Issue of September 16, 2019

Horseradish Follies by Harvey Silverman — Cover story essay memoir

So, home-grown is always better?

Secret Urges by Tim Frank — Fiction humor

Ah, the miracle of modern medicine!

The Cleaner by Jerry Guarino — Fiction humor

We all knew that there was danger in that place...

Sonnet 17, Quiet Time by Ken Allan Dronsfield — Poem rhymed

"...Trees blossom with colorful leaves of Fall..."

California Gold by Kevin Ridgeway — Poem unrhymed

"...the girl begged me to save her from her thunder thigh lathered doom..."

Racism in School by Ahmad Al-Khatat — Poem unrhymed

"...Racism is not an assignment to do...

Resisting Arrest by Alex Andy Phuong — Poem unrhymed

Alex Andy Phuong graduated from California State University-Los Angeles with his Bachelor of Arts in English in 2015 and was an editor for Statement Magazine. He currently writes articles and film reviews online. His writing has appeared in The Bookends Review, Society of Classical Poets, and Wilderness House Literary Review #12/4.

Uprooted by Ann Christine Tabaka — Poem unrhymed

"...Time is now the enemy, bulldozing hope into the ground...