Issue of December 14, 2020

From Ephemeral to Eternal by Chitra Gopalakrishnan — Cover story fiction life

Chitra Gopalakrishnan, a New Delhi-based journalist and a social development communicator for 30 years, uses her ardor for writing, wing to wing, to break firewalls between nonfiction and fiction, narratology and psychoanalysis, marginalia and manuscript and tree-ism and capitalism.

Memories and Regrets by Jerry Guarino — Fiction life love

Our lives form our memories. Do our memories have to form our lives?

"You're in a State" by Ryan Quinn Flanagan — Poem unrhymed

"...Please don't let it be Ohio!..."

Anamika by Rehanul Hoque — Poem unrhymed

"...The tides recede far away, further..."

Bedtime Stories by Donna Dallas — Poem unrhymed

"...he seeks deep thought conversations..."

Closure by Brian Rihlmann — Poem unrhymed

"...I breathed life into this one..."

Console by Sanjeev Sethi — Poem unrhymed

"... frames are filled with closeups of film stars..."

Ellipse by Ken Allan Dronsfield — Poem unrhymed

"...As the day turns to night, and night to day..."

Missing Feeding of the Birds by Michael Lee Johnson — Poem unrhymed

"...these sweet bird sounds lost --..."

True, Blue or What He Flew by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"...They said he had a rare alertness..."

Place Settings 03 by Sand Pilarski — Serial fiction family

Time for Maria to set out the Sunday Baker feast, and ponder the changes in her life...

Bohemian Morning 05 by Lydia Manx — Serial fiction horror vampires mature content

Bethany continues her vampiric hunt in the foggy darkness...