Issue of January 22, 2007

Lichloved 59 by Alexandra Queen — Dark humor, fantasy

Hazzanghoul's typical day, continued.

Peek of the Week 077 by Sand Pilarski — Photo art

Sun warms a winter lemon.

Anime Review -- Boogiepop Phantom by Mel Trent — Review

As we grow older, we lose the power of our imagination and aspirations. Mel Trent reviews "Boogiepop Phantom" and finds that it takes that idea and twists it into twelve episodes of angst, love gone sinister, and a man-eating monster.

Dark Whispers: Running Amok 25 by Lydia Manx — Serial fiction horror vampires

On the run yet again, the trouble that Charlotte attracts turns a highway into a debris field filled with death, and time seems to go slow motion as she watches the sky sparkle with shards of her windshield ...

The Lives of Stores by Dan Mulhollen — Short nonfiction essay

There was a time when feet were the primary mode of transportation, and everything that people needed was within walking distance of home. Then came cars, and "progress" ...