Issue of September 20, 2010

The Wake of Forgiveness: Book Review by Wendy Robards — Book review "The Wake of Forgiveness"

Wendy Robards reviews "The Wake of Forgiveness."

Caravan by Gail Taylor — Cover story short fiction

Gail Taylor is a new Canadian writer who earned the Certificate in Creative Writing from the University of Toronto in 2009 with Honors and completed the writers' program at the Banff Centre for the Arts. Her fiction was a winner in the Random House Canada student contest in 2007, short listed for the Random House prize in 2008, and short listed for the Marina Nemat award in 2009.

Peek of the Week 264 by Mel Trent — Photo art

Blue Ridge Parkway, Balsam Mountains, North Carolina, USA

A Desperate City by April A. — Poem rhymed

Hello to you from the gray gloomy city, Where crowds unconsciously worship despair ...

Transitions 64 by Sand Pilarski — Serial fiction family relationships

Four children have been born. Half-siblings, siblings once removed --? What are the new babies supposed to be?

Strange Bedfellows 55 by Lydia Manx — Serial fiction vampires werewolves

Well, Cynthia escapes her skewering only for find out that tackling Harry, Simon, Renee and Natasha wasn't her only big mistake ...

The Unimaginable Hell of a Devout Atheist by Jeffrey Carl Jefferis — Short fiction humor

There was only one thing he could think of that might be worse than death ...