Issue of January 5, 2009

Review in Haiku: Plain Truth by Katrina Stonoff — Book review

Katrina Stonoff reviews the book "Plain Truth" by Jodi Picoult.

The Ghost Road: Book Review by Wendy Robards — Book review

Wendy Robards reviews the final book in Pat Barker's trilogy about WWI: "The Ghost Road."

Notes From the Office 12: Death of an Age by Lydia Manx — Editorial

Staff writer Lydia Manx has some words for readers.

Some Day 14 by Lydia Manx — Fiction horror vampires mature content

Conclusion. Josie has had enough. She wants some answers, and she has some very pointed questions -- so pointed that they could just about stake a vampire to a wall on their own ...

Faux Fangs 16: Halloween Eve, Part 2 by Beverly Pauley — Fiction spoof

Amanda and Purple Lips have been kidnapped, and even the faithful bloodhound Vlad could not protect them! Rutherford Zucks must risk the coming dawn -- can he save them before sunlight ends his unnatural life?

Backyard Astronomy: What's Up January 2009 by Cheryl Haimann — News astronomy

See what there is to see in the night sky this month.

Peek of the Week 176 by Jon Renaut — Photo art

Early sunset, Tortuguera, Costa Rica.

Cumulonimbus by Mel Trent — Poem, unrhymed

Poem, unrhymed, about the ungentle weather that results from passion.

Mercenary, Part 2 by Tyler Willson — Short fiction fantasy

Raka is learning a lot as he searches for Ol' Bob, not the least of which is that all his weaponry and money are gone ...