Issue of June 7, 2021

Selenium by Jim Bates — Cover story fiction social issues

Jim lives in a small town twenty miles west of Minneapolis, Minnesota. His stories and poems have appeared in nearly three hundred online and print publications.

Rita Jackson's Wake by Gary Campanella — Fiction life

Even the least hint of incongruity can tell about what is about to come...

4:36 am coffee pot by Giovanni Mangiante — Poem unrhymed

Giovanni Mangiante is a poet from Lima, Peru. He has work published in Newington Blue Press, Rusty Truck, The Daily Drunk, Anti-Heroin Chic, Heroin Love Songs, Rat's Ass Review, Three Rooms Press, Fearsome Critters, and more. In writing, he found a way to cope with BPD.

Empty Like the Rain by Ahmad Al-Khatat — Poem unrhymed

"...my thoughts are turning into clouds...

Indigo by Scott Thomas Outlar — Poem unrhymed

"...trying to meet each person wherever they are..."

Long-Distance Calls by Gopal Lahiri — Poem unrhymed

"...I hear people cry and hurt just like I do..."

My Face by Charlie Brice — Poem unrhymed

"...Could the world endure two of me?.."

Reading Keats as an Undergraduate by Angelo J. Letizia — Poem unrhymed

"...Impatiently waiting for that Tuesday morning class to end..."

The Ant Hills by Isioma Jemimah Okonicha — Poem unrhymed

"...Knowing fully well that they are all they've got and so they stick together in unity...

tumbling by Joan McNerney — Poem unrhymed

"...this crapshoot of life crushed my dreams..."

When the Sky Turned Red by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"...Mount Nyiragongo... As if it had been waiting for darkness..."

Place Settings 27 by Sand Pilarski — Serial fiction family

Food can make a lasting memory. Gloria thinks she's found a bridge to get by her mother's wrath...