Issue of December 17, 2018

Bourgeois Blues by Frederick Foote — Cover story fiction race identity music

Sometimes we have a lot of explaining to do for the young. And sometimes the things you have to say in the explanation are hard to say, painful to remember...

Book Rate by Charles Cicirella — Poem unrhymed

"...inside a box marked insubstantial..."

If illusion were real by Pranab Ghosh — Poem unrhymed

"...Is she standing there..."

One Dog Then by Wayne F. Burke — Poem unrhymed

"...in the bark of early morning..."

Some Dreams Die Young by Eddie Awusi — Poem unrhymed

"...if there is ever such a thing as fate..."

Unaided and Able by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"That is what he told a man..."

Dark Whispers 16 by Lydia Manx — Serial fiction horror vampires mature content

Kirk, under orders, is bringing Harry and Cassandra to the lair of the ancient vampire Morgan. What has brought Morgan to invade their territory?

Amazing Grace by Ronald Paxton — Short fiction holidays

Without hope to cling to, all seems lost...