Issue of November 18, 2019

Betty and Dupree by Frederick Foote — Cover story fiction ballad

Nothing like the bluest of blues...

Bedroom anatomy lesson #3 by Mike Zone — Poem unrhymed

"...the bed is a lonely place of dying..."

Belief by Wayne F. Burke — Poem unrhymed

" The important thing is to not die...

Dead Clocks by Linda Imbler — Poem unrhymed

"...Their silence lies among the cacophony of busyness..."

Have an old house over your head by Robin Wyatt Dunn — Poem unrhymed

"...Have the demon in your thread To wind about..."

His Daughter by Ann Christine Tabaka — Poem unrhymed

"...There were not enough tears to make things work..."

Night Show by Gopal Lahiri — Poem unrhymed

Gopal Lahiri was born and grew up in Kolkata, India. He is a bilingual poet, writer, editor, critic and translator and published in Bengali and English language.

November, Blue Ridge Mountains, 1992 by Eric Robert Nolan — Poem unrhymed

"...Will any mountain ever let me dream again..."

The Possibility by JD DeHart — Poem unrhymed

"...what if my decisions come back to haunt me?.."

The Goatmen of Aguirra 7 by Joseph Carrabis — Science fiction

Banks has witnessed deaths he doesn't understand, faith that he himself has never had. With no way back to the life he once lived, he has no choice but to immerse himself in the culture he has found...