PRL Serials

  • Issue 5, Vol. 1 – July 21, 2021

    Hello, hello! Welcome back to the continuation of the best serial fiction on the internet. We’re glad you’re here. Did you know that an enormous dust cloud from the Sahara desert on the African continent is currently calming weather patterns in the Atlantic ocean? If not for this cloud, there would be tropical storms and…

  • Switch – Electricity Sonnets

    A switch is dichotomous, it goes on Or off, but not just that, it could also Do hot and cold, in or out like a door It could maybe do up down or left right Empty or full, wet dry, soft hard, or Happy sad, with the flick of a switch That only has the…

  • Issue 4, Vol. 1 – July 14, 2021

    The year is more than halfway done, can you believe it? 2021 has been a better year for the world than 2020, and hopefully things will continue to improve.  I guess ‘better’ is a relative term; if you’re in a country with surging COVID infections, or if you’re living in Haiti where the president was…

  • Down Bad (Dreamville, JID, J. Cole, Bas, EarthGang, Young Nudy) – Shuffle – Playlist 1

    They were together when they died. They died almost simultaneously, and they became aware in the afterlife at the exact same time. “What is happening?” Gustavo asked in the rough way that he talked. “We were in bed,” Andre said, “that’s the last thing I remember.” “Where are we?” Gustavo asked, looking around them with…

  • Owner’s Panel – Electricity Sonnets

    Always on to keep the halls bright, ever Lighted for whose sake? Modern convenience And expectations of occupied, off Limits to intruders’ intrusions, the  Idea being that light wards off bad Things on the Owner’s Panel do protect  Everything inside, somethings inside Are not meant to guard against intrusion They are tasked for specific duties…

  • Issue 3, Vol. 1 – June 30, 2021

    You’re back, we’re back, let’s enjoy some serials, shall we?  I’ve been buying actual comic books because I want to support the stories that I think are interesting and I think I want to make some wall art out of some of them eventually. I’ve been reading Al Ewing’s Guardians of the Galaxy and I…

  • Someone Else’s Dream (Absofacto, Trinix) – Shuffle – Playlist 1

    I imagined that I looked beautiful through his eyes. I wanted that. But only for him. To everyone else, I wanted to be a man. I wanted to be tall and intimidating, the type of guy you shouldn’t make eye contact with. The guy you’d be scared to realize was walking behind you late at…

  • Issue 2, Vol. 1 – June 23, 2021

    Welcome back, dear readers! Has it really been a week already? Time flies when you’re having fun, and we here at the PRL are having a grand ole time bringing you stories about and inspired by our dreams.  I have to say that since the election, and the treasonous chaos on January 6 at the…

  • Tribe (Jim Swim) – Shuffle – Playlist 1

    You spent weeks trimming trees in your yard in the cool, early spring. There are a lot of different types of trees in your yard; the pecan and blackberry trees along one side of the house that separates you from your neighbor, the red plum tree that used to provide shade in the middle of…

  • Ohm’s Fried Chicken – Electricity Sonnets

    The shock is bright enough to still Grown men tremble at 16 volts: Let go! Isn’t possible, instead, body bright To light crispy chicken tender on feet Immobile, ready meal for the hungry Ohm’s Fried Chicken, open 7 days a Week; volts begat weak amps begat current The likes of which a large man is…