Issue of September 14, 2026

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

America remembers Dolly Parton...

Dreamtime by Floyd Largent — Cover story speculative fiction

If only we could learn from an imagined future...

Just a Joke by Eric Burbridge — Fiction

Do you speak out or simply let the madness go on?

America the Avaricious by Frederick Foote — Poem

"...a downward mobility thoroughfare ..."

Answered Prayers by Jimmy Lisotto — Poem

"...Our discernment may be required..."

Pressure on Sources by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem

"...rivers are dwindling..."

Depression cherries by Mike Zone — Poem unrhymed

"Weeping blossoms..."

Implied Contract by Jim Murdoch — Poem unrhymed

"...at least you turned up..."

Mourning Mirror by Ed Ahern — Poem unrhymed

"...I began to stare at myself..."

She Never Had Gone… Wrong: A Tribute to Dolly Parton by Pranab Ghosh — Poem unrhymed

"...the fading star that suddenly stopped shining..."

Sub-Zero by Donna Dallas — Poem unrhymed

"...Rolled in this morning with the tempest churning..."

Sublime by Jim Bates — Poem unrhymed

"...Sunset mellow sky fading pink..."

The Present Time by Dharmpal Mahendra Jain — Poem unrhymed

"...I am trying to sketch the present..."

The Seasons of His Crossing, Part 2 by A. Allan Chibi — Serial fiction

With the season's change, the clerk must choose...