Friday Five Things to Read Across the Virtual Plain

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1. The Pickup by Nate Innomi, Proxy by Emma Lannie, oh hell… everything in >kill author 2.

2. The King of Sinkholes by Kevin Wilson and Mongolia, New York, Prague Krakow, by PANK contributor Matthew Salesses in the debut issue of The Collagist. Again, you should just read everything there.

3. The new issue of The Legendary, including a very angry poem by Teresa Houle entitled Bite the Curb.

4. Topografia in DIAGRAM 9.3, an issue also worth reading in its entirety.

5. Boys and Girls in America Have Such a   Sad Time Together by Lauren Spohrer in the Mississippi Review, yes, worth reading from top to bottom.

BONUS: The August issue of PANK features fine fine writing worth a look as you head into the weekend.

EXTRA BONUS: An interview with Mel Bosworth up at Orange Alert.

TRIPLE WORD SCORE: A giveaway: A copy of Sean Lovelace’s How Some People Like Their Eggs. If you like need want, leave a comment. We’ll put names in a hat and randomly draw a winner this evening.