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  • Character Sketch: Marty Silvia

    Marty Silvia hails from a distinguished family and holds the esteemed position of the heir to the House Silvia. Given his privileged background, he was expected to conform to elevated standards right from his early years. His upbringing was a reflection of his status, characterized by a strict regimen and parental expectations that left no…

  • Machine Learning Sonnet No. 19

    Soft black case with press coverage. Diabetes blood pressure when you just start crying. Ecstasy, it is. Vomiting in the bestiary. Said very little. Don’t wake the server. One button to control or status quo? Because complacency is too big in local government. Your idea is hilarious. Anticipation made them sick. On the Baltic pine…

  • Madame Bovary

    Gustave Flaubert, 1856 The timeless tale of a neurotic housewife. The story was first released in serialized form in the Revue de Paris. It was attacked by the courts for obscenity and the resulting trial made the book all the more famous. The trial ended in acquittal and the full volume became a bestseller in…

  • The Shakers

    Or, The United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing. The Shakers originated in northwest England in 1747 as a millenarian restorationist sect. The group believed that they were living in the end times and that Christ had already returned to earth in the form of one of their founders. The name Shakers is a…

  • Paul Benney

    Self-taught Painter Born in London in May of 1959. Moved to New York City in the early eighties where he was a prominent figure in the downtown Neo-expressionist scene. Today his work is shown at the Met, the Brooklyn Museum, and the National Portrait Gallery in London.  Whimsical and sublime, his paintings reward the attentive viewer.…

  • Place Sketch: Old Citing Falls

    A large metropolis of Lantern Parish. Its southeastern edge is marked by the Crown Lighthouse at Cape Rowdy. At the city center stands the historic Three Flowers Temple. Across the street is the Elizabet Greenhouse, one hundred acres in size and open to the public.  The city is financially well-off, but a tradition of corruption…

  • Machine Learning Sonnet no. 18

    Then plan this week. A metaplastic metamorphoses in the pipeline. Creativity was a bad deal. And that seems right. Pussy to go! Anyone can post this question. The worker function must have fun. They can surely paint a wall near. Cervical spine instability due to longevity issue On save And retrieve your data, private! Dual…

  • Seven Story Hotel

    A new literary review from Subtle Body Press A dense collection beautifully devoid of ads and laced throughout with punkish collage art, scratchy illustrations, and some A.I. generated stuff that I found truly impressive. The collection kicks off with a poem and it’s a good one. Relatable, ethereal, and concise. What a poem should be…

  • Walter Molino

    Italian Illustrator, November 5, 1915 – December 8, 1997.

  • The Icarians

    The Icarians were a 19th-century utopian society in France. The movement’s formation was inspired and encouraged by the writings of Etienne Cabet; a politician, writer, and irritator.  The 19th century was the peak era of people dreaming of Utopia putting their money where their mouth is. People fucking off to live weird is likely a…

  • Machine Learning Sonnet No. 17

    It swung open into the dangerous and underpaid. Network layer routing. Blank item only. What is so amazing about this? Your plainness and your working pressure. Some text about whatever topic you’re paying for. No objective available. I am naturally very curious. Hidden cams are the trending annoyance right now. Full reference lists are available.…

  • Place Sketch: Endcliff

    An eccentric city and the oldest established in the Highlands departement, and one of the oldest in the country. The metropolis fans out from atop the precarious cliffs of Erise that overlook Auview Island. At the height of its autocratic rule Endcliff was renowned for its hanging vertical farms and advancements in philosophical mathematics. The…

  • Vladimir Kozhuhar

    Contemporary painter and graphic artist. Born 1968 in Odessa. Kozhuhar’s subjects depict everyday scenes of city life, sports, and eroticism. His painting have a refreshing lack of pretentiousness. The imagery is evocative, with the harsher edges of expressionism and the fluidity of classical impressionism.

  • The Beans of Egypt, Maine

    Carolyn Chute, 1985 Daddy says the Beans are uncivilized animals. PREDATORS, he calls ’em. ‘If it runs, a Bean will shoot it! If it falls, a Bean will eat it,’ Daddy says, and his lip curls. Set in the impoverished hills of rural Maine in an era that could be any time, but was most…

  • Machine Learning Sonnet No. 16

    University governance has a last name. Design ‘em strong. Best reply ever. See collodion wet plate. Make a declaration match. Audacity is getting tough to call. Rapid thought and scientific literacy within an organization. Real tough choice for you? In the corner, drinking beer. The author, until his resignation becomes effective, Upon passage and approval.…

  • Wild Europe: Search for the Black Nobility

    I came across the term “Black Nobility” while reading an exceptionally outrageous old conspiracy theory book titled The Conspirators Hierarchy: the Committee of 300. The lunatic who wrote it seemed to like peppering in ominous sounding names paired with sinister insinuations that these spooky societies were the architects of the most dastardly geopolitical misdeeds throughout…