Year V, Number 28, September 2019

IN THIS ISSUE:


FICTION

SLEIGHT OF HAND by Rebecca Lee

PALE ASHES OF BAYONNE by Christopher Marchesano 

THE KING OF THE BOOT-STOMP GHETTO by Blake Rose 

PHOTOGRAPHER by  Paul Perilli 

IGOR THE CHANGELING by Titus Green

NOISE by Kelley Vick 

THE FACE OF NEED by Joe Ponepinto 

EULOGY by James P. Johnson 

THE PLATE by Susie Gharib 

A PLACE TO BE by David Metz 

HONY by Monika R. Martyn 

FALLING UP by Sandra Gould Ford 

DAILY BREAD by Stan Dryer

WENDA by John Kaufmann 

THE CAGE by Robert Gamer 

A TALE OF TWO BIRDS by Max Johansson 

PATRICIDE by Alan Swyer 

A ROMANTIC TIME AT EAST BEACH by  Rose Quacker
 
VALENTINE’S DAY by Christopher Johnson
 
SHAME by Harry Ricciardi 

FOUR DAYS OF RAIN by Anita Haas
 
THE FASTEST GUN ON 441 by R. W. Haynes

RELIEF by Edward Lee 

LECHERY by Alex R. Encomienda

NONFICTION

REDEMPTION by Elizabeth Kilcoyne 

MONKEYING AROUND WITH GENETICS by Gayle Compton 
 
MY FATHER’S FEET by Ann Zuccardy 

FOR KELLY OF THE KELLY PARADOX  by Nate Tulay
 
MOONDOG by MIlton Montague 

RAW GOD EXPERIENCE by Derek Nast 

PASSAGES by Therese White 

POETRY

DOOR AJAR by Fabrice Poussin 

COULD A LOVER LOVE MY MUSE by Jan Little 

LAMP LIGHT by Craig Kennedy

PROFIT by Dr. Nathanael O’Reilly

RAPID MOVEMENT by Patrick Hurley

FRANCIS SEAL OF LOVE by Vittoria Colonna, translated by Ted Witham
 
LAUDA XV by Jacapone da Todi, translated by Ted Witham 

LIFE, INTERRUPTED by Roseanne Morales
 
WORD by Patrick T. Reardon 

DETACHED by Laura Dunn

SURVIVAL BALLAD by Michael Atkinson 

THE BRIDE by Wally Swist  

WITHOUT YOU by Ann Christine Tabaka 

MY GRANDMOTHER’S BRIEF INVENTORY
OF UNNATURAL DISASTERS IN SINGAPORE by Cyril Wong 

IF ONLY by Brian C. Felder

HIBLER by Matt Stevenson 

HAPPENINGS