Thanks to those who took a stab at solving our holiday hink pink puzzle. The answers await below: Ornamental cap for the gland that secretes melatonin (hinkily pinkily): Pineal finial Very poor job, colloquially, of hurling a carnival’s live-animal swallower (hinky pinky): Weak-sauce geek toss Barmier chortling (hinky pinky): Dafter laughter Wally Cleaver’s failed attempt …
. . . for a bit of hinky (un)fun. So you didn’t think 2016 could suck any more? Well, it’s time for another round of the tortures of the damned—our holiday round of hink pinks. For background and another set of these puzzles, see our August contest. Again, as stolen from the master, Dylan Hicks …
We present the next installment of Words Likely to Be Misused or Confused! This episode stars, not only Ben Dudley, but Ben’s pants, Ben’s shirt, as well as the hand—not to mention the bagel—of Bix Griffith.
Rita came home from the war. The town was not as if she had never left. Some things had changed. The Taco Bell, for instance, was closed, but another had opened on the next street. The Church of the Passionate Blood, with its stained-glass Christ as slim and pale and sweet as a glowworm, had …
(From the series How to Celebrate National Days: Instructions for Enjoying Pseudoholidays) June 1, 2018 Think back to when you were a kid and you’d give the classroom globe a spin, stop it with your fingertip, and vow to move to whatever location you landed on. Recall how sometimes you’d hit the ocean and have …
José Angel Araguz: Time again for another cento contest celebrating the release of our latest issue! The cento is a collage form in which a poem is composed entirely of lines from other poems. It can be an homage to the originals, a subversive twist, or just a fun game. Contemporary examples of the form …
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