Shane Gannaway
10/15/2023
they were all part man: ghost man, man-slime, man-of-war locks, and what have you. it was some convention they looked forward to, an...
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Shane Gannaway
Oct 15, 20231 min read
10/14/2023
bones on the walls, bird and rodent bodies littering the mantel above the fireplace, on shelves, a few in the kitchen. no one in the...
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Shane Gannaway
Oct 14, 20231 min read
10/13/2023
this post comes at midnight, the kind you do not want to see, flown in with a bat with bad news on the wing.
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Shane Gannaway
Oct 12, 20231 min read
10/12/2023
the lights popping back on as you walk away in an empty house, or the click of a door while you lay in bed, knowing where the keys are,...
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Shane Gannaway
Oct 11, 20231 min read
10/11/2023
strings accompany the footfall up the stairs. briefcase in a hand, hat in another, “honey, I’m home,” blood in the eyes. murder. american...
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Shane Gannaway
Oct 10, 20231 min read
10/10/2023
a blinking calculator that should be still : a stapler closed shut : lights that flicker : a coffee pot that will not stop the drip :...
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Shane Gannaway
Oct 9, 20231 min read
10/9/2023
waiting around outside the edge of New Orleans, he lights a cigarette and counts his blessings. it doesn’t take long. he’s down to his...
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Shane Gannaway
Oct 9, 20231 min read
10/8/2023
beware the goatman who stalks the roads at night. with his ax that bites the wind shield of your car, he will take you into his world,...
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Shane Gannaway
Oct 8, 20231 min read
10/7/2023
monsters mashed out from disparate parts of the world. not from the same mold, those two. they toss looks from around this space sphere;...
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Shane Gannaway
Oct 6, 20231 min read
10/6/2023
the city is on its head. imagine, buildings that scrape the sky, three miles high, on some monster of metal, meandering across a dense...
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Shane Gannaway
Oct 5, 20231 min read
10/5/2023
break the point off in the body (the point of the spear, the knife) and it will bother you past healing. kneeling or sitting while you...
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Shane Gannaway
Oct 4, 20231 min read
10/4/2023
the man made of white sticks stands on the fringe of town near where the road is worn and the crows tear up the ground looking for hard...
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Shane Gannaway
Oct 3, 20231 min read
10/3/2023
green bags, black bags, blue bags, all hold candy the same. a white pillow cushion, a plastic purse, a leather satchel: tending the...
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Shane Gannaway
Oct 3, 20231 min read
10/2/2023
the champagne gummies will not save you, though it is the season of candy. it is also a time of rot, as you know. better not tease in the...
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Shane Gannaway
Oct 2, 20231 min read
10/1/2023
inches from a full moon mean we’re inches from a blood monsoon, where life pools in the street, and fools pick trick over treat.
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Shane Gannaway
Sep 30, 20231 min read
9/30/2023
the length of night is the same for everyone on this street. in small rectangles, the cheap, old condos-turned-apartments get equal...
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Shane Gannaway
Sep 30, 20231 min read
9/29/2023
half-joking, half- what else? seriously. speak of the devil, and he will appear. the second part gets me. the second part gets us all.
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Shane Gannaway
Sep 28, 20231 min read
9/28/2023
the full moon is nigh; and my stories sway toward the spooky. like the one about the nixie who could live in only a puddle. legend has it...
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Shane Gannaway
Sep 28, 20231 min read
9/27/2023
I wanted to write about the vampire king but it wasn’t the correct time. I should have saved the couplets for October. do you know how...
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Shane Gannaway
Sep 26, 20231 min read
9/26/2023
go ask the wagner foundation about the manuscript– the original–to find the secrets of the swan knight. ancient name, old story, used-up...
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