Two poems today from henry 7. reneau, jr. "like brutes who stumble upon fire / within a shifting geometry of shadow & light : a gathering of blessed lunatics / composing prayers & war songs & the sky chock full of stars" - from 'the propagation of light' godscrueljokelit.com/henry-reneau-2…

It is imperative that you give Forrest Muelrath's 'The Valeries' a read. This book is a masterwork. Huge thanks to Hugh Blanton for letting me have his amazing review with GCJ last month, 'Catch and Release'. It convinced me to nab a copy and I do not regret it.

"Now, the question prying on my mind is where to get ‘really hot red lipstick.’ Gwyneth Paltrow calls it ‘the essence of beauty.’" Jingling the Jackass, or How Dr. Danforth Löwengruber Got “Really Hot Red Lipstick” in Terre Bleue, Missouri by Peter Geier godscrueljokelit.com/peter-geier-ji…

Two heavy heavy experiments today from Joshua Martin! These bad bois hit like a pair of bricks to the dome. 'for the confined, improperly intent, even virtually afflicted' & 'chewed, clenched against a sagging face, opened up to reveal the exit' godscrueljokelit.com/joshua-martin-…

Busted link in original post cos I'm a dumbass. Read Joshua Martin here: godscrueljokelit.com/joshua-martin-…

3 very short and very very good flash fictions today from Caleb Weinhardt. "He was covered in it, that’s what I remember. Like iridescent scales all over his body. It made the flashing nightclub lights shimmer off of him through the haze." godscrueljokelit.com/caleb-weinhard…

"These feathered, airborne rats caused trouble throughout the town, but there was something peculiar about my position, perhaps the proximity of the church tower, which offered them the perfect launch point from where they could orchestrate their raids." godscrueljokelit.com/jeremy-dixon-c…

"But now the holy strip away the smoke, / the skin, the prayers, the / uneasy past and all the dirt, / besmirching tombs of your forebears. They / release your vanished breath, lay bare - / your shroud-caress, your laughter / trapped in stone." godscrueljokelit.com/a-w-earl-2-poe…

Gerson refuses to stop sending me gold. "From the second story, askew in rusted bolts, our family name hung like a victim on a gallows. On the front porch, a menu board memorialized a last meal in partial letters, an acrostic to a past generation's dream." godscrueljokelit.com/steve-gerson-2

Today's new Jon Doughboy piece cuts — 10:19. "So it goes and goes and goes until it doesn’t. 10:06. He suspects she masturbates in the shower. Often exits more flushed than the heat warrants. He’s not jealous. Just wishes for an invitation." godscrueljokelit.com/doughboy-1019

The clock is ticking. The pud is half hard. Fresh prose served piping hot at Chez Doughboy

Read 'The Procedure' by the phenomenal Erin Elizabeth Williams: godscrueljokelit.com/erin-e-william… "We see hundreds of women in every day for this. It’s a quick in and out. Nothing to worry about, not at all. My own daughter had it done just last year, and she’s never felt better."

thrilled to have 2 poems in here 🖤 sometimes being a sick freak pays off :)

"In my secret shameful lust heart, I’ve always longed for physical intimacy with lushly bearded and immaculately hijabed MBS, the brutally repressive, treacherous, and murderous Mohammed Bin Salman Al Saud, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia." godscrueljokelit.com/tim-hanson-3-s…

Great to be included in this.

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Read 'Magnolia Light' from Ben Allee! "Then he looked at me, and in his eyes I saw my own throat slit, my eyes plunged into by greasy thumbs, my stomach bitten by caried teeth. What the hell?" godscrueljokelit.com/ben-r-allee-ma…

The background of this thumbnail looks eerily similar to where I wrote this piece. The guy in the thumbnail looks eerily like me when I was writing this piece. What the hell? Thanks GCJ!

Last feature of the week are some fun ones, 3 poems from Malik Berry. "my ex asked / “did you ever think you'd come back from your splendid life, walk into your living room and find you had no life left?” / I didn’t at all and now i miss the company" godscrueljokelit.com/malik-berry-3-…