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Three Monkeys Online

A Curious, Alternative Magazine

Slovenia

  • Ljubljana

    Ljubljana is one of Europe's coolest capital cities, famed for its castle, beautiful bridges, vibran

  • ‘Hell goes round and round’: Flann O’Brien and the search for identity

    Anyone who knows anything about Flann O’Brien knows he was a man of many names. Flann O’Brien was the pen name for Brian O’Nolan, who wrote journalism under the pseudonym Myles na gCopaleen. He

  • Just Another False Alarm – a poem

    Just Another False Alarm When the Mayan Long Count Calendar Dating centuries beetles to a close, Rumours run rife over earth That the end of the world is upon us. Apocalyptic forecasts spring up, old

  • The Tide – a poem

    The Tide Silver bodies float on the surface driftwood- reflecting sun. Soldiers fish with hand grenades as shadow birds cluster   flying on white sands under water. I stand on the feet of my shad

  • One More Day – a short story

    One More Day   1. In the first album I am beautiful. My eyes dance. Instead of hanging, my hair whooshes. T-shirts hug my torso. I can’t face her, that woman with my name. Her clothes no longer fit

  • Ferrari Spider

    “Hey…mum…I’ve got a Ferrari Spider.” Nathan bounded up the stairs. “What’s a Ferrari Spider? I don’t want no creepy-crawlies in my house!” “Mum… Oh…..mum…

  • Meat Deboner – a short story

    They’re looking for meat deboners at the processing site in Paull, a coastal village ringed by chemical plants and vacancies, so I fill in my slip and waft it towards the receptionist at my agency.

  • Child of Industry – a poem

    Child of Industry Am I here now, reclining or back? Coke can cup in the cul-de-sac Cold fog, January smog, cough at the door Mum watching the clock, curfew at four   Full of industry we eye the e

  • Opportunistic – a poem

    Opportunistic (in homage to Ozymandias by Shelley) I met a president from a defunct bank Who cried: “Two smashed and roofless blocks of shops Stand in the suburbs. Near them old and dank, Half b

  • The Roses on the Wall | a short story

    For six weeks, now, Daniel has been keeping a close eye on them, from behind the curtain at the back room window. Several times a day he has come to check on them, to see what they are doing and how m
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