Issue of October 21, 2019

The Street Charity League by Harrison Kim — Cover story fiction humor

Harrison Kim lives in Victoria, Canada with his editor and wife Sera. He worked 29 years as a teacher at a Forensic Psychiatric Hospital, and has temporarily lived as a homeless person, commuting to work from his hammock on Burnaby Mountain near Vancouver, Canada, back when it was much safer and less common.

An Economic Meltdown Looms Large by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"...To pretend that poverty is shrinking is stupidity ..."

Cross Talk by Kevin Ridgeway — Poem unrhymed

"...ignoring each person as they share..."

Fried by Wayne F. Burke — Poem unrhymed

"...sizzled like bacon on the grill..."

Gunnar the Rooster by Linda Imbler — Poem unrhymed

"...what else did he really expect?.."

Quit asking by Mike Zone — Poem unrhymed

"...to miss those hands entwined..."

Snow Bird by Ken Allan Dronsfield — Poem unrhymed

"...may another sunrise find you..."

South Chicago Night by Michael Lee Johnson — Poem unrhymed

"Night is drifters..."

Take Two by JD DeHart — Poem unrhymed

"...In my mind, there's an auditorium..."

What ghost cuts me by Robin Wyatt Dunn — Poem unrhymed

"...white chieftain of the broken bones..."

The Goatmen of Aguirra 3 by Joseph Carrabis — Science fiction

After days of observing and being observed by the Goatmen, We -- and They -- have made a breakthrough. At least for Banks there has been a breaking through of his reality...