Issue of May 5, 2025

Illusions By Night by Carl V. Nord — Cover story fiction horror

After a catastrophe, the line between life and death tends to blur...

Farewell Tours by Matias Travieso-Diaz — Fiction life

Born in Cuba, Matias Travieso-Diaz migrated to the United States as a young man. He became an engineer and lawyer and practiced for nearly fifty years. After retirement, he took up creative writing. Over one hundred and seventy of his short stories have been published or accepted for publication in a wide range of story anthologies, magazines, blogs, audio books and podcasts.

Lily, For One More Day by Terry Petersen — Fiction life

A young woman who has been taught she has to value will learn otherwise..."

How I Feel by H.L. Dowless — Poem

"...Will this begrudging journey ever end?..

Lake Smoke by Robert Paul Allen — Poem

"...Trees on the far shore were invisible..."

Summit Negotiations by Stephen Kingsnorth — Poem

"...I stall to scan those sweetmeat plates..."

A Rich History and Heritage of African Knowledge and Scholarship by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"...Timbuktu’s treasure trove of early scrolls..."

Home Script by Gopal Lahiri — Poem unrhymed

"...walls where a rhythm beats nostalgia..."

I Been Away by Bradford Middleton — Poem unrhymed

"...somehow down the line I got lost..."

In My Will by Michael Lee Johnson — Poem unrhymed

"...those who long to be free and ferocious..."

Portal by Glenn Armstrong — Poem unrhymed

Glenn Armstrong draws inspiration from the flotsam and jetsam of the American experience. He was equally at home at both CBGBs and a Buddhist monastery. He lives in San Diego.

Tear by Jasna Gugić — Poem unrhymed

"...If you should ever come back..."

The longing by Paweł Markiewicz — Poem unrhymed

"...magnificent and gorgeous like some ghosts..."