ME THAT OUR FATHER HAS CANCER NOW by David Gladfelter
Aug 30, 2024
Fiction
My father considered himself a pagan christian. A wiccan of some kind. Adjacent to a wizard or a shaman. I was eleven and my stepmom nineteen when
MOON MAGGOT by Courtenay Schembri Gray
Aug 28, 2024
Fiction
The wood panels flap like meat falling from the bone. Momma shivers in the corner, rocking back and forth, reciting bible verses. Sis’ and I play
Three prose poems by Howie Good
Aug 27, 2024
Poetry
"Bobbi Says," "Just Politics" & "'If This is a Medical Emergency, Please Hang up...'"
PARADE by Sydney Maguire
Aug 22, 2024
Fiction
The first m&m hit the back of my eye, I saw green and fructose. Everything was sweet, including the pain. My little sister grabbed them by the
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