Issue of April 16, 2018

About THE ODDS 09 by Bill Harvey — Comic

They sure don't build those darn dams the way they used to...

Government Terrorism by Frederick Foote — Cover story poem oppression

We can't hide in the dark, or behind walls, or with eyelids closed any longer...

What Do I Know 5 by Bernie Pilarski — Essay life knowledge

The Fifth in series of "Unresearched Essays," short, one topic essays, written using only information from memory, that perhaps provide an opportunity to shed a little light on who I am.

Advice to a Young Poet by Dan Mulhollen — Poem rhymed

"...there's something to say about something warm..."

110 Dashing Dapchi Virgin Damsels by Eddie Awusi — Poem unrhymed

In February 2018, 110 girls were kidnapped from the Government Science and Technical College in Dapchi by Boko Haram insurgents.

In Hart's Tavern by Ed Krizek — Poem unrhymed

"...wishing for a cheeseburger..."

Looking Back by John Patrick Robbins — Poem unrhymed

"...I never understood what I was asking for..."

After Life 25 by Sand Pilarski — Serial fiction death

Roj has seen how love changes a human being into a new creation. Did she and Matt have that, or was that stolen from them by her death? What more must she understand in order to save him?