Issue of May 9, 2016

Limestone in the Winter by Thomas Elson — Cover story fiction death

Thomas Elson lives in Northern California. He writes of lives that fall with neither safe person nor safe net to catch them.

Faith by Tony Gloeggler — Poem unrhymed

"...Yet, every morning You reach across the mattress..."

I Will Sleep Now by Ananya Chatterjee — Poem unrhymed

"...Take my womanhood Off this flesh ..."

Run-of-the-Mill Jimmy by Jimmy Pappas — Poem unrhymed

"Poet Jimmy becomes... Run-of-the-Mill Jimmy..."

Sweet Explosion by Scott Thomas Outlar — Poem unrhymed

"...keeping calcification at bay while smooth ships sail nearer to shore..."

All-Nighter 14 by Lydia Manx — Serial fiction horror

Lindy and Dean met Sammy and Ginny in an otherwise deserted town. The rest of the population has fled the zombie outbreak -- but how can this foursome survive?