Issue of September 21, 2026

<i>21 Insights for 21st Century Creatives</i>, by Mark McGuinness: Book Review by April Mae M. Berza — Book review

How this book integrates creativity and success--across disciplines.

Hot by Jenni Bee — Comic

No kidding!

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

Washington stops by for an update...

Hell of a Trip by Evan Kaiser — Cover story fiction horror

Forgetting something isn't that bad, is it?

Apps Aplenty by Nancy Tomich — Essay humor

Click this, tap that -- oh no! How do I get rid of them?

A Shelter Story by Lewis Brett Smiler — Fiction life

Lewis Brett Smiler lives in West Orange, New Jersey, and enjoys creative writing and historical research.

Andy Simpson's Medical by Dave Clark — Flash fiction

Dave Clark is a short story writer who lives in Cambridge, England, where he works as a postgraduate administrator at the University.

Orchard, Girl and Frost by Eric Robert Nolan — Poem

"...the lightning that I love in you was present ..."

Blue Horse by Yucheng Tao — Poem unrhymed

"We had seen the bold and blue horse in my dream..."

Boss by Wayne F. Burke — Poem unrhymed

"What we have here, boss..."

Memoir (for Bill) by Scott C. Holstad — Poem unrhymed

"...The last time I saw him..."

The Child in Time by Abigail George — Poem unrhymed

"...turned into martyrs by bombs and airstrikes..."

What the Kempton Park Story Triggered and Tantalised in Me by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"...It weighs on the consciences of the Africans..."

The Seasons of His Crossing Part 3 by A. Allen Chibi — Serial fiction

She sees the change in the clerk, but she is changing, too...