Issue of February 27, 2012

No Mark Upon Her: Book Review by Wendy Robards — Book review "No Mark Upon Her"

An Olympic rower hopeful is found dead. Wendy Robards reviews the mystery, "No Mark Upon Her," by Deborah Crombie.

The New Man: Book Review by Bernie Pilarski — Book review "The New Man"

Bernie Pilarski reviews "The New Man," a collection of essays about the nature of man, by Thomas Merton.

4:55pm by Barry Kirwan — Cover story short fiction

You've met them before: those slimy power-mad lousy low-down good-for-nothing ... and you've worked for them too.

Peek of the Week 338 by Sand Pilarski — Photo art

The sweet spring blossom of a snow pea, a promise of winter's end.

A Liturgical Infatuation by Dan Mulhollen — Poem unrhymed

"We met in Common Time; Those unimaginatively-named, but warm weeks ..."

Dinner With Henry 63: A Hard Day's Day by Bruce Memblatt — Serial fiction fantasy humor

Andre the chef finds cooking pancakes for a giant bug to be an illustration of the futility of the human condition ...

The Complex 13 by Lydia Manx — Serial fiction horror vampires mature content

Coconuts fly through the air like cannonballs with the hurricane winds, and even a vampire's life is in danger. But the vampire fledgling Julia has a quick lesson to learn ...