Issue of November 11, 2024

Darkened Neighborhood by Eric Robert Nolan — Art

Darkness in day...

The Year of the Starling by Emile Ansers — Cover story fiction horror

When he was five years old, Jorge Luis Borges dreamed that he was an ineffective storyteller named Emile Ansers: a Colombian socialist enamored with Emersonian ethics and Nietzschean humor. The real Emile Ansers was born on June 6th, 1996, and since the age of twelve, he has been chasing after his original dreamer without success.

Frankie's First Affair by Marianne Szlyk — Fiction

Marianne Szlyk is a professor at Montgomery College. She and her husband, the writer Ethan Goffman, live with their black cat Tyler who sometimes likes to hang out with them while they write or grade papers.

The Prophet’s Voice (In Memoriam Dave Smith, 1950-2022)** by Christopher Fried — Poem

"...to tease the coming new wave age with synthesis..."

In Memoriam II: 10 by Pranab Ghosh — Poem haiku

Memories in haiku

A Sonnet to Dream State by Shamik Banerjee — Poem rhymed

"...do your false portrayals not seem real?..."

Birch Tree Elder by Richard D. Hartwell — Poem unrhymed

"...at least I think it’s dead..."

I Have Been to Places of Great Death by Nolo Segundo — Poem unrhymed

"...Walking the battlefield of Gettysburg..."

Luncheon at Rules by Lucius Falkland — Poem unrhymed

"...our lives had become a novel..."

Most Interesting by Rp Verlaine & Joseph M. Gelosi — Poem unrhymed

Collaborative poetry

Night Held into Verses of Disaster by Daniel Aôndona — Poem unrhymed

Daniel Aôndona [The Rhapsodist] is a lover of arts and culture, an award-winning writer of Tiv ancestry who hails from Konshisha, Benue State, Nigeria. He is a member of Hilltop Creative Arts Foundation, and the Editor-in-chief at Words-Empire Magazine.

You Are More Elegant Than Words by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"...Your polish is peaceful. Steady, you stand at life’s crossroads...."

Consolaçam 7 by Ron Singer — Serial fiction

Suleiman summons Abreu into his Presence...