It Was Strange—The Sky Just Opened

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First thing you should do is read Sean Doyle’s essay at The Rumpus. You will be moved.

Pangur Ban Party’s Very Beautiful Women features a great many very beautiful women and work from contributors Ani Smith, Frank Hinton, Sarah Rose Etter, xTx, Feng Chen, Brandi Wells, Meghan Lamb, Molly Gaudry, and Nicolle Elizabeth.

Kirk Nesset’s Burn is featured at Good Men Project.

Sunday Service at HTMLGIANT brings a poem from Anthony Madrid.

Two new pieces from James Valvis, at Fwriction Review and Staccato Fiction.

There’s a new essay by Jen Michalski in Baltimore Fishbowl.

Luke Goebel has a wonderful, frenzied story in Wigleaf.

Fiction from Aaron Burch is up at Everyday Genius. You’ll also find work from Myfanwy Collins.

In Metazen, two poems by Dennis Mahagin.

Snow Falls for Janey Smith in Housefire.

Blake Butler’s nonfiction book, Nothing, about insomnia, is out now. He also gets fancy as hell with a write-up in Time.

At Used Furniture review, two poems by Rose Hunter and a story by Ashley Bethard.

On The Paris Review blog, Nick Antosca writes about PANK contributor Innocente Fontana/Todd Grimson. Todd’s book, Brand New Cherry Flavor (amazing), has just been re-released.

Gary Percesepe has a poem in Pure Slush.