Issue of February 13, 2017

Reflections from the Newsreel 14: The Deafening Silence by Carl Wade Thompson — Column poem news

Ongoing genocide of the ethnic Muslim minority, the Rohingya...

Betty and Estelle by Ron Singer — Cover story memoir family

This four-part memoir chronicles aspects of the lives of Ron Singer's mother and aunt. It is so very important to remember our families' histories...

Charging through the Gates of Hallelujah by Scott Thomas Outlar — Poem unrhymed

"...Is this state of peace a prelude to paradise?.."

Lion in My Heart by Michael Lee Johnson — Poem unrhymed

"...I fall in love with birds, strangers and wild women..."

This man's body has no history by Abigail George — Poem unrhymed

"...Then and now this is my song..."

Out with the Trash 04 by Sand Pilarski — Serial fiction life relationships

Emily has spent New Year's Day feeling ill while cleaning up the house after the party the night before, and she's just about done with it all...