Issue of December 16, 2019

An Existential Tale of Childhood by Pranab Ghosh — Cover story essay

A boy, Victor, in the turbulent times of the late 1970s, has his life shaped by the politics and culture of Bengal.

I, Muffin 3 by Leo Siegel and Ron Singer — Fiction humor

The old woman has Muffin in her sights...

As Silver as the Stars You Tried To Rival by Eric Robert Nolan — Poem unrhymed

"...frigid, frigid like a still photo and its forever frozen face there..."

Cuffs by Wayne F. Burke — Poem unrhymed

"...only more of the same cold rain..."

I Want To Be in a Comic Book by JD DeHart — Poem unrhymed

"...I designed my suit, considered my powers..."

The bullies were tough on me in high school Mikale by Abigail George — Poem unrhymed

"...I am the current, the climate, the energy..."

The Gods by Tammy M. Darby — Poem unrhymed

Tammy Robbins says, "Living for over 30 years in the Ozarks, I have seen the Gods many times in the sky above the mountains, the result of my passion for Mythology both Greek and Roman."

The Truth About Shadows by Charlie Brice — Poem unrhymed

"...she never captures a single shadow..."

Valor Unimpeded by Linda Imbler — Poem unrhymed

"...envy seeps from them like blood into cloth..."

What kind of reckoning is it by Robin Wyatt Dunn — Poem unrhymed

"...what is the moral accounting system..."