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Summer 2009

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Poetry and Flash Fiction

Abha Iyengar
Alison Eastley
Barton Smock
Bridget Gage-Dixon
Charles Reis
Cheryl Snell
Daniel Crocker
David Jordan
David Lawrence
Dennis Mahagin
Doug Ramspeck
Henry Louis Shifrin
John Sweet
Kathryn Jacobs
Lois P. Jones
Margaret Babbott
Mather Schneider
Richard Lighthouse
Roger Pfingston
Roy Lewis
Simon Perchik
Tim Kahl
Tony Leuzzi


Featured Artists
Julie Steiner
Don Shaeffer

Steiner Interview
by Alex Nodopaka

Editors

Jennifer VanBuren
Jai Britton
Alex Nodopaka
Patrick Carrington


Mannequin Envy in memory of poet and artist Douglas Gamrath

 

 

 

Michael Caylo-Baradi

Winter Melt Issue 2009

 

Rested Somnambulist

On evenings, the old lady walks
on a sidewalk. Her slow steps

cover distance, a line. Often,
she cuts the line, in the middle,

through its heart. As always, there's
no bleeding. Habit has drained

all blood out. And she has
been able to sleep well, in these walks,

without bothering to close her
eyes, into the night.

 

Michael Caylo-Baradi works in Southern California. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Kartika Review, Tertulia Magazine, elimae, Zygote in My Coffee, Underground Voices, Galatea Resurrects, XCP: Streetnotes, and PopMatters.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The absence of grey by Dean Franz Pasch

 

Deadline for Consideration in Fall 2009: September 1.

We accept submissions all year long, however, we read them only during the month before publication, so please do not get upset if you do not hear from us right away.