Issue of October 14, 2019

A Bureaucratic Mix Up by Dan Mulhollen — Cover story fiction humor satire

Ever wonder how someone can prove who they really are?

The Great Zucchini by Jerry Guarino — Fiction humor

Such a versatile vegetable...!

A Distinction And A Dance To Life by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"...They twisted and turned with effortless grace and charm..."

A Nail in Your Business by Ahmad Al-Khatat — Poem unrhymed

"...I give no second chance to anyone..."

Delaware Sheets by Eric Robert Nolan — Poem unrhymed

"...gentle, blessed by the sun..."

dorothea, painting a mirror by John Sweet — Poem unrhymed

John Sweet, b 1968, still numbered among the living. A believer in writing as catharsis.

Poem for Kate in Chemo by Alexis Rhone Fancher — Poem unrhymed

"...a forest of metal trees..."

The Human Lot by Ann Christine Tabaka — Poem unrhymed

"...As tortured souls we quibble and dispute..."

The Goatmen of Aguirra 2 by Joseph Carrabis — Science fiction

On the planet Aguirra, under the sun known as Astarte 217, Gordon Banks and the crew of the Merrimack have discovered strange plants and insects...and people...