Eric Lochridge (he/him) is the author of My Breath Floats Away From Me (FutureCycle Press, 2022) and three chapbooks. His work has previously appeared in DIAGRAM, Okay Donkey, Whale Road Review, Moist, and Anti-Heroin Chic, among others. He is pursuing an MFA at the Rainier Writing Workshop. Find him online at ericedits.wordpress.com.
Here at the pinnacle of human progress, they say life’s a journey, not a destination. Which may be true, though the trip’s a humdrum loop, lap after lap—days of obligation through which I am distracted mostly by persistent frustration with the modern pursuit of happiness: tech glitches that smudge the promise of an easier life—nonresponsive car fobs, unrecyclable coffee pods,… Read more →
the night the kitchen plummeted into my bedroom I awoke in the dark just before water trickling in the walls like wicked laughter the skylights leaked a torrent plumbing conspired a tsunami tide I lay still and pulled the comforter to my chin kitchen sink cratered at the foot of the bed kneeling like a sacrifice fridge tumbled, pantry spilled… Read more →