Collected Works in Contemporary Prose and Art

Author: R. A. Allen

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R. A. Allen’s work has appeared in journals such as the New York Quarterly, BODY, The Penn Review, RHINO, and The Los Angeles Review, among others. His poetry has been nominated for a Best of the Net award and two Pushcart Prizes. In addition to his poetry, he has published short stories in notable outlets like The Literary Review, The Barcelona Review, PANK, and Best American Mystery Stories. Allen resides in Memphis, Tennessee, near the Mississippi River.
  • Terror Bird

    Terror Bird

    It’s that triangle of apprehension between your shoulder blades and the nape of your neck, which senses the unseeable presences that stalk with ravenous intent—the weaponized drone hovering high in the clouds, the terror bird perched on the crossarm of a prairie power pole, a pair of orange eyes in the cedar limbs that hears…