Issue of January 21, 2019

Shadows Burn Deep by Rando Mithlo — Cover story fiction life

"As a teenager in the 80's, I listened to a lot of rock music and was inspired to write song lyrics in case I was ever invited to join a band; I wasn't, but that didn't stop me from continuing to write." --Rando Mithlo

Back to Back by Tony Gloeggler — Poem unrhymed

"...dark scuff marks halfway up the hallway wall..."

Compared to This by Scott Thomas Outlar — Poem unrhymed

"...What once seemed to be the worst of days..."

Define It by Linda Lerner — Poem unrhymed

Linda Lerner's latest poetry collection, "A Dance Around the Cauldron," is a prose work consisting of nine characters during the Salem witch trials brought into our own times (Lummox Press, September, 2017.)

Drama Room by Frederick Foote — Poem unrhymed

"...A circus of daily death-defying events..."

Our Ecologically Advanced Africa by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"...Now with industrial pollution and corruption conquered and buried..."

Tired by Ahmad Al-Khatat — Poem unrhymed

"...a sip to forget the bitterness of war..."

While You Waited on My Return by John Dorroh — Poem unrhymed

"...expressing myself en route. I go. I must..."

Dark Whispers 21 by Lydia Manx — Serial fiction, horror vampire mature content

Apparently the medium Jasmine is more than just Morgan's flavor of the week, but finding out exactly what will have to wait.