Category: News!
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The Pressure On My Heart – Mark McConville
I salute the picture of you on the wall. A single nail keeps it ascended, straight and vibrant enough for me to see your sublime features. In my dreams, this picture has been tarnished by fidgety hands, ripped apart, and thrown into a coal fire which rages on. Those dreams,…
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Those In Hiding Are About To Rise – Laszlo Aranyi
The following story might reflect badly on me again. One of my “misdeeds” from my early childhood might defend me though. In my hometown, a major construction project began, and the long out of use cemetery that had been hiding next to the Carmelite monastery fell victim to it. The…
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Par For The Course – Russell Thayer
Gunselle smashed a lofty drive off the ninth tee at Harding Park, brown hair bouncing in sunshine as she posed for the trailing foursome. An ear splitting wolf-whistle escaped a birdbrain’s lips. She turned to stare at him with one raised eyebrow. “Hey. I was just admiring your follow-through,” said…
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Kammerspiel – Christina Hennemann
The pigeon appeared in my kitchen after I logged out of my therapy session. It was simply squatting on the hobs, staring at me with its evil eye. “Get out, you plague bird,” I made a sweeping gesture towards the open window. The terrible thing tilted its head to the…
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Temptation – Taylor Napolsky
The tin man statue cannot come alive. This was what Derek thought to himself. He was sitting in the lobby of the movie theatre he worked at. The tin man statue was set up on a wide, maroon stand, complete with a barrier made of pine to deter, Derek assumed,…
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Temptation – Taylor Napolsky
The tin man statue cannot come alive. This was what Derek thought to himself. He was sitting in the lobby of the movie theatre he worked at. The tin man statue was set up on a wide, maroon stand, complete with a barrier made of pine to deter, Derek assumed,…
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Our first release!!!
Here at Urban Pigs Press we are celebrating our first ever book release. Both editors have been working hard to make this dream a reality and we hope that this is the first of many. Our values remain the same and we are continuing to build an indie press for…
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She Comes In With The Rain – Leigh Brady
The doors swiftly shutter behind me as I thank the driver and shuffle my way down the bustling bus to find an empty seat. The bus smells stale and wet as the rain pelts the roof; the metal clank dulling into a soft thud. The cacophony of sniffles is the…
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She Comes In With The Rain – Leigh Brady
The doors swiftly shutter behind me as I thank the driver and shuffle my way down the bustling bus to find an empty seat. The bus smells stale and wet as the rain pelts the roof; the metal clank dulling into a soft thud. The cacophony of sniffles is the…
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The Broker – Ben Coppin
The broker brought him at eight, sharp. He had very little idea what to expect – a sense of safety, of finality – but no concrete understanding of how this tiny house could provide those things. The risks were so great, but he had no alternative, given how badly things…
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