Issue of November 25, 2019

Mumbo Jumbo by Tim Frank — Cover story fiction humor

Ah, the journeys of self-dicovery...

The Chaos of Hard Clay by Yasmin Hemmat — Poem rhymed

"...The whirlpool unleashed their demonic souls and made them free..."

Cracker Jack Box Poem by Michael Lee Johnson — Poem unrhymed

"...I don't like to think about endings..."

Ghosted Again by Ivan Jenson — Poem unrhymed

Ivan Jenson is a fine artist, novelist and contemporary poet who lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His artwork was featured in Art in America, Art News, and Interview Magazine and has sold at auction at Christie's. Ivan was commissioned by Absolut Vodka to make a painting titled Absolut Jenson for the brand's national ad campaign. His Absolut paintings are in the collection of the Spiritmusuem, the museum of spirits in Stockholm, Sweden.

Never Forget Why Your Wrist Throbs by Alexis Rhone Fancher — Poem unrhymed

"...your body remembers, hoards its wounds like a black hole..."

Quaternaries by Sanjeev Sethi — Poem unrhymed

"...as opaque as the face...."

Teacher Mourned by Pranab Ghosh — Poem unrhymed

" The man who taught, The heart that cared..."

Vertigo ONWARD - FORWARD - INFINITE by Charles Cicirella — Poem unrhymed

"...the only person in Cleveland who understood it's about the work and not the celebrity..."

The Goatmen of Aguirra 8 by Joseph Carrabis — Science fiction

Conclusion. He met them, lived with them, watched them born and die. Through their acceptance, he became something he never would have expected.