Issue of July 7, 2025

Sword and Spirit by Darren Sapp — Cover story fiction

The Battle of Gettysburg took place at just about this time of year 162 years ago...

Little Nothings by Ethan Goffman — Fiction

And once you tell a story, it travels in sound waves forever...

Empty Pockets by Tristen Eason — Fiction horror

Tristen Eason is a horror author from Memphis, Tennessee.

Of Honeyguides, Their Love Nests and Hatching Hostilities by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem

"...Human, you have your honey..."

Boxing Harry by Jim Murdoch — Poem unrhymed

"Apparently, Schrödinger’s cat..."

Building the dream by Fabrice Poussin — Poem unrhymed

"... the eager audience must wait..."

I'll Go Hunting by Bradford Middleton — Poem unrhymed

"...Hunting like I used to in my younger days..."

Ma: Presence Matters! by Pranab Ghosh — Poem unrhymed

"...She was looking out through the window..."

Middle Age Woes by Shikha Sawhney Lamba — Poem unrhymed

"...a network of pain interlinked..."

Oxblood by Glenn Armstrong — Poem unrhymed

"...Bruce Lee said, “Don’t think! Feel!”..."

The Hunger Moon by Jackie Chou — Poem unrhymed

"...you are abundant with luxury..."

The Way the Wind Blows by Uday Shankar Ojha — Poem unrhymed

"...Time and tide are turning..."

Watermelon Bus by Jan Wiezorek — Poem unrhymed

"...men—reaching, grabbing melons, tossing them ..."