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N0S4A2 (Joe Hill)

"What would you do for a lifetime pass to a place where every morning is Christmas and unhappiness is against the law?" Joe Hill's N0S4A2 is, to some extent, a litany of horrible answers to this question. Christmasland is indeed a magical place, an otherworldly realm where Charlie Manx takes kidnapped children, leaving their parents [...]

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Daniel Scott Tysdal on Writing Exercises — 005

I had the pleasure of interviewing Daniel Scott Tysdal about writing exercises and his book The Writing Moment: A Practical Guide to Creating Poems. If memory serves (and it usually does not), I met Daniel Scott Tysdal when he submitted a chapbook manuscript to my micropress, The Martian Press. I loved and published the book, [...]

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Virgo

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Libra

You will never be Happy until you destroy Your thirty-eight clones

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Scorpio

Get a jump on spring Cleaning by throwing out old Newspaper empires

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Sagittarius

Don’t be so hasty To turn down the offer of “Pain”—they might mean “bread”

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Capricorn

I read this Bible Front to back, and it doesn’t Say much about blogs

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Aquarius

You need more fibre In your diet, which is why You should eat your shirt

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Pisces

Although your organs Will turn to jelly, they’ll taste Great with some whipped cream

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Aries

That alien cheese Will take over the world with Cosmic gouda-ness

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