Issue of December 11, 2023

Dish Brain by John Andrew Karr — Cover story fiction horror

John Andrew Karr is a speculative fiction writer who dwells near the southern coast of North Carolina.

The Crimson Impasse by Victoria Lorrekovich-Miller — Fiction humor

This could be a workable business strategy...

Big Wheel by Charles Hayes — Fiction life

Life can give you one big whack on the head to make you see straight sometimes...

Another Life by Ian C. Smith — Flash fiction

"...What if I had lived an alternative life..."

Circles by Fay L. Loomis — Flash fiction

Fay L. Loomis, member of the Stone Ridge Library Writers and Rats Ass Review Workshop, lives a quiet life in the woods in upstate New York.

Lost River by Pranab Ghosh — Haiku

River and companion...

Sand Castles by Mykyta Ryzhykh — Poem

"children making sand castles..."

Fur Jacket by Jim Bates — Poem unrhymed

"...Grandma and Grandpa and Auntie and Uncle gathered around..."

Reminiscing about Trolls and Baseball by John Sara — Poem unrhymed

"...At night, our backyard became the domain of trolls..."

RIP Winston Smith: So long as human beings stay human, death and life are the same thing by Alex Stolis — Poem unrhymed

"...a murmuration of starlings blooms..."

Those Days of Excitement by Judith Alexander Brice — Poem unrhymed

"...this whole new      vocabulary of tastes..."

Time by Ali Ashhar — Poem unrhymed

Ali Ashhar is a poet, short story writer and columnist from Jaunpur, India.

Was It Then by Thomas Elson — Poem unrhymed

"...We made our decisions...."