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November 2011 Issue

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INTERVIEW
An Interview With Christopher Grimes by David Hoenigman

FLASH FICTION
In the Ozarks by Garrett Ashley
Kinds of Leaving by Nancy Hightower
Moop and the Woggle by Cameron Pierce
On Knowing What I’m Doing by Benjamin Roesch
More Work by Gregory Sherl
Things To Remember by Penn Stewart

SHORT STORIES
Act How You Want To Feel by Jennifer Dickinson
They Keep Their Quiet by Emil Ostrovski

STRETCHING FORMS
Like a Spilled Purse: A Theft by Johannes Lichtman

POETRY
Driveby by Walter Bjorkman
The Blank Slate by Rich Larson
Mission District by Joseph Mains
“Late April. Early May” by Vincent Peiffer
Quicksand by Kevin Sampsell
The Wars of the Pacific by July Westhale

May 2011 Issue

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INTERVIEW
An Interview with Raphael Kadushin by Kari Kamin

BOOK REVIEW
The Avian Gospels by Adam Novy

FLASH FICTION
The Way You Move Twelve Minutes From Home by Stefanie Freele
The Abstraction Pool by M. Thomas Gammarino
Night Shift by Sarah Gerard
Still Life with Mo by William T. Vandemark

SHORT STORIES
Three Wives by Gary Moshimer

NOVEL EXCERPTS
White Blood by Bob Thurber

STRETCHING FORMS
Standard Service Contract: Final Notification and Escort by Tim Bass
Gmail – Inbox – richard.lee@gmail.com by Erik Doughty

POETRY
Two Poems by Kenneth P. Gurney
Two Poems by Derek N. Otsuji
Traveling Incognito by Justin Rousse
I Know, I Know, But God I Miss Smoking by Debra Shirley
Getting the Beast Out by Lucy Simpson
How to Survive a Hangover: Jeff Goldblum Describes How He Knows that Today is Going to be Worse than Yesterday by Alexander Stachniak
A Reuniting by Steve Williams
Dear Fred: A Letter by Jessica Young

April 2011 Issue

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INTERVIEW
An Interview With Doug Rice by David Hoenigman

FLASH FICTION
Baby by Daniel Grandbois
Ironing by Peter Grandbois
I Am an I Am Today by Ofelia Hunt
Seven Incarnations of a Spinster by Hila Katz
House By The Sea by Mark Reep

NOVEL EXCERPTS
Off-Season by Mark DeCarteret

STRETCHING FORMS
Nameless, TN by Heather Luby
The Glass Angel by Philip Tinkler
Losing His Voice by Kenton K. Yee

POETRY
the sold violin by Heather Askeland
Two Poems by Jon-Michael Frank
The Hobbyists by Sarah Long

March 2011 Issue

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INTERVIEWS
An Interview With Larry Smith by David Hoenigman

FLASH FICTION
Boxed by Craig Buchner
Ghost by Megan Cook
Put Your Hands Together by Thomas Kearnes
Living The Porous Life by Michael K. Meyers
Teenage Housefly by Kenton K. Yee

SHORT STORIES
Brothers by Beau O’Reilly
There is Everything to Say by Gary Sheppard

BOOK REVIEWS
Gryphon: New and Selected Stories by Charles Baxter

NOVEL EXCERPTS
Kill It With Fire by Nicolle Elizabeth

POETRY
Here Comes The Avalanche. by Joe Copplestone
Invitation, Invocation by John Grey
A Prompt by Joly Herman
Two Poems by Katherine Hoerth
Atomic Tiki Man by Karen Kelsay
Hachures by Stacey Tran

February 2011 Issue

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INTERVIEWS
An Interview With Roxanne Carter by David Hoenigman

FLASH FICTION
The Death Artist by Peter Tieryas Liu
The Man and the Book by D.N.A. Morris
Two Flash Fiction Pieces by Ian Sanquist
Kate’s List of Lovers by Garrett Socol
Herman Melville’s First Whale by Mark Walters

SHORT STORIES
Jackson by Carmen Petaccio

NOVEL EXCERPTS
Grand Masters by Ellen Collett

POETRY
Swampgods by Carrie Lorig
Two Poems by Paige Riehl
June by Amelia Foster

January 2011 Issue

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INTERVIEWS
An Interview With Peter Cassidy by David Hoenigman
An Interview With Ken Wohlrob by David Hoenigman

FLASH FICTION
The Glassblower by Olivia Kate Cerrone
Man With Music in a Chamber by Sunita Reddy
A Man Needs by Robin Sewell
Ferris Wheel by Kara Vernor

SHORT STORIES
The Convincing Corpse by Faith Gardner

CREATIVE NONFICTION
Unknown Places by Owen Tucker

NOVEL EXCERPTS
Crayons, Play Dough, and the Efficacy of Bear Mace by Dresden de Vera

POETRY
Leaves in December by Michael Lee Johnson
Sundial Kit by John McKernan
Congratulations by C.J. Opperthauser
On Building a Campfire by Helen Peterson

December 2010 Issue

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INTERVIEWS
An Interview With J.A. Tyler by David Hoenigman

FLASH FICTION
WWCND by Steve Himmer
Used by Genevieve Hudson
Fortune Factory by Peter Kispert
Fire Flight by Robert Schladale
The Two Lines by Samuel Stoddard
Poached Pear Sorbet and Other Seduction Tactics by Dawn West

SHORT STORIES
Kayfabe by Chris Lewis Carter
Red by Andrea Joyce
Water and Salt by Nick Ripatrazone

CREATIVE NONFICTION
Memorial Day Weekend by Nathan Graziano

POETRY
Early Light: The Aubade Prior to the Elegy by Dan Allawat
Easel by Rebecca Bernard
penelope, masturbating by Marissa Coon Rose
The Smell of Burnt Metal by Alex Odom
The Post-meal Cigarette by Ben Richardson
Two Poems by Matthew Ritger
Iambic Hiccups by Nate Stein
Go green to counterbalance the red or purple tones by Jaime Warburton

November 2010 Issue

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INTERVIEWS
An Interview With Janice Lee by David Hoenigman

FLASH FICTION
Goodbye, Wynona by Hunter Choate
Heat by Grant Faulkner
With Maura by Gary Percesepe
Bite History by Eliezra Schaffzin
Begin by Cecilia Stelzer
And Now This by Michael Wolman

SHORT STORIES
Connect the Dots by Amanda Ching
Dossiers by Joel Hans

STRETCHING FORMS
Airborne Creatures, a story in verse by Jennifer Goldsmith

POETRY
condoms on the handlebars of a rusted bicycle by Mark James Andrews
American Funeral by John Paul Davis
Cardinal Sins by Karen Douglass
apples are born by Clara Engel
Two Poems by Jack Hodil
Check Out Justice by Lawrence Kessenich
The Roman Soldier by Josef Lemoine
Happy to be Hamlet by Stephen Longfellow
Two Poems by Ashley Maser
Two Poems by Ashley Strosnider
No Sympathy for Evelyn by Annie Wong

October 2010 Issue

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INTERVIEWS
An Interview With Richard Thomas by Pela Via
An Interview With John Dermot Woods by David Hoenigman

BOOK REVIEWS
How They Were Found by Matt Bell
We’re Getting On by James Kaelan
Monkeybicycle 7
Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart

FLASH FICTION
The Waltz by Lisa Aldin
The Way to Arizona by Kenneth W. Harmon
Frozen by Lacey Martinez
Tender by Christina Murphy
ITCH by Gary Percesepe
Mrs. Peabody by Melissa Scholes Young

SHORT STORIES
Have You Seen Me? by Annam Manthiram
The Backroom by Edward Mc Whinney

CREATIVE NONFICTION
Uncle Boo by Abby Rotstein

STRETCHING FORMS
Buy a Chuck Norris Tribute Revolver by Matthew Peipert
Waltz du temps perdu by Gary Percesepe

POETRY
Occasional Poem by Eric Burke
Two Poems by Feng Sun Chen
Two Poems by Donavon Davidson
Your Name Repeats Like Marching Elephants by William Lusk Coppage
Still Life by Ivy Grimes
Taped to the Fridge by Anya Groner
Electric by Kenneth P. Gurney
Nostalgia by Andrei Guruianu
Play it again by David Kinsey
Square as Hell by David Mac
The Companion by Janet Matlock
Two Poems by Corey Mesler
Two Poems by Tara Nicole
Two Poems by Rebecca Olson
Two Poems by Shannon Salter
Three Poems by Spiel
Subject: Oil…Gas…Pepsi by Samuel Day Wharton
You and Them by Changming Yuan

September 2010 Issue

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INTERVIEWS
An Interview With Alan Catlin by the poet Spiel
An Interview With Adam Gnade by Bart Schaneman
An Interview With Lily Hoang by David Hoenigman

BOOK REVIEWS
How to Take Yourself Apart, How to Make Yourself Anew by Aaron Burch
Lost Poet: Four Plays by Jesse Glass

FLASH FICTION
How I Know She Loves Me by Bob Barlow
12 by Anna Daugherty
High-Wire Morning Bird by P. H. Madore
4th and State, 9:05 a.m. by Townsend Walker

SHORT STORIES
The Sniper and I by Matthew Haigh
Faithful by Eve Lyons
Eyes by Gary Moshimer
Standoff by xTx

NOVEL EXCERPTS
Suicide by Republican by Lorrie Sprecher

CREATIVE NONFICTION
Visions: Where the Locals Go by Antonia Crane

POETRY
The Kachina by Lisa Marie Basile
My Odysseus by Zozie Beatrice
Kathleen in Chicago, Questioning: A Myth by Nora Bee
Three Poems by Wendy Jane Cohen
Highway 110 by Amber Morris
The chicken bones by Claudia Serea
The Fats of Tokyo by Steve Stringer
PORK PIE HAT by Michael Thompson
Chance is based on true events by Arisa White
The Mermaids Swam Upriver to Spawn by Tania Van Winkle

August 2010 Issue

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INTERVIEWS
An Interview With Davis Schneiderman by David Hoenigman

BOOK REVIEWS
I Curse the River of Time by Per Petterson

FLASH FICTION
End Times by Erin Fitzgerald
Bedroom Review by Abram Lynch
Scream by Emil Ostrovski
Shirt Fiction by Gary Percesepe
Another Lesbian Space Fantasy by Catherine Sharpe

SHORT STORIES
Extraction by Chuck Augello

POETRY
Motherhood by Diya Chaudhuri
A Fall Slaughter by Benjamin C. Clark
Two Poems by Brandon Courtney
Two Things by Amy David
Two Poems by Stevie Edwards
ORPHEUS IN TEMPE by I. Fontana
Missing by Foust
Two Poems by Bridget Gage-Dixon
The Midwest by Steve Dossey
Blessings of Snow and Sky by Victor D. Infante
Timber! by Meg Johnson
Bourbon and the Biker Babe by Dave Malone
Two Poems by John McKernan
Two Poems by Karissa Morton
Four Poems by Amber Ridenour
Archaeopteryx Barista by Chris Ridenour
The insects in the words. The weathers. by Denis Richard Robillard
Amends by Michael C. Rush
Object by Marcos Soriano
AOL/Wire Services (Posted 4 Hours 54 Minutes Ago) by Robin Stratton
hot air balloon mail by Stacey Tran
WHAT I LEARNED WHILE PLUMMETING TO MY DEATH FROM THIRTY THOUSAND FEET by Zachary Whalen
“Huh? What?” by Dane A. Wisher

July 2010 Issue

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INTERVIEWS
An Interview With Linda Bubon by Daniel Duffy
An Interview With Aaron Burch by Timmy Waldron
An Interview with Steve Erickson by Daniel Duffy
An Interview With Taylor Mignon by David Hoenigman
An Interview With Peter Schwartz by Timmy Waldron

BOOK REVIEWS
Man’s Companions by Joanna Ruocco

FLASH FICTION
The Beige Futon by Greg Gerke
Maternus by Michelle Reale
Check Engine by Mark Reep

NOVEL EXCERPTS
Bliss Inc. by Ron Burch
Not for All the Mayo in Western Pennsylvania by Chris Zappone

STRETCHING FORMS
The Women and the Men by Gary Percesepe

POETRY
Midway Women’s Bowling League by James Benton
Arthritis by J.R.Bouchard
Two Poems by Russell Bradbury-Carlin
Neapolitan by Damian Caudill
Tickled by Amy Corbin
The Wife & I on Cough Drops by John Philip Johnson
Green monstrosity by Peycho Kanev
Desire Café Sutra by John Kuligowski
LET US COMPARE MYTHOLOGIES by Kirsty Logan
Asperatus by Adam Moorad
TEST-DRIVING DINDI by Kenneth Pobo
Noah, Pulling the Blankets Over His Head by Colin Pope
Two Poems from “Hallelujah Science” by Kelli Stevens Kane

June 2010 Issue

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INTERVIEWS
An Interview With Christian Peet by Kevin Kane
An Interview With Anna Joy Springer by David Hoenigman
An Interview With Justin Taylor by Mike Young

FLASH FICTION
This Pivot by Justin D. Anderson
The Dads by Alex DeBonis
Arcadia by Michael K Meyers
That Knocking You Hear is Actually Ticking by Billy Thompson

SHORT STORIES
On Board the Anita. by Edward Mc Whinney
An Ex-Lover’s Guide to Failing Organic Chemistry by Christopher Mohar

STRETCHING FORMS
The Submissive Queen by Samantha Levy
Three Works by Miranda Merklein
All These the Violent Children ( An Episode of Hills ) by JA Tyler

POETRY
Untitled by Elizabeth Bastos
Substitute Kansas by Antonia Clark
Three Poems by Kathleen Flenniken
Two Poems by Patrick Forgette
Tartar the Unfaithful Clam by Bill Gillard
Becoming Educated by Mikko Harvey
from the soft destruction of a single entity over a period of time one might call, aging by Michael James Martin
WHAT WILL BECOME OF THESE? by Janice Krasselt Medin
Drunk Driving by Jade Sylvan
Math For Poets by David Woodward
Everything is Living in the Lake by Alexander York
If We Really Exist, This is the Moment We Will Know It or When the Onion is Gone by Jacqueline Anne Young

May 2010 Issue

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INTERVIEWS
An Interview With William Walsh by Timmy Waldron
An Interview With Tawni O’Dell by Dory Adams
An Interview With Munter Jack by David Hoenigman

FLASH FICTION
Madonna by Victoria Cho
The Birthday Project by David Erlewine
Center and Fringe by Len Kuntz
Breathe by Josh Orkin
Our Island of Epidemics by Matthew Salesses

SHORT STORIES
Suburban Cannibals by Scott Anderson
Hurry by John Oliver Hodges

POETRY
An Expert Witness by Karen Douglass
Tacony Desperado by Joseph Farley
X-Ray of An Unknown Mouth by Kat Lewin
Two Poems by Donal Mahoney
Saturday Night by Dominic Quintana
I Am Okay by Greg Santos
Pioneer Valley by Joshua Michael Stewart
My Back Pages by Tim Tomlinson
Lesson Plan by Geoff Kagan Trenchard

April 2010 Issue

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INTERVIEWS

An Interview With Noah Cicero by Tim Nogaj
An Interview With Christopher Higgs by Andrew Borgstrom
An Interview With Karen Lillis by David Hoenigman
An Interview With Todd Zuniga by Timmy Waldron

BOOK REVIEWS

Deniability by George Witte

CREATIVE NON-FICTION

U-Turn by Lisa Lim
The Auctioneers by Jessie Morrison
The King of Schmooze by Daniel Stolar

FLASH FICTION

All the World Was Grey Then Red by Richard Bell
Taking the Sting by Murray Brozinsky
Where the Pain Ends Stefanie Freele
Saving by Gary Moshimer

SHORT STORIES

Bad Cheetah by Andy Henion

POETRY

Maggots at Work by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal
Three Poems by Melanie Browne
A Cigarette’s Worth by Ryan Michael Commins
Two Poems by Tova Gardner
Two Poems by Joe Farley
Two Poems by Ryan Quinn Flanagan
Three Poems by Rene Joy
Two Poems by Lara Konesky
RHYMES by Anthony Madrid
Yann Teirsen uses a lot of accordions in his compositions. by Ananda Osel
Two Poems by Jay Pabarue
Two Poems by t. kilgore splake
Two Poems by Valerie Wetlaufer
Two Poems by Dennis P. Wilken
I don’t know what to do with the warmth by Felicia Zamora
Once by Charlene Zatorski

NOVEL EXCERPTS

Excerpt from The Insurgent by Noah Cicero

March 2010 Issue

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INTERVIEWS

An Interview With Mark S. Kuhar by David F. Hoenigman
An Interview with Mary Miller by Timmy Waldron
An Interview With Sawako Nakayasu by David F. Hoenigman
An Interview With Shya Scanlon by Timmy Waldron
An Interview With Matthew Simmons by Timmy Waldron

CREATIVE NON-FICTION

Derek, Dead by Jack Patrick

FLASH FICTION

My Farewell Tour by Richard E. Bowness
Stay Put by Jeff Chon
My Sweet Warrior by David Erlewine
Los Angeles by Mary Miller
Visits by Katie Manderfield
Disco by Richard Owain Roberts
Specifics by N. God Savage
The Sword by Thom Young

SHORT STORIES

The Shine by Jennifer Sullivan

POETRY

Lumpy Bed by Michael Cuglietta
Two Poems by Brian Fanelli
Tadpole by Jason Fisk
THE EARLY YEARS 1973-2005 by Jason Hardung
daily blackout by Sarah Harste
LA PALMA, CA by Andrew Hilbert
ROCK STAR by Ann Manion
My Mother’s Soup Bowl by Mavis Moog
_Avocado_ by D. Porter
A Story in Five Breath Poems by Patrick T. Randolph
Excerpt from In this alone impulse, by Shya Scanlon
Monday Morning by Stephanie Skaza
NOTHING UNDER OR BETWEEN by Justin Wade Thompson
Untitled by Dean West

NOVEL EXCERPTS

Excerpt from A Jello Horse by Matthew Simmons

February 2010 Issue

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INTERVIEWS

An Interview With Eckhard Gerdes by David Hoenigman
An Interview With Eirik Gumeny by Timmy Waldron
The Definitive Scott McClanahan Interview: Everything else is just an unofficial boring part of Ohio, or Pennsylvania, or Virginia. by Timmy Waldron
Remembering Jim Shepard. Compiled by David F. Hoenigman

BOOK REVIEWS

Protest! by Steve Finbow, Melissa Mann and Joseph Ridgwell
Review by David Hoenigman

FLASH FICTION

Chablis by Philip Brunetti
Upon Finding You Alive by Michael K. Meyers
The Difficulty of Endings by Jeff Vande Zande
Point of Detachment by Jessica Vozel

SHORT STORIES

Nail Polish and Beer by Matt Baker
Firewood by Brad Conlin
Kidney Stones by Scott McClanahan

POETRY

Three Poems by J. Bradley
pick up line by Jordan Castro
Three Poems by Matthew D’Abate
I HAVE DEVOTED MY LIFE TO THE CLITORIS by Elizabeth Hall
Sunday by Judson Hamilton
whatever makes her happy by Jordan Hanhilammi
Two Poems by Gail D. Kelley
Corporate Casual by Ed Makowski
Two Poems by Casey Quinn
untitled by Dana Roders
6 things i won’t to tell my mother by Tristan Silverman
MOTU Physics Teacher by James Sutherland
Holy Ghosts by Christopher Woods

STRETCHING FORMS

Fifty Years in Halves by Rae Bryant

January 2010 Issue

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INTERVIEWS

An Interview With Jeffrey Lewis by David F. Hoenigman
An Interview With t. kilgore splake by David F. Hoenigman

BOOK REVIEWS

Kamby Bolongo Mean River by Robert Lopez
Review by John Madera

CREATIVE NON-FICTION

Just ’Cause You’re Paranoid… by Joe Clifford
The Switch by Abby Rotstein

FLASH FICTION

“Não há Antídoto para Esse Veneno.” by Shane Cohn
Brotherly Love by Matthew Dexter
Eyes Turned Skywards by Ryan Dilbert
Three Days by HV Whitehead

SHORT STORIES

The Cape by Z.Z. Boone
A Happier Tree by Patrick Allen Carberry
Penumbra by Rachel Ephraim

POETRY

Five Poems by Holly Day
Six Poems by Doug Draime
The Broken Faucet by Meighan Freiling
Jazzmeen Autry by Nicole Gervasio
Two Poems by Lauren Hewitt
Six Poems by Kayla Kane
Bathroom Crucifix by Carolynn Kingyens
Three Poems by Donnelle McGee
Three Poems by Corey Mesler
Know Youth by Nicholas Miriello
Two Poems by Dave Morrison
Four Poems by Cole Nowicki
Two Poems by Christopher Pryor
the sound by Ellyette Sakas
Two Poems by Steve Subrizi

STRETCHING FORMS

Out of Sorts by Rose Sullivan

December 2009 Issue

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INTERVIEWS
An Interview With D. Harlan Wilson by David F. Hoenigman
An Interview With Chelsea Martin by David Moscovich
An Interview With Hillel Wright by David F. Hoenigman

CREATIVE NON-FICTION
My Father’s Ghosts by Addie Hopes
Propofol by Jake Wolff

FLASH FICTION
Love in the Time of Valkyries by Melanie Browne
Closer by Joly Herman
Tucson by Neila Mezynski
Blue Pinto by Mark Reep
The Closed Door Has a Glass Handle That’s as Blue as the Hope Diamond by Rhoads Stevens

SHORT STORIES
Black Eagle by Colin Clancy
Immortality and Tow Trucks by Tom Fillion
Spring by Sara Lippmann

POETRY
Three Poems by Drew DeGennaro
Two Poems by Lena Judith Drake
Two Poems by David Fishkind
Seven Heads and Ten Horns by Kimberly L. Frank
The Fire by Meighan Freiling
Death to the mystical muse by Idris Goodwin
Two Poems by The Collector by Amylia Grace
Two Poems by Tammy Ho Lai-ming
Two Poems by Rose Hunter
parts that i kept by Devin Kells
yes by Ryan Manning
Two Poems by Jalina Mhyana
Love is an iceberg by Thomas Newcomb
EARTHQUAKES by Reynard Seifert
Island by Christian Ward

REVIEWS
Overqualified by Joey Comeau
Dear Everybody by Michael Kimball

November 2009 Issue

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INTERVIEWS
Patricia Catto by David Hoenigman
Richard Kostelanetz by David Hoenigman
Judith Skillman by David Hoenigman

FLASH FICTION
The End by Rob Bass
Wanting by Bruce Bromley
Renovation by Peter Grandbois
the spot by Ray Mike Molina
Say My Name by Nik Perring
Camera Obscura by Brooks Sterritt
Hesitation by Sabrina Stoessinger

SHORT STORIES
The Black Ox by Aletheia Plankiw
The Girl Scout by Ryan Ridge
Missionaries On The Porch by G. K. Wuori

CREATIVE NON-FICTION
Kickass by Karen Sosnoski

EXPERIMENTAL
From Postcards From New Life by Megan Martin

POETRY
Two Poems by David Barger
Two Poems by Mel Brake
Three Poems by D. T. Christensen
Three Poems by Lisa Ciccarello
Three Poems by Martha Clarkson
Two Poems by Elizabeth Davidson
Two Poems by Chris Deal
Two Poems by Joan Goldberg
Three Poems by Andrew Hilbert
Two Poems by Ivan Jenson
Cul de Sac by kj
Seven Poems by Charles P. Ries
Two Poems by Marther Schnieder
Two Poems by Alexandra Seidel
Two Poems by John Sweet
Two Poems by Charity Thomas
Two Poems by Mia Wright

NOVEL EXCERPTS
Forecast: Chapter 36 by Shya Scanlon

BOOK REVIEWS
The Secret History of New Jersey by Tony Gruenewald
The Delicacy and Strength of Lace: Letters Between Leslie Marmon Silko and James Wright
Dealing with Men by Robin Stratton

October 2009 Issue

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CREATIVE NON-FICTION
The Bright Night Effect by Jon Chopan
Fort Flagler, WA by Ben Loory
Brokedown in Oklahoma by John Washington

POETRY
I Want To Be An Alcoholic by Foster Richardson
Three Poems by Andrea DeAngelis
A Letter Of Grievance To Love by Tyler Enfield
Shooting Midgets from a Catapult and Watching Our Teacher Tap Dance Nude by Newamba Flamingo
Three Poems by Chad Halle
Three Poems by Bill Johnston
Two Poems by Saeed Jones
Two Poems by Marcos Mataratas
Central New York by Daniel Houston Powell
Poems in A (iii) by Andy Riverbed
If the Walls Could Speak by Heidi Schmidt
Fata Morgana by Claudia Serea
Two Poems by Lisa Veyssiere
Three Poems by Liang Yujing

SHORT STORIES
Not Your Typical Girl by Jon Bohr
The Long Grass by Ryan W. Bradley
A Glass of Water by CS DeWildt
Air Over Air by John Givens
Bleeder by Brett Matthew Graham
Memphis Apartment, Downtown Poplar and Vine by Sean Lovelace
Myrtle Avenue by Courtney Mauk
Cut, Chew, Swallow by Samantha Schlaifer

FLASH FICTION
Zoetrope by Tim Doody
The End of All Light You Know by Phoebe Kate Foster
The Closest, Hottest Thing by John Haggerty

September 2009 Issue

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EXPERIMENTAL
The Science Library by m. pinchuk

POETRY
You Can’t Sleep Here by Kevin Aguilar
Two Poems by Brad Bisio
My First Dead Body by Lisa J. Cihlar
Sense by Richard DiPirro
A POLITICAL SERIES by Evan Fleischer
Two Poems by Kenneth P. Gurney
Two Poems by Justin Hyde
Two Poems by Emily Kagan Trenchard
the girl next door by Peycho Kanev
Mr. and Mrs. Jingles by Darby Larson
Two Poems by Benji Myers

NOVEL EXCERPTS
My Bike Shorts Are Not Yours, Or My Bulge by Joe Stracci

SHORT STORIES
A Little Expensive by Chidi Asoluka
Firstborn by Jake Christie
Welcome to the Mead Hall by Rowdy Geirsson
Crossing Borders by Sylvia Martínez
The Firestarter by Scott McClanahan
House of Holes by Timothy Raymond
Confederates by Charles Dodd White

FLASH FICTION
Getting in, Getting out by Bruce Bromley
Animal People by Andy Henion
Skin by Len Kuntz
Scarlet Carson by Jessica Maybury
A House by Bradley Sands

August 2009 Issue

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CREATIVE NON-FICTION
On Words and Movement by Kara Mae Brown
The Invisible Hand Around Your Child’s Throat by Thomas Sullivan

EXPERIMENTAL
Squares and Splashes: Two Chronologies of the Extraordinary Cherry Twins by David Massengill

POETRY
THE THOUGHT DID NOT BRING YOU CLOSER by Roxanne Carter
Two Poems by T. O. de Burgh
Two Poems by Alex Galper
Sunday by Judson Hamilton
C.A.S 1932-1992 by Fiona Helmsley
Two Poems by Bill Johnston
Two Poems by Karen Kelsay
Two Poems by Lara Konesky
Lucretia Went Walking by Hatsy McGraw
Two Poems by D.C. Porder
Two Poems by Doug Sutton-Ramspeck
Love by Deanna Tatum

SHORT STORIES
Mercurial Affections by Philip Brunetti
In the Street of Cats by Jac Cattaneo
We Don’t Make Love by Brent Krammes
Rhode Island Gothic by Andrée Pagès

FLASH FICTION
Almost There by Foust
Bad Sitcom by K. Ryer Breese
Four-legged spider by Justin Crockett
My friend, Steven, the Magician by Lori D’Angelo
CEO by Billy Middleton

July 2009 Issue

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CREATIVE NON-FICTION
Drafts by Michael Dean Anthony

EXPERIMENTAL
The Unmetaphysical Megalocardia of Jevan South by Brett Adkins and Paul Albano

POETRY
Two Poems by Craig Awmiller
Two Poems by Jeremy D. Campbell
Sadie by Jesse Fourmy
Untitled by Andrew Hilbert
Three Poems by David LaBounty
Gödel and Einstein by J. Richard McLaughlin
Three Poems by Simon Perchik
Cào: An Etymology by Caleb Powell
GUARDIAN ANGEL by Mather Schneider
Two Poems by Leon Ivan Snow
Four Poems by Audri Sousa
After the Meal by Joseph R. Trombatore
Two Poems by Cody Wiewandt

SHORT STORIES
Legacy by Grant Bergland
The Teacher by Wyatt Bonikowski
A Brilliant Compromise by Sean M. Lawrence
Christmas in Mexico by Jennifer Shumate
That Something We Needed by Casey Wiley

FLASH FICTION
Bottle Rocket Fight by R. Neal Bonser
Movement by Kathy Conde
Taking the cinder path down to the sea by Sarah Hilary
Fallen Oranges by Victoria Melekian
Wait Till the Bogeyman Comes for You by Kristopher Monroe
Shubhangi by Tirumal Mundargi
Jesus Rocks by Emma Lincoln
A Fall Sunday by Vinoad Senguttuvan
[ in the cold, when the night changes with Jimmy ] by J. A. Tyler
Please don’t be upset. by Brandi Wells

June 2009 Issue

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CREATIVE NON-FICTION
Nixon Does Jiangxi by Christian Ames
Moving the Bed by Shaun El-Ters
Everything’s Relative by Kate Jordan
A Life Spent in What Is Now a Frivolous Profession by Larry McCoy

EXPERIMENTAL
Marlon Brando’s Iguana by Daniel Van Thomas

POETRY
Four Poems by Kevin Conder
Know Thyself by Elizabeth Crocket
Two Poems by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal
Bartleby’s my Brother by Regina Jeffers
Three Poems by Niaz Khadem
Two Poems by Savannah Louise
Laces by Ravi Mangla
misanthropic Buddha by Alison Ross
Alone by Ryan Sloan
Two Poems by Joshua Michael Stewart
Three Poems by Zachary Whalen

SHORT STORIES
Rejection by Simon Barker
In My Office—Now! by D. E. Fredd
Fishbowl by Melanie Haney
Expecting by Claire Merle
We Are All Animals by Amanda Montei

FLASH FICTION
Working Late by Eric Beeny
How to Put a Condom on Your John by Terrell Isselhard
A First Time for Everything by Michelle Reale
This Time, With Feeling. by Yaara Sumeruk
Stimulus Package by Sanford Tweedie

May 2009 Issue

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CREATIVE NON-FICTION
Three Variations on Susan by Kirsty Logan
Late Night Q&A by Patrick O’Neil

EXPERIMENTAL
spring summer fall winter spring by Harley Ferris

POETRY
All but the beer that’s wrong by Lori K. Barbeau
Three Poems by John Bennett
Free Hugs by Marjorie Cheung
Three Poems by Danielle Jackson
Four Poems by Gordon Jaylor
Three Poems by Amanda L. Marron
Three Poems by Roger Pemberton
Two Poems by Brent Sunderland
Three Poems by Ocean Vuong

SHORT STORIES
The Ballad of Donald Lane by Brad Conlin
The Dripping Net by Nels Hanson
Polar Bears by Rose Hunter
Detached by Paul Lewellan
How Was I To Know, If You Didn’t Tell Me by Jamie Lin
Three Mistakes by Richard Thomas
The Displacement of Salvatore by Joseph Winter

FLASH FICTION
Sparrows by Joy Allen
The Famous Never Freeze by Jarrett Haley
The End of Day by Greta Igl

April 2009 Issue

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CREATIVE NON-FICTION
Ugly Woman as Elixir by Mel Bosworth
A Place Among Strangers by Mary Ann McGuigan
Because Once I Might Have Seemed Wild by Jenny Poore

EXPERIMENTAL
Friend Highball at Bastion Square by Tricia Louvar

POETRY
Three Poems by Alexandra Bregman
THE CONVERSATION by Joshua Jennings
Four Poems by Lara Konesky
Three Poems by Wayne Mason
Three Poems by Ryan Croken and Maya Schenwar
Little Leopard by K. McDonnell
Three Poems by Tristan Moss
Three Poems by Doug Payne
Two Poems by Paula Ray
Three Poems by Ross Vassilev
Two Poems by Donovan White
Two Poems by Richard F. Yates

SHORT STORIES
Bone Density by Roxane Gay
Epitaphs by Daniel Homan
A Dangerous Shine by Tamara Linse
My Dad Builds the House by Gary Moshimer
The Living, the Dying by Luke Rolfes
Double Shift, May 1955 by Donna D. Vitucci

FLASH FICTION
Bonding by Michelle Reale
After Life by Nick Stokes
Frozen Foods by Andrew S. Taylor
A Raven, Then a Cross by Jeff Vande Zande

March 2009 Issue

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CREATIVE NON-FICTION
Updike of Ipswich by Andrew Coburn
Panties by Chloe Lunn

EXPERIMENTAL
Porcelain by Jess C Scott

POETRY
This Is Veganism by Chuck Adams
Two Poems by Michelle Grimaldi
Two Poems by Sean Patrick Hill
Of Death by Allison Hoffer
Two Poems by Ami Iannone
Writer’s Block Blues by St.Sir Michael Manners
Three Poems by Katie Manning
Symbolic, Maybe. by Sarah Meyers
Two Poems by Laura Miller
Three Poems by Dave Newman
Two Poems by j. michael niotta
Parpadeos del Marrón by Ali Tipton

SHORT STORIES
Blink by Chuck Campbell
Roach by Jane Elia
Random Saves by Sharon Goldner
Sati by Chris Lenton
The Surprise by Kurt Remington
An Honest Man by Doug Rudoff
Truby by Jon Sindell

FLASH FICTION
You Wake Up And The Virgin Mary Statue On Your Dresser Is Crying Blood by J.R. Angelella
The Sentence by Elaine Chiew
Red Wine and Pizza by Christy Effinger
Cheval Noir by Roland Goity
Reasons Not to Live in a Castle by Ruibo Qian
Bellissimo! by Al Riske