Issue of January 20, 2020

Territorial by Peter Barbour — Cover story fiction life

Just once, can't we ignore stupid posturing instead of escalating into violence?

I, Muffin 8 by Leo Siegel and Ron Singer — Fiction humor

Summer is waning -- why waste time bickering when fun is to be had?

Benches by Fabrice Poussin — Poem unrhymed

"...moments too ephemeral vanished into eternity..."

Hey Yo by Charles Cicirella — Poem unrhymed

"...Pick up the sledgehammer and shatter the glass ceiling..."

I'm Coming for Your Putrid Soul by Ferris E. Jones — Poem unrhymed

"...Hell's dream Of wanting vengeance upon thee..."

January by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal — Poem unrhymed

"...In January I could start off fresh..."

Looking Up by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"As the drunk teacher was saying..."

The Golden Goblet by Tammy M. Darby — Poem unrhymed

"...Accompany me into the world of melancholy..."

The Truth About Wind by Charlie Brice — Poem unrhymed

"...imagined the wind on a California beach, ocean roar..."

The Waffle House Index by Betsy Mars — Poem unrhymed

"In the wake of the storm, there's a home away from home..."

unwashed mirror by Jack Henry — Poem unrhymed

"...every soul has two sides; not every secret is so simple..."