Issue of July 13, 2020

Evolution of Modern Man by Karen Heslop — Cover story speculative fiction

Karen Heslop writes from Kingston, Jamaica. She loves writing stories that are speculative in nature.

Do Betta Fish Have Teeth? by Jerry Guarino — Fiction humor

"Tim was a couple years into retirement when he discovered Betta fish..."

ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) by Tony Gloeggler — Poem unrhymed

"...like the first drops of rain after years lost in a desperate desert..."

Abandonment by Ann Christine Tabaka — Poem unrhymed

"...An endurance of sorrow and regret..."

bye bye blackbird by Ursula McCabe — Poem unrhymed

"...You will go too but I ask to go first..."

Catharsis Goes Viral by Brian Rihlmann — Poem unrhymed

"...cranked up beyond reason and civility...

Covid 19 by Gopal Lahiri — Poem unrhymed

"...sinking deeper and deeper in the whir of death..."

I Can't by Frederick Foote — Poem unrhymed

"...I avoid the TV video violence..."

Thinking of You Is Full of Comfort (#99 - 105) by Xi Nan (Nancy) — Poem unrhymed

"...This rain was very small, tiny, close to none..."