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February 23, 2026
Desert Rain: a review of Shaking Music from the Angry Air by Michael Dwayne Smith.
Peter Mladinic PG-13 -- Peter Mladinic reviews Michael Dwayne Smith's book of poetry, "Shaking Music from the Angry Air."

book review * ...to article.

A Trail of Loot and Soot
Ndaba Sibanda PG-13 -- "...Can crude chaos be noblest?..."

poem * ...to article.

Stuck with March
Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal PG-13 -- "If only it was July..."

poem unrhymed * ...to article.

Number Twenty-Two
Jim Bates PG-13 -- "...He was many things..."

poem unrhymed * ...to article.

Liminal
Stephen Kingsnorth PG-13 -- "...soliloquy as commentary..."

poem unrhymed * ...to article.

Finally Seeing the Light
Taylor Dibbert PG-13 -- "...who he's become..."

poem unrhymed * ...to article.

And My Hollow Eyes Closed
Dan Holt PG-13 -- "...trying to find their way..."

poem unrhymed * ...to article.

Returning Home to Pittsburgh
James Croal Jackson PG-13 -- "...returned to the elms and eastern hemlocks..."

poem unrhymed * ...to article.

Rumble in the Jungle
Scott Waters PG-13 -- Scott Waters is a poet and singer-songwriter living in Oakland, California. He graduated with a Master's Degree in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University.

poem unrhymed * ...to article.

Sui Generis
Sean MacKendrick PG-13 -- As the world changes, populations move. How will they be met?

speculative fiction * ...to article.

Balance the Books
Mary Jo Rabe PG-13 -- There's a payment owed for what you have received...

cover story fiction * ...to article.

Bald
Jerry A. Sierra PG-13 -- Writers travel down strange paths at times, to be sure.

fiction * ...to article.

There's Something Mom Isn't Telling Us
Alistair Blackledge PG-13 -- Alistair Blackledge is an emerging horror author based in Michigan. When he’s not reading or writing strange tales, he listens to the whispers of the trees and occasionally, when the fire burns low and the coyote howls die down, a softly seductive voice from the beyond. Can you hear it?

fiction horror * ...to article.