Issue of June 29, 2020

The Deadliest Virus by Frederick Foote — Cover story fiction

You can wear a mask and avoid one, but the other needs to be unmasked to heal...

Stay Calm! by Kelly Jackson — Essay pandemic

Especially when you see that stupid woman flapping her gums at the cashier, wearing her mask UNDER her germy chin...

Bird Lady and the Bunnies by Jerry Guarino — Fiction humor

The Stoned Cat and Vegan Dog team up for another strike for freedom...

A Pest-ridden Log in the Kitchen by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"...of termites and serpents slithering into the backyard..."

ALL THOSE PAVEMENTS by Ryan Quinn Flanagan — Poem unrhymed

"...LOOK THERE AT THAT CRACK!..."

For Better, For Worse by Banqobile Virginia Dakamela — Poem unrhymed

Banqobile Virginia Dakamela, a poet from Zimbabwe, shares with us her words during these times of lockdown ...

Ghost Queen by Patrick Devine — Poem unrhymed

"You are my most excellent of addictions..."

Local #1 by Wayne F. Burke — Poem unrhymed

"...demented saga greater than Beowulf..."

Nine leagues west of the sun by Robin Wyatt Dunn — Poem unrhymed

"...tell me the extent of your dreaming..."

Tiempo by Lynn White — Poem unrhymed

"...Making notes of my life, telling my story..."

ENtrance by Connie S. Tettenborn — Visual art

A poem in visual art.