Issue of November 8, 2021

The Trash Pickers by Joseph Lewis — Cover story fiction horror

Joseph Lewis is a returned Peace Corps volunteer who has spent the past three years living and teaching Western Literature and Film Studies to university students in Dazhou, China. He is also a graduate of the NEOMFA creative writing program at Cleveland State University.

Archive by Cora Taylor — Essay

"... I could not tell you ... where I fit into my family..."

Dark Drawn Man by Strider Marcus Jones — Poem rhymed

"...tricks of prussian blue and cadmium red..."

How She Feels by Isabel Galvan — Poem rhymed

"...reminiscing of bedside time with her in hospice..."

Ecstacy by Fabrice Poussin — Poem unrhymed

"...Unexpected the end races to the ground..."

just like your mother by Linda M. Crate — Poem unrhymed

"...you were so good at believing your own lies..."

Nighty Night by Charlie Robert — Poem unrhymed

"...No one sees out. But something sees in...

SOS by Wayne F. Burke — Poem unrhymed

"...a final message from the front, a last hurrah..."

The Face of the Buddha by Nolo Segundo — Poem unrhymed

"...Why such pain on such gentle people?..."

The Idle Mind Slits My Throat by Daniel J. Flore III — Poem unrhymed

"...the madness lingers on, dragging my body along the streets..."

Why They Miss Auntie Sithe by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"...To them she was fun, friendly, and frank..."

Further into the Darkness 22 by Lydia Manx — Serial fiction horror vampires

Caleb's first glimpse of a werecat delights his inquiring mind, but it's going to take magic -- big magic -- to subdue the beast...

The Lake Erie Lights 11 by Hawkelson Rainier — Serial fiction speculative

If someone doesn't even care what you did or didn't do, and want to 'help' you, it's either a lawyer or...