Issue of August 24, 2026

Some Nasty Thoughts by Edward Michael Supranowicz — Art

"Everyone has them, so it is good to think of them as being akin to bowel movements, and if you get constipated take a mental laxative."

<i>We Bury the Landscape</i>, by Kristine Ong Muslim: Book Review by April Mae M. Berza — Book review

"A Surreal Atlas of Memory, Art, and the Human Imagination"

Humanity by Jenni Bee — Comic

We've got just this one world to live upon...

Mr. Brunelle Explains It All by Robert Waldo Brunelle, Jr. — Comic

Maybe if it was from the top of the hierarchy on down...

Death in Retirement by Gerald Michael Guglielmo — Cover story fiction death

Gerald Michael Guglielmo was born in Chicago and spent his youth in the northwest suburbs. Although always interested in creative expression, his interest in creative writing did not emerge until 2017. He currently resides in Geneva and still walks on the edge of curbs sometimes because he never really grew up.

Through the Window by Tristen Eason — Fiction horror

And who's to know the danger there?

Devil and the Blue Ghosts by Daryl Rothman — Fiction life

From childhood I kindled three dreams: to one day become a father, a writer, and a baseball player. Two of three ain't bad. (I shall neither confirm nor deny holding out deluded hope for the third.)

Accident Allison by Eric Robert Nolan — Poem

"...dancing with an armadillo?..."

A Life Mediocre by Supatra Sen — Poem unrhymed

"...in my solitude lies my peace..."

Community Service by Scott C. Holstad — Poem unrhymed

"...Nearly broke me..."

Fly Your Flair by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"...Where do birds master the art of flight?..."

Letter To A Poet In Gaza by Abigail George — Poem unrhymed

"There is one moon..."

Start From the Depths of the Dark by Yucheng Tao — Poem unrhymed

"...i see Ginsberg napping by the roadside..."

You Just Know by Don Edwards — Poem unrhymed

"...I gave him a twenty and it threw me into life..."

Too Human by Matias Travieso-Diaz — Speculative fiction

Perhaps it is time to start practicing civility with our appliances, before we forget how to be civil. Oh, wait, we've already forgotten, haven't we? A companion story to "Brain Games."