Issue of August 6, 2018

About THE ODDS 23 by Bill Harvey — Comic

Is that better or worse than dry rot?

That Thing in Reno by Bernie Pilarski — Cover story fiction relationships Hot August Nights

No, really, there is this thing ... in Virginia City, Sparks, and Reno, Nevada, the first week in August...

The Procedure by Ken Dubuque — Fiction humor

Well, you have to have a sense of humor about it...

A Simple Perpetuation Of Travesties And Fallacies by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

Beginning a weekly poetic commentary by Ndaba Sibanda. Look around you and see where the words resonate...

Guilty as Accused by Rajnish Mishra — Poem unrhymed

"Unreal voice from my past, who are you?.."

Lorie by Michael Lee Johnson — Poem unrhymed

"...Go away, leave me thinking..."

Perception by Ferris E. Jones — Poem unrhymed

"...Where oblivion has come to die..."

Wish by Tony Gloeggler — Poem unrhymed

"A woman who looks a lot like the woman you loved last summer..."

Dark Whispers: New Year's Resolutions by Lydia Manx — Short

The problem with an unnatural life span is that after a while, there's nothing new under the sun -- or in the darkness. And there no better recipe for trouble than a jaded vampire.