Issue of May 29, 2023

Carleton's Geranium by Sylvia Cumming — Cover story speculative fiction

Sylvia Cumming lives in Southern California with her husband and two elderly cats. She would love to say she is working on a novel but actually she is just snacking and watching videos about cats or police car chases. As research, of course.

The Graffiti Artist by Robert Feinstein — Fiction horror humor

Robert Feinstein is a retired medical librarian. His short stories have appeared in: Downtown Brooklyn, Stuck in the Library, Lowestloft Chronicle, New English Review, Literary Yard, and other publications.

31^st December by Dharmpal Mahendra Jain — Poem unrhymed

"...I have prepared some gifts for you..."

Adieu! by Pranab Ghosh — Poem unrhymed

"...Cups of tea, evening snack together..."

Ask Not by Robert Paul Allen — Poem unrhymed

"The news the Soviets had launched Sputnik..."

Brothers and Sons and Us by John Tustin — Poem unrhymed

"...A war on a foreign soil That they did not cause..."

Lady on a Wire #18 by Mike Zone — Poem unrhymed

"...something not really there but the ideal..."

Lest You Forget by Andrea Damic — Poem unrhymed

"...when the worlds collided, waging war on innocence...."

The highly sensitive spark by Paweł Markiewicz — Poem unrhymed

"...I delight in the warmth of the eternity..."

The Internet Of Things Is Our Thing Part 3 by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"...Think of unthinkable words prefixed with un-..."