I don't have many pet peeves when it comes to poetry, but one thing that I cannot stand is when word-salad and vaguely gross imagery is chopped up into something meant to mimic free verse. It's a trend that's been catching on, unfortunately - blank verse that has none of the emotional resonance of Rupi … Continue reading Review: Welcome to the Last Earth Show by Michael Sikkema
Month: December 2018
Review: sunfish by Shelby Eileen
Love is considered one of the great topics of poetry (along with sex, death and war), but most of the time, readers and writers alike tend to assume that that means romantic love. There's a lot of poetry about new relationships, marriage, heartbreak - but that's not all there is to life or art, and … Continue reading Review: sunfish by Shelby Eileen
Bone Rune Testament, published at Vamp Cat Mag!
I've been published by the lovely new lit site Vamp Cat Mag - check it out here! I love it when my stranger stuff finds a home. https://www.vampcatmag.com/read/bone-rune-testament-elliott-dunstan
Ghosts in Quicksilver: Chapter Eighteen: God’s Children
TW: hospitals, implied childhood trauma I didn’t know much about cars, but along the way I’d that they were kind of like dogs; they reflected their owners to a startling degree. Avery’s cab with its leather seats, black sleek exterior and dated design felt like Avery did - a little bit cryptic, surprisingly put-together, and … Continue reading Ghosts in Quicksilver: Chapter Eighteen: God’s Children
Elliott Dunstan 