Issue of March 19, 2012

11/22/63 : Book Review by Wendy Robards — Book review "11/22/63"

Stephen King tackles one of the most infamous days in the Twentieth Century in his weighty novel about time travel and the assassination of JFK.

Life Among the Wraiths by Dan Mulhollen — Cover story short fiction sci-fi

Almost anyone who has ever suffered from insomnia knows that nothing good happens at three in the morning, but even reruns of "Gilligan's Island" are better than a kidnapping by malignant skeletons ...

I'm Allergic To My Mother by Nathaniel Tower — Essay humor family relationships

A tragic affliction, and wouldn't you know it, it's not even seasonal ...

Peek of the Week 341 by Jacob Andrew — Photo art

Winter still reigns over the Lake Constance Trail in the Olympic Mountains, Washington, USA.

New York, 1979: A Collage by Mitchell Waldman — Poem unrhymed

"Wayward nowhere to go ragged men with fertilized grizzled faces, bulbous noses, one eye hollow, the other attacking ..."

Dinner With Henry 64: Clarissa's Dream (The Reversal) by Bruce Memblatt — Serial fiction fantasy humor

The magic in the warehouse loft is once again revealed -- in a giant bug's deepest fear ...

The Complex 16 by Lydia Manx — Serial fiction horror vampires mature content

Lying in wait for Ben, the vampire and his new creation hear disturbing thoughts in the air ...