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SUNDAY MORNING by Brenton Booth
The Nature of Clarity by Dana Curtis
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THE ANGEL OF DREAD by Mark Slade
The Ghost of Roberto B by Jason Newport
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IN YOUTH by Roger Singer
LEFTOVERS by Peter Krok
Menstruating In Nepal by Jennifer Martelli
My Ruin by Heath Brougher
NOTES ON SCRAPS OF SCREEN PAPYRUS by Strider Marcus Jones
ONCE by Joan Colby
Rheinische Kliniken by Brian Glaser
Tears in a Toilet Bowl by Kevin Mazzola
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Bobby Travis
Glenn Tolle
John C. Kojak
K.D. Rose
Milenko Županović
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Ham and Eggs by Glenn Tolle
Jonas, on Time by Jason Campell
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Night Of Acceptance by Denny E. Marshall
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-Getting Out Of My Comfort Zone- by Gerard Caronna
“His Truth” by Stephanie Mojica
45. by Margaret Mary Riley
An Observation by Alison Heninger
Being at the Whim of Words by Matthew Rodgers
Black Blouse by Peter Grimald
CONQUERED by Julie deGarie
STEALING FROM LIFE by Conrad Gurtatowski
The Lemon by Tammy T. Stone
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A Dark Quill by S.B. Lacroix
Elvis Presley’s Hips & Mick Jagger’s Lips by Susana H. Case
FAULT LINES by Gary Beck
Haunted Beauty by Tim Weldon
Prime Cuts by John Franklin & Tim Sulka
Prime Cuts by John Franklin & Tim Sulka Vol 2
Salem in Séance, Poems/Susana H. Case
Shards And Stanzas: 48 by Forty Eight by G. David Schwartz
Surface Effects in Winter Wind by Tobi Cogswell
There Is No Lovely End By Patty Templeton
Twisted Velvet Chains By Jessica Bell
Wolf Down by Anthony Liccione
Zero Division by Joseph M. Gant
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Phaidra Mangriotis
Rick Hartwell
Susana H. Case
Fiction
A Good Wife by Angela Spires
Flash Fiction
THINGS YOU NOTICE By Mark Hage
Poems
Anvil by Shinjini Bhattacharjee
demon du jour by Amy Lawson
For The Record by Scott Blackwell
Night by Joan McNerney
RUNNING DREAM by Mark J. Mitchell
THE GHOST IN THE MIRROR by Roger Cowin
The Life by Stephen D. Nadaud II
Features FW-2015
Artist/Poet
Rex Sexton
Contributors
Cristine A. Gruber
Dan Encarnacion
David Hutt
Inge Meldgaard
Liam C. Calhoun
Margie Fuston
Mark Burchard
Rick Hartwell
Fiction
The House by Jim Meirose
Flash
Fox-Curse by Steven Mace
Poems
– Chandelier – by Gerard Michael-Caronna
“The Flower” by James Mayes
April Winds by Michael Lee Johnson
ELEVENTH AVENUE ENCOUNTER by Stephen Barry
I Hear a Cricket Singing by A.J. Huffman
July 1964 by Pamela R. Anderson
my slumlord by Patrick Trotti
October 30 by Sarena Gitanjali
Still in Pocket by JD DeHart
THE DARK SIDE by George Amabile
The Loss by Donna M. Marbach
to his ex wife, Jan 1 by Janet Butler
Features SS 2015
Contributors
Bob Eager
Brittany Cagle
David Rutter
Jason Constantine Ford
John W Dennehy
Kaz Sussman
Liam C. Calhoun
Mark Burchard
Mark Wagstaff
Paul Beckman
Rick Hartwell
Robert Karaszi
Fiction
Grinning Man by Cody Brown
The Driver Drove by Ashley Medhurst
Poems
CLEANING HOUSE by Richard Schnap
Empty Crawling Night by Michael Britton
Exit Here by Connie Post
FURNITURE by Mark J. Mitchell
Heeding a Warning by Valentina Cano
Home by Pam Riley
Pollen by Austin Wallace
SUNDAY MORNING by Brenton Booth
The Nature of Clarity by Dana Curtis
THE RINSE CYCLE by Loretta Diane Walker
Features SS-2016
Contributors
Deborah Wong SS 2016
G. David Schwartz SS 2016
Mark Burchard SS 2016
Paul Beckman SS 2016
Priya Prithviraj SS 2016
Rick Hartwell SS 2016
Steve Simpson SS 2016
Fiction
A Vigil on Lucy’s Night by Rebecca Dempsey
THE ANGEL OF DREAD by Mark Slade
The Ghost of Roberto B by Jason Newport
Poems
A Relative Tells Me of His Sexual Abuse by Ron Riekki
Dirge by Rose Aiello Morales
HONEYMOON BY TRAIN by John Grey
if the other side even exists by J.J Campbell
IN YOUTH by Roger Singer
LEFTOVERS by Peter Krok
Menstruating In Nepal by Jennifer Martelli
My Ruin by Heath Brougher
NOTES ON SCRAPS OF SCREEN PAPYRUS by Strider Marcus Jones
ONCE by Joan Colby
Rheinische Kliniken by Brian Glaser
Tears in a Toilet Bowl by Kevin Mazzola
Current Issue
#18 Fall/Winter 2016
About the Cover FW-2016
Features FW 2016
Contributors
Allison Grayhurst
Bobby Travis
Glenn Tolle
John C. Kojak
K.D. Rose
Milenko Županović
Fiction
Ham and Eggs by Glenn Tolle
Jonas, on Time by Jason Campell
Flash Fiction
Night Of Acceptance by Denny E. Marshall
Poems
-Getting Out Of My Comfort Zone- by Gerard Caronna
“His Truth” by Stephanie Mojica
45. by Margaret Mary Riley
An Observation by Alison Heninger
Being at the Whim of Words by Matthew Rodgers
Black Blouse by Peter Grimald
CONQUERED by Julie deGarie
STEALING FROM LIFE by Conrad Gurtatowski
The Lemon by Tammy T. Stone
THE SIBYL AT BREAKFAST by Mark J. Mitchell
THE THIN EDGE by John Zedolik
Galleries
Art Gallery
Denny Marshall FW 2014
Denny Marshall SS 2015
Janne Karlson SS 2014
John C. Kojak FW 2016
Lorretta Grimaldi FW 2016
Marcia Arrieta FW 2014
Niall Parkinson FW 2014
Rex Sexton FW 2013
Rex Sexton FW 2015
Rex Sexton SS 2012
Rex Sexton SS 2014
Richard Calaman SS 2016
Photo Gallery
Debbie Berk SS 2015
Debbie Berk SS 2016
Fabrice B. Poussin FW 2016
Ibrahim Deathray FW 2014
Kyle Hemmings FW-2015
Mark Burchard SS 2015
Mark Burchard SS 2016
Michael Morell FW-2015
Paul Beckman FW -2014
Peter MacQuarrie FW 2016
Peter McQueary SS 2015
Shane Armstrong SS 2014
Shane Armstrong SS 2015
Shane Armstrong SS 2016
Guidelines
Art & Photography
Fiction/Flash
Payment & Rights
Poetry
Reading Times
Submit
Latest News
Fall/Winter 2016 Issue Now Available
Submissions Are Now Open
Previous Issues
# 16 Fall/Winter 2015
#04 Fall/Winter 2009
#05 Spring/Summer 2010
#06 Fall/Winter 2010
#07 Spring/Summer 2011
#08 Fall/Winter 2011
#09 Spring/Summer 2012
#10 Fall/Winter 2012
#11 Spring/Summer 2013
#12 Fall/Winter 2013
#13 Spring/Summer 2014
#14 Fall/Winter 2014
#15 Spring/Summer 2015
#17 Spring/Summer 2016
Reviews
“A Tiara for the Twentieth Century” by Suzanne Richardson Harvey
A Dark Quill by S.B. Lacroix
Elvis Presley’s Hips & Mick Jagger’s Lips by Susana H. Case
FAULT LINES by Gary Beck
Haunted Beauty by Tim Weldon
Prime Cuts by John Franklin & Tim Sulka
Prime Cuts by John Franklin & Tim Sulka Vol 2
Salem in Séance, Poems/Susana H. Case
Shards And Stanzas: 48 by Forty Eight by G. David Schwartz
Surface Effects in Winter Wind by Tobi Cogswell
There Is No Lovely End By Patty Templeton
Twisted Velvet Chains By Jessica Bell
Wolf Down by Anthony Liccione
Zero Division by Joseph M. Gant
