Fall/Winter 2009-10
tom oristaglio
scott summers
cindy childress
tom rechtin
james b. nicola
debra rymer
doug draime
corey mesler
rebecca schumejda
chris crittenden
arlene ang
joey nicoletti
brad johnson
lorie allred
elizabeth kay
alexander russo
nissa lee
kenneth gurney
jessi lee gaylord
keith brighouse
ajay vishwanathan
ethel rohan
william "cully" bryant
julie steiner
Steiner Interview
by Alex Nodopaka
Jennifer VanBuren
Jai Britton
Alex Nodopaka
Patrick Carrington
Mannequin Envy in memory of poet and artist Douglas Gamrath
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Barton Smock
comics
it was our dog
killed
the neighbor’s dog.
hours
my brother and I
we washed its mouth and cried.
dad came home early.
black as
stove.
mom
whatever she had to put on
she put on
for dinner.
we ate. we were a hungry lot.
they have another dog, mom said.
dad
he just howled
and pulled her to his lap.
he put his hands all over her dress
which she had worn the week before
to a wedding.
Barton Smock lives in Columbus, Ohio, with his wife and four children. He often calls his brothers on the phone in the a.m. to recommend, again, that they watch the movie Shotgun Stories. He has most recently been published at thefurnacereview.com, inertiamagazine.com, and in caesura.
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