Issue of June 17, 2024

Wonders of nature by Andrea Damic — Art

"Carob tree. The reason I took it was because I was soooo surprised to see carobs on the tree."

Time After Time by James Rumpel — Cover story speculative fiction

James Rumpel is a retired high school math teacher who enjoys spending some of his free time trying to turn a few of the odd ideas circling his brain into actual stories. He lives in Wisconsin with his wonderful wife, Mary.

Heaven’s Devils: Saturday Night, 1965 by Peter Barbour — Fiction

A plague is never welcome...

Walk to Quantum by Amanda Niamh Dawson — Poem

Amanda Niamh Dawson was raised in London, Boston, and Washington, DC. She worked in art and publishing in New York and now lives in Northern California.

Big Brother by John Grey — Poem unrhymed

"...There are cameras enough..."

Dyad by Gopal Lahiri — Poem unrhymed

"...the moonless night is so complete in itself..."

Nest by Ferris E. Jones — Poem unrhymed

"...If they take off, they continue..."

Nympholepsy by Mark J. Mitchell — Poem unrhymed

"...Her hill holds her until time runs away..."

Oreo Cookies by Jim Bates — Poem unrhymed

"...Driving the twisting roads of the Cascades..."

There Is No Leavened Bread for the Convicted Blacks by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"...For the majority, it has been a lumpy, lousy and thorny wobble..."

Threshold by Marjorie Pezzoli — Poem unrhymed

"...are you sure you have the correct door..."

Waiting by Bradford Middleton — Poem unrhymed

"...damn infernal updates..."

The Koala Brothers by Arthur Davis — Speculative fiction

Arthur Davis is a management consultant who has been quoted in The New York Times and in Crain’s New York Business, taught at The New School and interviewed on New York TV News Channel 1.