Issue of October 25, 2021

Germanium by Jim Bates — Cover story fiction life

Move slowly and quietly, and you may see something wonderful...

I Tell Him I Will Never Eat Him by Kaci Skiles Laws — Essay

Kaci Skiles Laws is a closet cat-lady and creative writer who reads and writes voraciously in the quiet moments between motherhood and managing Crohn's Disease. She grew up on a small farm in a Texas town alongside many furry friends, two sisters, and a brother.

When Dread Deserted by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem rhymed

"...a sense of freedom danced..."

Alternative History by Ethan Goffman — Poem unrhymed

"Everything could have been different..."

Artistic Aspirations by Richard LeDue — Poem unrhymed

"Pogo the clown took to painting on death row..."

Bum Magnets by Hugh Blanton — Poem unrhymed

"...They've won the war against the apparatus of assimilation..."

cup of runneth over by Ursula McCabe — Poem unrhymed

"...the elk rest with tucked legs beneath their deep chests..."

Insomnia by Abhishek Ghosh — Poem unrhymed

"...my way of harboring you within my heart..."

The First Spin by Vandana Kumar — Poem unrhymed

"...Today the world belongs to my son..."

This Circus Act by Rp Verlaine — Poem unrhymed

"...Just another thing to repair with whiskey..."

Union of Ideas by Sanjeev Sethi — Poem unrhymed

"...Divinity willy-nilly has vested on them..."

Warmth by Gopal Lahiri — Poem unrhymed

"...White clouds are forming and reforming above the river and the distant town..."

Further into the Darkness 20 by Lydia Manx — Serial fiction horror vampires

Someone unseen has killed Eddie the moment he stepped out the door. The rest are trapped in the house...

The Lake Erie Lights 9 by Hawkelson Rainier — Serial fiction speculative

After his bout with bad acid, and his confession to the police, there was only one place to go...