An interview with David F. Hoenigman by Kenji Siratori David F. Hoenigman first novel Burn Your Belongings. has just been released by Six Gallery Press. Hoenigman is originally from Cleveland but has lived in Tokyo since 1998. Hea...
Sinking is the Only Way Out by Jon Chopan This story is an homage to failure: it is told underwater through snapshots or collage, in no particular order, without color. Is found at the bottom of a body of water, buri...
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Two inventions by Brian Foley The HourglassWe forget our names and move on. We flee every fifteen minutes. You keep an hourglass with a timer. We're afraid of what will happen if the hourglass breaks. Even...
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Pseudocide by Melissa Ruby I see her jump from the Golden Gate and fall in slow motion, float into the gray waters of the bay, the churning chop of waves and boat wake engulfs her body and she is gone, ...
The Cracks and Strains! by Gabe Durham Truman showed initial interest in the pop songs I played him but was disgusted with their endings. As one faded out, he seized the volume knob to compensate. I feared he'd blo...
The man who made men cry. by Jack Harris Six months?Give or take a month or two he said.What did he say about drinking. Don't matter now. Can I get you one? Sure — thanks. Family? Yes her and two kids. I've bee...
Coming Apart by Thomas Boulan Walking into the store fifteen minutes late, I found Miles scooping dead tetras from an aquarium with a green net. Rubbery bodies slapped the walls of a cardboard box. Several...
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The No Loitering Hotel by Jean-Gérald Charbonneau Joseph is driving westward on Martin Luther King Boulevard when in the vacant lot on the corner of Morrison Street he sees a golden ring-necked pheasant. Now, Baltimore City ...
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Flakes by James Terry Everyone had an excuse. Carl and Becky Lockyear forgot that they'd already committed to the Drake's baby shower. Tom Jenkins' car broke down on the freeway and had to be tow...
Too Much Wining by Mary Bowers "Do we drink too much?" Sarah and I were running errands when she asked. Sarah had asked this before, and it annoyed me. Only people who drink too much ask themselves if they ...
Two Poems by R. A. Allen Closed CurveI get the pizza at Pascal's.He wagers I'll be back for more.A pragmatic salvationFrom eternal damnation,He claims, can be mine, Then adds, "The price is right forA...
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MINNOW POND by Joe Balaz The minnows are jumpingin Minnow Pond, one upon the other--fins and gills,scales against scales,navigating a close proximity.Inverted in the cold retinasof countless fisheyes...
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Mary Lou is Dead by Jak Cardini Mrs. Wheeler is having a conversation with a convincing jumble of interstate
saying something about leaving townHer children clang like a few angry spoonsarguing in the sinkT...
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Two Poems by Richard Donnelly YOU SEEMED HAPPYafter the store(we had boughta thousand dollarsworth of floorlamps) I laughed and saidlet's have somethingto drinkwe went to Houlihan'sdon't you thinkI said si...
Unexplainable by Kenneth Gurney "Butter the roll,the rock trucks,the last squalland all your hairpins.Close the bookon fire trucks,the long heave of the valley,the unlit porch lampsat night."Gather creek roc...
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Two Poems by Lara Konesky DOGif you could mold me the way you have molded your dog and what a good dog he is the way he does everything you say. and smiles a dog smile about it. If you could mold me li...
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THE COLOR OF BLINDNESS by Janice Krasselt Tatter My friend who lost her sight describeshow she feels her way into roomswith faded eyes, invisible floors. Music smells like pinkas it washes her tongue and fingers,words taste ...
Five Pieces by Kirk Pinho 01.Gurgling the umbra of some awkward grace I say I have melted softly into the panorama The tracheas are puddling below us at an inexhaustible velocity We a...
SALUD Selected Writings by Curt Johnson 216 Pages Price: $15.00 Cross & Roads Press P.O. Box 33 Ellison Bay, WI 54210 www.bleidoorcountytimes.com ISBN: 0-889460-16-8 Review/Interview By: Charles P. RiesSALUD is a h...
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BLUE RIBBONS At the County Fair by Ellaraine Lockie 63 Pages / 34 Poems Price: $10.00 PWJ Publishing P.O. Box 238 Tehama, CA 96090 www.wellinghamjones.com ISBN: 0-939221-45-4 Review/Interview By: Charles P. RiesEllaraine Locki...
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Review of Červená Barva Press by Charles P. Ries Gloria Mindock, EditorP.O. Box 440357W. Somerville, MA 02144-3222www.cervenabarvapress.comReview by Charles P. RiesWhat do you suppose is in the water in Somerville? Small pr...
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Your Main Readerman #3 Cold/War Edition by Timmy Waldron Word Riot Fiction Editor Timmy Waldron picks out stories you should put on your reading list this month.To Build a Fire by Jack LondonWhere to find it: Google it Why it's good...
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No Way Out But In by Don Winter Review by Troy SchoultzIn a bizarro world America, Don Winter would be a superstar, as would any poet of clarity, honesty, and an economy when it comes to the reins of languag...
