Two Digital Paintings

Edmund White discusses The Humble Lover, Heian Japan, and how to write a great sex scene.
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Jenny Sexual Tells You What To Do #2

Jenny Sexual Tells You What To Do #1 A Gryllus advice column. by Jenny Sexual Jenny Sexual is a pop star and mayoral candidate. A cross between Betty Davis and Bette Davis, she’s equal parts sex appeal and sex repulsion. Taking time from political campaigning and writing her debut album “THE GREAT WET,” Jenny is […]

Jenny Sexual Tells You What To Do #1

Jenny Sexual Tells You What To Do #1 A Gryllus advice column. by Jenny Sexual Jenny Sexual is a pop star and mayoral candidate. A cross between Betty Davis and Bette Davis, she’s equal parts sex appeal and sex repulsion. Taking time from political campaigning and writing her debut album “THE GREAT WET,” Jenny is […]

Ponyboy: Intimacies & Ecstasies of a Transmmasc Jerk

Ponyboy: Intimacies & Ecstasies of a Transmasc Jerk The best book of 2023. by Cole Stapleton ‘Chop off my chestyou’re my surgeon justcut me openpull out the tissue andfeed it to your doghe’s a good boy’ ‘Chop off my chestyou’re my surgeon justcut me openpull out the tissue andfeed it to your doghe’s a good […]

7 Poems from Manic

7 Poems from Manic by Pippin Lapish 4/24/23 The morning of4/24/23My poopLooked like cat foodShredded gibletsMy friends childWas bornSascha said          Don’t send          Any steaming shit          PoemsOkI kept snoozingMy alarmTo extendMy dreamIn whichI racedAnd wonAnd stoodAt a sinkLike an artist This Morning My poop  […]

5 Poems from The Contrarian

5 Poems from The Contrarian Selections from Pippin Lapish’s poetry collection, published by Hobby Horse Press. by Pippin Lapish The Contrarian by Pippin Lapish is now available for order at HobbyHorse.Press The Executive Branch I am greasyAnd sternLike a single pepperoniOn the president’s face My heart is so pureYou could scrub a plateWith it. First […]

The Trans Horror of Alison Rumfitt

The Trans Horror of Alison Rumfitt A conversation exploring the gruesome worlds of horror writer Alison Rumfitt. by Mimi Doan and Cole Stapleton Alison Rumfitt “I never wanted to tell subtle ghost stories. Subtle ghost stories were all the rage back then. Most of them ended on a note of ambiguity. Mine ended on the […]

Sink or Swim

Sink or Swim A Review of Jade Song’s Chlorine. by Cole Stapleton How much longer until we’re done growing up? Eruptive tragedy and sinking failure feel like an inevitability these days. We’re waist-deep in the worst of history–and the water is rising. How long do we force ourselves to tread before we letting ourselves slip […]