Issue of December 14, 2015

Reader, I Read To Him by Ron Singer — Cover story fiction pets

How much do our animals understand from us? Do they merely act on instinct, or are they listening to what we actually say? Part One of Three.

Cleaning by Sunil Sharma — Poem unrhymed

"...a purified sky cleaned by a divine hand..."

Life Is -- Transition by Michael Lee Johnson — Poem unrhymed

"Transition, is song, passages..."

On a Rain Bleached Day by Sonnet Mondal — Poem unrhymed

"...Am I the chosen performer today to perform the songs of loneliness..."

Spiral by Allison Grayhurst — Poem unrhymed

"...A cup of music and a true & lonely cry..."

Going Hungry 33 by Sand Pilarski — Serial fiction family money food

Taking a job as a cook's assistant wasn't the career that Gloria had anticipated, but there's a lot to be learned in a kitchen, and not all of it is about the food...