Issue of June 18, 2018

About THE ODDS 17 by Bill Harvey — Comic

He's like an actor with many different parts...

Taking the Plunge by Bernie Pilarski — Cover story fiction spirituality

Looking down -- suddenly, staying put seems like the safest thing to do...

"I Shot My Parents" by Fred Russell — Essay gun control

If you're allergic to peanuts, you don't keep them in the kitchen pantry. If heroin is dangerous, you don't sell it at the grocery store. Then think about this...

Baby Doll Mask by Charles Cicirella — Poem unrhymed

"...Rusted Midwest soliloques..."

Bride of the Rainbows by Eddie Awusi — Poem unrhymed

"...Galloping on the cloudy roads of the sky..."

I Like Detroit by Ryan Quinn Flanagan — Poem unrhymed

"Like a mouldy ragdoll..."

On Publication by John Patrick Robbins — Poem unrhymed

"...When in hell we create the art that is to be our escape..."

After Life 32 by Sand Pilarski — Serial fiction death

Conclusion. "All things have a purpose," Desai says. What is the purposeful key Roj must find to open that one last lock?