Issue of January 15, 2024

Asteroid by Doug Hawley — Cover story speculative fiction

Who knows what the future holds?

From Wichita to Waco by Thomas Elson — Flash fiction

"...I’m here and you’re there...."

A Dish Served Cold by Rp Verlaine — Poem unrhymed

"...a cat burglar with knives for claws..."

Behold by Susan Shea — Poem unrhymed

Susan Shea is a retired school psychologist who was raised in New York City, and is now living in a forest in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. Since she has returned to writing poetry this year, her poems have been accepted in a few dozen publications.

Copper Night by Mykyta Ryzhykh — Poem unrhymed

"...The body, by its movement forward, has reached the very beginning..."

He held the heart, an apple by DS Maolalaí — Poem unrhymed

DS Maolalai has been described by one editor as "a cosmopolitan poet" and another as "prolific, bordering on incontinent."

Ich bin ein Berliner by Hossein Hakim — Poem unrhymed

"...odors of open sewers shout the ugliness of war..."

May The Zeal To Stick To Them Live And Thrive by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"...getting through the year is a blessing..."

Mist by Sanjeev Sethi — Poem unrhymed

"...White heat and the ensuing calenture have lapsed..."

Morning by Kimutai Kemboi Allan — Poem unrhymed

"...Morning is potential staring right at you..."

Religion by Michael H. Brownstein — Poem unrhymed

"...I do not know, but I care to know..."

social worker's lament by Tohm Bakelas — Poem unrhymed

"...i pause to reflect..."

the facts by John Sweet — Poem unrhymed

"...and we were all of us drunk..."