Issue of July 30, 2018 : Piker Press

Quarantine by Pamela Larson — Cover story fiction humanity

You think it could never happen -- but ask yourself, did you foresee children forcibly separated from their parents? Oh, wait, that's happened in the Sixties Scoop, and at Auschwitz, long ago. How many ways can humans leave true humanity behind?

Gone by Sravani Singampalli — Poem unrhymed

"...You are my heart..."

The Firefighter by Tohm Bakelas — Poem unrhymed

"...throw kerosene on the flames in her heart..."

Where the Whole of Us Began with Paisley Prints by Lana Bella — Poem unrhymed

"...the delicate lasso of paisley prints..."

Yeothieville by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"...She lost trust in those who were supposed to protect her..."

Dark Whispers: A Winter's Flavor 02 by Lydia Manx — Short

The holidays have a way of bringing out the most aggravating part of family togetherness. But a spur of the moment decision to stop by the Dark Whispers nightclub is just the thing Lilac needs to brave through Christmas dinner with her family and to admit that, in the end, her mother really does have impeccable taste. Part two of two.