Issue of September 27, 2021

Vodka Martini by Michael W. Clark — Cover story fiction life

Michael W. Clark has a Ph.D. in molecular biology from U.C.L.A. He has been a research scientist as well as an entrepreneur. Along with these professional endeavors, he has been writing fiction and poetry since he was a teenager.

2021 by Sanjeev Sethi — Poem unrhymed

"...We have altered vocabulary beyond repair..."

A Woman at Work by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"...She knows the importance of food production..."

After He Lost His Soul 2.0 by Pranab Ghosh — Poem unrhymed

"...What did you protect me from and had you been so kind why did you have to leave?"

All the World & Cassie by Rp Verlaine — Poem unrhymed

"...all I took for granted and lost without honor..."

An Unwanted Sequel by Richard LeDue — Poem unrhymed

"...naked branches remind me of tentacles...

Leaves in December by Michael Lee Johnson — Poem unrhymed

"...left to struggle with the bitterness..."

Perfume by Abhishek Ghosh — Poem unrhymed

"...Blind and deaf to the myth called age..."

Reassurances of Validity by Hugh Blanton — Poem unrhymed

Hugh Blanton combs poems out of his hair during those moments he can steal away from his employer's loading dock. He has appeared in The American Journal of Poetry, The Rye Whiskey Review, and other places. He lives in San Diego, California.

The Image That I Am by Gopal Lahiri — Poem unrhymed

"...I see moments that seem motionless..."

The Volume of a River by Ursula McCabe — Poem unrhymed

"...this mother of all mothers -- the Columbia..."

Further into the Darkness 16 by Lydia Manx — Serial fiction horror vampires

Harry's secrets are about to be revealed -- some of them, at least...

The Lake Erie Lights 5 by Hawkelson Rainier — Serial fiction speculative

And now a view from another angle...