Issue of May 16, 2011

The Paperbark Shoe: Book Review by Wendy Robards — Book review "The Paperbark Shoe"

Wendy Robards reviews the book, "The Paperbark Shoe," by Goldie Goldbloom.

Galactic Barrier by Barry Kirwan — Cover story short science fiction

We believed there was no way they could break through; they believed there was no way they could not. And so we watched, waiting, holding on to one last thing ...

Peek of the Week 297 by Cheryl Haimann — Photo art

A monstrous thistle among spring fern-like foliage.

Beguile Me No More by Lydia Manx — Poem unrhymed

...Stop giving me those looks from afar; The time is gone for the moment ...

Dinner With Henry 40: A Small Matter of Privacy by Bruce Memblatt — Serial fiction fantasy humor

There are some things a dad wishes his little daughter didn't ever have to understand ...

The Building 15 by Lydia Manx — Serial fiction horror vampires

The troll is going to be a help to Jerry, but something else is strange ...

Storytellers by Jeffrey Carl Jefferis — Short fiction humor

None of them had been written, but there were three stories that wanted told ...