Issue of January 21, 2013

All Our Worldly Goods: Book Review by Wendy Robards — Book review "All Our Worldly Goods"

In "All Our Worldly Goods," published five years after her death at the hands of Nazis, Irene Nemirovsky writes of the heart-wrenching uncertainties of life during wartime.

The Supermarket 24 by Eric Suhem — Comic

Well, I've heard of a motorcycle gang called "Hell's Angels" -- but shopping cart gangs?

Dramaturge by Mel Trent — Cover story novella fantasy mature content

Pale is a city of everlasting rain, a city of tragedy, a city groaning under the weight of its own curse. Jordan Mars is about to find yet another level of pain paving Pale's streets.

Salt by Kate Alexander-Kirk — Fiction children life

Kate Alexander-Kirk drinks copious amounts of tea as she dreams up weird and wonderful stories that she one day hopes to realize. And she does it all donning her Top-Hat at a jaunty angle. Most recently her work has appeared in Spry Literary Journal, Visceral Uterus and Boy Slut.

Peek of the Week 384 by Chas Wallace — Photo art

Bare trees are transformed by winter's decoration.

Good Morning? 18 by Lydia Manx — Serial fiction fantasy

Emma reflects on her strange lack of personal origins ...

A Train Trip to Murder on Strawberry Point 2 by Robert Earle — Serial fiction murder Russian Revolution

Before America, Ivan and Valery tested themselves -- in London, where Ivan's writings stirred an ants' nest of political figures ...