Issue of July 13, 2026

The Talking Mirror: a review of <i>The Silent Conversation</i>, by Bruce Bond by Peter Mladinic — Book review

A review of Bruce Bond's poetry collection.

Big and Beautiful by Kofi Akan Brown — Cover story fiction horror

Kofi Akan Brown is a PhD student at the University of Glasgow and has been published in Zoetic Press, Freedom Fiction Journal, Antimatter Dreams, and more. He publishes science fiction and horror stories.

Beaches by Harvey Silverman — Essay memoir

The rhythm of the water, the sound of the surf...

The Way Back by Michael Braswell — Fiction life

If we all could give, and we all could receive gracefully, wouldn't it be an incredible world?

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain by April Mae M. Berza — Movie review

Berza examines a movie about a culinary icon.

Do You Have Cooks or Crooks Out There? by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"...crooks are in the habit and business of nourishing, serving and spoiling themselves..."

Edward Hopper-Like by Wayne F. Burke — Poem unrhymed

"...long purple shadows sink out of sight..."

Faces by Srinjaya Lahiri — Poem unrhymed

I live in Kolkata, in the state of West Bengal in India. What I have seen so far is that my natural propensity to write mostly stems from an urge to paint vivid pictures of my personal experiences or things that I see around me."

For the first Time by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal — Poem unrhymed

"...I wait for your reaction..."

If There Is Hunger, There Is God by Dharmpal Mahendra Jain — Poem unrhymed

"...Hunger has no age..."

In No Man's Land by Fabrice Poussin — Poem unrhymed

"...A dream and the burden of a frightening morrow..."

Oh, Snap! by Linda Imbler — Poem unrhymed

"...a self-proclaimed hotdog of the educated..."

Storm in a Summer Evening by Snehaprava Das — Poem unrhymed

Snehaprava Das, Prof. of English is a writer and translator from Bhubaneswar, (Odisha) India with three collection of stories, six of poems, and thirteen texts of translation of Odia texts in English.