Issue of October 28, 2024

Alone with the Stars by Corey Villas — Cover story fiction life

Grief is a barren desert, with no respite in sight...

My Friend by Rick McQuiston — Fiction horror

How do you live in this strange world?

The Heart of the Place by Thomas Kodnar — Fiction horror

At the core is Honesty...

Main Course by Jerome Berglund — Poem

"...Bruce Wayne’s still got all of the money..."

In Memoriam II: 9 by Pranab Ghosh — Poem haiku

Memories in haiku

Tan-renga 3 by Christina Chin and Uchechukwu Onyedikam — Poem tan-renga

Collaborative Tan-renga

A Court Case for Suing Sleaze by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"When vice, sleaze and greed sneeze..."

Computer Games by Joan McNerney — Poem unrhymed

"...slogs and limps of this withered day..."

Eyes Wide Open by Donna Pucciani — Poem unrhymed

"...found here in the wakening light..."

For the Spinal Cord of My Anatomy, I Pray You Grow by Yahuza Usman — Poem unrhymed

"...My heart became a body of thoughts..."

Methodized by Sanjeev Sethi — Poem unrhymed

"...We hurt others with burns that bruised us..."

Narcissus by James Croal Jackson — Poem unrhymed

"... sexy and sensitive and everywhere..."

Consolaçam 5 by Ron Singer — Serial fiction

Chani gives her account of her life, truly or not.