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Month: March 2014

Woman in a Tree by Alex Austin  

by adminPosted onMarch, 2014February, 2018

When Hugh next met Sumiko at a club in the Shibuya ward of Tokyo, he was singing Elvis Costello’s “Allison” through a defective karaoke stage…

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The Honolulu Mermaid by Michael M. Pacheco

by adminPosted onMarch, 2014February, 2018

Soft waves lapped the cream-colored beaches of Waikiki. It was a silent, scented evening Cameron knew could only be found in this part of the world.…

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Two Poems by Emily Strauss

by adminPosted onMarch, 2014February, 2018

“Night Driving” imagining buffalo herds grazing under the moon’s white haze the grasses dipping to the rifling breeze, or stars behind the drifting clouds after…

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Two Poems by Charles Thielman

by adminPosted onMarch, 2014February, 2018

“Layer Ink Over Caesura” Caught shooting the sun’s tangent through the smoked filters of his instrument, his gaze bores inside flame. He postcards thoughts across…

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Thinking About God by Peter Schaller

by adminPosted onMarch, 2014February, 2018

Is it wrong to think about God when you’re lying on a bed in a cheap motel room with a heart recessed into the ceiling,…

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Things to Do Before an Apocalypse by Scott Volz

by adminPosted onMarch, 2014February, 2018

Forget the bucket lists: We’re talking bunker lists— predictions of The End more regular than a man who takes his Metamucil. True, theories thus far…

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all that glitters by Jennifer MacBain-Stephens  

by adminPosted onMarch, 2014February, 2018

I saw a sparkly backpack in front of me and didn’t know where to turn.  The canvas was black but consumed by clear gemstones two…

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Two Poems by Jessica Williams

by adminPosted onMarch, 2014February, 2018

“Tangerine Peace” In my youthful hubris I was apt to think that the self was the epitome of all this substance that I was no…

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Two Poems by Frank de Canio

by adminPosted onMarch, 2014February, 2018

“Passing Muster” You glowed in Shakespeare’s Measure play with art enough to make me wish you were my wife. And yet you parlayed Isabella’s part,…

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Secrets (at sixty) by George Bishop

by adminPosted onMarch, 2014February, 2018

When the day’s finished coming apart, I kick what’s empty all the way to bed, or stand and stare through the eyes of a penny…

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The Wanderer by Vito Racanelli  

by adminPosted onMarch, 2014February, 2018

George wore his favorite suit, his only suit, for the interview. It was brown corduroy. He’d owned it for years, though he hadn’t much call…

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If You Listen Close Enough, You Can See by Jos O’Connell

by adminPosted onMarch, 2014February, 2018

There is an old man that comes and sits in his car on the hill top overlooking Lake Alan every Tuesday night.  I know this because…

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The Man Who Hated Dogs by Jean Venable

by adminPosted onMarch, 2014February, 2018

Dogs were without question at the top of the list. But there were other creatures for whom he had little affection as well: Deer, for…

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The Pottery Barn Look by Wes Adamson

by adminPosted onMarch, 2014February, 2018

The man…his face was one you could get lost in. His face shared the daily wear of years of gazing…pondering…and being encompassed by the blistering…

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Sound by Jacquelyn Mixon

by adminPosted onMarch, 2014February, 2018

It was a gray afternoon with clouds filling the sky. The air was damp and would have been chilly if not for the constant breathe…

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Better Late Than Never by Kelly Butler  

by adminPosted onMarch, 2014February, 2018

I walked to school every day until I was ten years old. In the late summer, when school was just beginning, the air was warm…

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