Issue of August 12, 2024

The Time Is Now: a review of <i>Becoming Poetry: Poets and Their Methods</i> by Jay Rogoff by Peter Mladinic — Book review

Mladinic reviews "Becoming Poetry" by Jay Rogoff.

Buried Friends by Keller Agre — Cover story fiction horror

Keller Agre is a horror fiction writer originally from Overland Park, Kansas. When not writing, he enjoys hiking and playing folk music on his guitar.

Bot by Dan Mulhollen — Flash fiction

A stranger would just walk away from you...

Endangered Creatures by Ian C. Smith — Flash fiction

The past is already extinct...

Blaze on It by Amanda Niamh Dawson — Poem

"...Blaze high in vain glory..."

Sometimes Poetry Is Sounder Than Our Planet and Peace by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem rhymed

"...Poetry can be a painful protest..."

All Scenesters Are on Crack by John Patrick Robbins — Poem unrhymed

"...I need false praise like I need the clap..."

Ancient Script by Gopal Lahiri — Poem unrhymed

"...how to go on until tomorrow?.."

For the Day by Wayne F. Burke — Poem unrhymed

"...The ocean outside the hotel window looks peaceful..."

I’m Not a Juvenile Delinquent by Peter Mladinic — Poem unrhymed

"...on that hilltop in Van Cortlandt surrounded by trees..."

The journey tomorrow... by M.A.B. Wyman — Poem unrhymed

"...bells ring joyously every quarter hour..."

Transformation by Mark J. Mitchell — Poem unrhymed

"There’s tender alchemy to a warm night..."

Give Me Back! by Víctor Parra Avellaneda — Speculative fiction

Víctor Parra Avellaneda (Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico 1998). He has studied Biology at the CUCBA of the University of Guadalajara. He writes speculative fiction, especially science fiction and climate fiction.