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Eckleburg, Gargoyle and Boudin at the Lord Baltimore for AWP 2026

Join Eckleburg, Gargoyle and Boudin at AWP 2026 for an evening of readings, food and drink at The Lord Baltimore on Friday, March 6, 2026 from 6 to 9. Readers TBA.

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Eckleburg was founded in 2010 as an online and print literary and arts journal. We take our title from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and include the full archives of our predecessor Moon Milk Review. Our aesthetic is eclectic, literary mainstream to experimental. We appreciate fusion forms including magical realist, surrealist, meta- realist and realist works with an offbeat spin. We value character-focused storytelling and language and welcome both edge and mainstream with punch aesthetics. We like humor that explores the gritty realities of world and human experiences. Our issues include original content from both emerging and established writers, poets, artists and comedians such as authors, Roxane Gay, Rick Moody, Cris Mazza, Steve Almond, Stephen Dixon, poets, Moira Egan and David Wagoner and actor/comedian, Zach Galifianakis.
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Turkey Point

Halfway through the woods is the checkpoint. / With eyes in search of / mainstream clues. / Take me to Turkey Point.... by Shontay Luna

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Shontay Luna
Shontay Luna is a poet / fanfiction author whose first job was a Concessionaire at a downtown theater during the time 'The Princess Bride' and 'Stand & Deliver' were released. Her poems have appeared in Olney Magazine, [alternate route] and The Literary Nest, among others. The author of four books, the most recent titled "The Goddess Journal," she lives in Chicago with her notebooks, pens and fanfiction fantasies.
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Headline News

“'Is it bad that this kind of headline – ‘Great White Shark with Red Mouth Washes Up on Beach in Rare Incident’ – is what gets me through the day?' I ask my sister...." by Elizabeth Rosen

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Elizabeth Rosen
Elizabeth Rosen (she/her) is a native New Orleanian and a transplant to small-town Pennsylvania. She misses gulf oysters and Southern ghost stories, but has become appreciative of snow and colorful scarves. A woman who always chooses Funyuns over Cheetos, she is convinced that Kurt Vonnegut, Carl Sagan, and Mr. Rogers were the prophets of her day. And maybe Koko the Gorilla, too. Her stories have appeared in places such as North American Review, Baltimore Review, Pithead Chapel, Flash Frog, and New Flash Fiction Review, and have been nominated for the Pushcart, Best of the Net, and Best Small Fictions. She still wants her MTV.
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Elements of my Grandmother’s House

The fiberglass bedspread that was pink with a raised, white floral design. Earliest lesson; avoid skin contact with it at all costs.... by Shontay Luna

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Shontay Luna
Shontay Luna is a poet / fanfiction author whose first job was a Concessionaire at a downtown theater during the time 'The Princess Bride' and 'Stand & Deliver' were released. Her poems have appeared in Olney Magazine, [alternate route] and The Literary Nest, among others. The author of four books, the most recent titled "The Goddess Journal," she lives in Chicago with her notebooks, pens and fanfiction fantasies.