Issue of July 19, 2021

Mr. Adana's Lending Library by Kathleen Bryson — Cover story fiction life

Alaskan-born Kathleen Bryson received her Ph.D. in Evolutionary Anthropology from University College London. She studies prejudice/empathy in humans and other great apes and is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Oxford University.

A Hunted Hunter on the Loose by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem rhymed

"A wanted jail fleer, a window jumper..."

A Lone Island in the Midst of the Sea by Paramita Mukherjee Mullick — Poem rhymed

"...Green foliage has covered me all over..."

Alcoholic Writers by John Patrick Robbins — Poem unrhymed

"...Would I repeat my choices if I had to start all over again?"

An Abstract Era by Sushant Kumar B.K. — Poem unrhymed

Sushant Kumar B.K. is a Nepalese poet who resides in Gulariya, Bardiya, Nepal. He has MA degrees in English Literature and Political Science from Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Dear Life by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal — Poem unrhymed

"...Was it pointless to hope and hope every day?..."

Farm Road Entropy by Julian O. Long — Poem unrhymed

"...Harvest and waste of passage...

Neitzsche by Wayne F. Burke — Poem unrhymed

"...the "Argonaut of the Spirit" had no more to say..."

Strange Planet by Fabrice Poussin — Poem unrhymed

"...rivers painfully streaking through the vales..."

The Old Wedding Album by Nolo Segundo — Poem unrhymed

"...a large trash container waiting patiently like a visiting sarcophagus..."

Place Settings 33 by Sand Pilarski — Serial fiction family

It's the end of the year, time to take stock of what is in the kitchen, and what is important in life...

Further into the Darkness 6 by Lydia Manx — Serial fiction horror vampires

Facing the prospect of annihilation, the room of supernaturals still needs to do a meet and greet...