Issue of January 23, 2023

A Voice for the Scavengers by Tim McHugh — Cover story speculative fiction

Tim is an aspiring young author in the sci-fi and fantasy genre. He currently works full time in the software industry but has a love for stories with grey characters and moral ambiguity that tell us something about the world.

Tell Me Something I Don't Know by Mitchell Waldman — Flash fiction

What was hidden is found...

A Boy by Donna Pucciani — Poem unrhymed

"...His wispy Spanish accent alights like a butterfly on the living room furniture—..."

As Crows Circle by Richard LeDue — Poem unrhymed

"...hide behind a scarecrow grin among a cornfield of smiles..."

Baptism by Lynn White — Poem unrhymed

"...the font of translucent light..."

Call of the Night by Pranab Ghosh — Poem unrhymed

"The sun in the east Is red, crimson..."

Hoops by Stephen Kingsnorth — Poem unrhymed

"...we traded jokes, paraded skills..."

Not sure where I am, but know where I ain’t by Peter A. Witt — Poem unrhymed

"...and isn't my backyard, no matter how much time we spend mowing the lawn and weeding..."

The Rough, Violet Stone by Eric Robert Nolan — Poem unrhymed

"...lines that have changed their direction, like dissident travelers at crossroads..."

Geistmann Redux: John Robinson Investigates, Chapter Twelve by Ron Singer — Serial fiction

A second explosion, this time inside Robinson's office -- an attempt to kill, or just another warning?