Issue of October 19, 2015

All Things Being Equal, Part Five by Bernie Pilarski — Cover story fiction relationship life

Too many of the words we say are simply noises we've learned to make. We say they have meaning, but do we actually know what that is?

Enhanced Life 4 by Gary Beck — Fiction vampires

A man has been murdered, and the crime is being twisted to more than one end...

Give a Little, Take a Lot by Scott Thomas Outlar — Poem unrhymed

..."What has this world come to?"

Going Hungry 25 by Sand Pilarski — Serial fiction family money food

You cook, you clean, you get through another day...

When Fairy Tales Come Alive 42 by Lydia Manx — Serial fiction fantasy supernatural

You have to hand it to those wicked girls -- they just don't give up...