Issue of July 15, 2024

Inside Lives: a Review of <i>For Today</i> by Carolyn Hembree by Peter Mladinic — Book review

A review of Carolyn Hembree's book "For Today."

Take My Place by Nicholas Woods — Cover story speculative fiction

Nicholas Woods is a writer and filmmaker living in Los Angeles. He wrote and directed the crime/drama ‘Echoes of Violence’ which premiered at CINEQUEST FILM FESTIVAL in 2020.

Romance at the White House by Bill Tope — Fiction life

Bill Tope is a retired caseworker; construction laborer; hotel cook and one-time nude model for university art classes. He lives in Illinois with his mean little cat Baby.

Spyglass Muse by Amanda Niamh Dawson — Poem

"...Question your musings of gains..."

Sunset Haiku by M.A.B. Wyman — Poem haiku

"...lit by the sun’s final rays..."

America by Ferris E. Jones — Poem unrhymed

"...It is real, the dream..."

High Dive by Jim Bates — Poem unrhymed

"...A three-meter board. nearly ten feet off the water..."

Meanwhile by Wayne F. Burke — Poem unrhymed

"...a beak-nosed craven twerp..."

Nature Poem (San Francisco) by Mark J. Mitchell — Poem unrhymed

"...Late foghorns sing..."

Nothing Else To Do by Bradford Middleton — Poem unrhymed

"...right now and probably forever more..."

Otherness - Sameness - Saneness by Marjorie Pezzoli — Poem unrhymed

"...manikins mock me shock me..."

The One Who Helps by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"...Where are Insizas waters..."

Triptych by Gopal Lahiri — Poem unrhymed

"...Your shadow closes around my throat..."