Issue of October 20, 2025

Apartment 3N by Jacqueline Chou — Cover story fiction life

When do you realize that every heart needs some kindness?

Who or What Knows Who or What I Am, or Why?<br> A Bio by Jerry A. Sierra — Essay memoir

Jerry A. Sierra ponders the meaning of "biography."

All My Brides by Jerry A. Sierra — Fiction humor

Even a monster has the right to find love. No matter how long it takes.

Mustang Summer by William P. Adams — Fiction life

A time to remember for years to come...

Distrust by Gopal Lahiri — Poem

"...I never understand the language of water..."

He Had a Desire for a Better Nation by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem

"...His impassioned calls for a better nation were a trademark..."

Back Road by Wayne F. Burke — Poem unrhymed

"...idolaters, cannibals, emerging from holes..."

Every Saint in Me by Sushant Thapa — Poem unrhymed

"...I wake up to the moonlight ..."

Hide by Elizabeth Agre — Poem unrhymed

"...i hide things in my bones..."

His High & Mightiness by Thomas Elson — Poem unrhymed

"...An exhausting presence..."

Pulse Electric by Scott Thomas Outlar — Poem unrhymed

"...one degree deeper into a feeling of comfort..."

The Last and First of the Family Line by Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal — Poem unrhymed

"...some were intrigued by the skull..."

Ngongo Chronicle 15 by Ron Singer — Serial fiction

To Bob Shepard's horror, Pierre appears -- ragged and beaten...

The Abyss by Brady Ellis — Speculative fiction

Brady Ellis is a writer from Appalachia, Ohio, graduate of The Ohio State University, and the associate of multiple infamous cats. When not writing he can generally be found fueling an expensive caffeine addiction or wandering through the nearest woods.