Issue of December 13, 2021

A Hungry Ghost by T.R. Healy — Cover story fiction conflict

Do you have to wait to be caught to admit something is wrong?

Angels Wings by Lynn White — Poem unrhymed

"...How far did they fall..."

Chitralekha by Guna Moran — Poem unrhymed

"...She planted in heart the garden of Babylon..."

Divided by a Stream, Somewhere in Kashmir by Pranab Ghosh — Poem unrhymed

"...their voices are carried away from them by the wind..."

Just a Little Fog or Rain in the Wind by Jason Ryberg — Poem unrhymed

Jason Ryberg is the author of fourteen books of poetry and is currently an artist-in-residence at both The Prospero Institute of Disquieted P/o/e/t/i/c/s and the Osage Arts Community.

Matching Numbers in Southern Indiana by Tim Heerdink — Poem unrhymed

"...Guess you could figure me for a gambler..."

Poetic Recipe by Peter A. Witt — Poem unrhymed

"Poetry is a dash of salt and a pinch of pepper mixed with silvery shallots..."

Springtime 2019 by Julian O. Long — Poem unrhymed

"...be time enough and time enough to praise this one more springtime..."

the deep sound of the earth by Robin Wyatt Dunn — Poem unrhymed

"...and mountains higher than the sky..."

The High Priestess by Catherine Arra — Poem unrhymed

"No need for a crystal ball or pendulum..."

Further into the Darkness 27 by Lydia Manx — Serial fiction horror vampires

Removing the talisman from the warrior's ankle seems to have removed his power, but how long before there's no power left at all?

The Lake Erie Lights 16 by Hawkelson Rainier — Serial fiction speculative

Roy's clones have a plan for action. They just didn't actually understand what "action" meant...