An Interview with Toby Froud
As the child of Wendy and Brian Froud, Toby Froud was raised in a lavishly creative world. While best known as the baby stolen away on Labyrinth he is in fact a very accomplished sculptor and...
View Article“The Miracles at St. Anne’s” by Amanda Pfeifer
The Miracles at St. Anne’s I wanted the ghosts of voiced bells enough to paint the walls in a double thick coat that would stick to our fingers when we tapped our hands along the wall to count the...
View ArticleAn Interview with Jennifer Jean Miller
Jennifer Jean Miller is a woman of many talents from a divorced mother, to her work as a journalist, photojournalist, columnist, and author, to starting her own online news site, PR, and publishing...
View Article“Memories” by Thomas Ligotti
Memories Countless memories are stored in your brain. Sometimes they rise up again and again. Sometimes they just stay deep in the fleshy darkness. Eventually you yourself become only a memory that...
View ArticleAn Interview with Livinia Webb Dunlop Doe
Livinia Webb Dunlop Doe is the one of the most well known widows of Great Bend. She first gained the attention of the press when her husband was murdered at Webb Ranch by the infamous outlaw Cole...
View Article“Mirrors” by Erren Kelly
Mirrors My father was in the backyard working with the bricks and concrete blocks and weathered 2 by 4’s and big, dirty pipes- the essentials of his livelihood. Linda was out in the carport; she...
View ArticleAn Interview with David Lloyd
David Lloyd is best-known for his work on V for Vendetta. He also co-created Night-Raven for Marvel, worked on Doctor Who magazine, contributed to Hellblazer and many other series, and produced the...
View Article“Baby Wears Wayfarers” by Daniel Knauf
Baby Wears Wayfarers Nothing but dirt out here Cracked dry roads and Dairy Queens And half-naked trees And church bells And cows, lots of cows And hash browns And hair-dos And men who drive rigs...
View ArticleAn Interview with Wanda
Wanda is best known as the salt of the earth whore who works so many long hours at the Great Bend Saloon. She is not prone to niceties and doesn’t mind speaking her mind. She fits in well with the men...
View ArticleVan Gogh’s Ear Volume 4 special offer, $7 shipping included
Featuring poems by Maya Angelou, Norman Mailer, James Dean, John Gilmore, Tony Curtis, and many, many other talented poets of our time, Volume 4 of Van Gogh’s Ear is now available for the...
View Article“The Tuscan Cypress and Van Gogh” by Chris Waters
Road with Cypress and Star by Vincent Van Gogh The Tuscan Cypress and Van Gogh I. THE VERY WORD CYPRESS Into English, from Greek and/or Latin. Where from there? Hebrew “gopher”: Noah’s tree, sweet...
View ArticleAn Interview with Pearl Starr
Pearl Starr is best known as the daughter of the infamous wild and reckless outlaw Belle Starr. She also gained notoriety as the girlfriend of the lawless bad boy Frank James. Pearl has gone on to...
View Article“Nightshade Gazal” by Judith Skillman
Nightshade Gazal Mother can no longer eat from the family of nightshades— peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, all verboten, nightshades make arthritis worse, stiffness cumbersome. In Hades her girls lost...
View ArticleThe Paintings of Luke Hillestad
Prudence Grotto Philter Abyss Circe Severed Wing Luke was born in 1982 in Minneapolis. In 2006 he left his work as a land surveyor and began painting full time, with Rembrandt and Odd Nerdrum books...
View ArticleAn Interview with Vernon Shank
Vernon Shank has long been known as the undertaker of the fine town of Great Bend. Recently he has been promoted to the vastly impressive job of Medical Examiner and has done brief stints as a deputy,...
View ArticleAn Interview with Robert Parigi
Robert Parigi is best known as the writer and director of award-winning cult horror film Love Object. As a producer, his diverse credits include animation (King of the Hill, Beavis and Butthead),...
View ArticleAn Interview with Ephraim Younger
Ephraim Younger is likely best known for his antics around the town of Great Bend, Kansas. His much loved and later deeply despised Ephraim’s Extract won the praise of citizens all around town, until...
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