Issue of September 28, 2020

After the Storm by Ralph Bland — Cover story fiction life

The future is all ahead of us, the present is what keeps us going back to the fridge for a sandwich -- and the past ought to stay the hell back where it belongs...

Tango 9 by Beate Sigriddaughter — Fiction life love

In his emails to Tara, Kevin has to admit to his role in the relationship with his late wife...

The Last Months of Violet Koski, Part Three by Heather Smith — Fiction life love

Part Three of Five. A foreign place, a different culture...what can we allow ourselves to love, and who must we become?

Sitting by the Indian Ganges Side by Moinak Dutta — Poem rhymed

"...enchanted by the day's mirth..."

Blood Tears by Pranab Ghosh — Poem unrhymed

"...tears will freeze And become pearls..."

Caesar by Ferris E. Jones — Poem unrhymed

"...Incense burning the huge empire..."

Fish for Tea by Bruce Hodder — Poem unrhymed

Bruce Hodder has been widely published in print and online, most recently in 'Hotel Corona' (Black Rune Press) and 'Helen's House' (Outlaw Chapbooks Press). He lives in Northampton, England with his wife Michelle.

KBO (Lockdown Blues) by Mark Anthony Pearce — Poem unrhymed

"Keep buggering on was Churchill's 'sage advice'..."

Quarantine Muses by Aneek Chatterjee — Poem unrhymed

"...a reluctant tabula rasa this holi..."

The Magic of the Rainbow by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"...a rainbow of nationalities and a kaleidoscope of ethnicities..."

Veer by Robert L. Penick — Poem unrhymed

In 1984, Robert L. Penick ran a half-marathon in ninety minutes flat; it's all been downhill from there. His website is: http://www.theartofmercy.net