Volume 11, Issue 4 :: December 2011

Photo Credit: Matthew Wilson
Featured Writing*
Cigarette Smoke Clouds
Poetry by Andrea Castillo
My Mother-in-Law Cooks
Poetry by Rachel Marsom-Richmond
Creation
Flash Fiction by Allison Landa
What She Calls Life
Fiction by Lisa Heidle
Michelle
Fiction by Jennifer Hurley
The Dying Season
Fiction by Cynthia J. McGroarty
Editor's Picks**
Beaver's Pick * Home to Her Island
Poetry by Rich Ives
Broker's Pick * Beginners Too
Fiction by Alonzo Douglass
Contest Winners
Three Cheers and a Tiger Writing Contest
Judged by Boots & Broker
Theme: Landmarks
Word Range: 1300–1700 words
Gold: Shutter Speeds
by Caitlin Wolper
Silver: Things to Do Before You Die
by Michelle Orabona
Bronze: Elysian Vestibule
by Jennifer Pantusa
Columns
Candle-Ends: Reviews
Reviews will appear in upcoming issues.
Guidelines
The Snark Zone: Letters from the Editors
Bounce
by Theryn "Beaver" Fleming
Volume 11, Issue 3 :: September 2011

Photo Credit: Scorpions and Centaurs
Featured Writing*
The Things that Come in the Mail
Poetry by Holly Day
Five Poems
Poetry by B.T. Joy
Comings and Goings
Poetry by Lex Thomas Muery
Five Poems
Poetry by Bree Rehac
Night Birds
Flash Fiction by Anna Moriarty Lev
More than Dinner
Flash Fiction by Dawn Zera
The Sponge Diver
Fiction by Vanessa Blakeslee
Posthumous
Fiction by Charlie Brooks
Safety Measures
Fiction by Sarah Clayville
Red Tide
Fiction by J.S. Sollazzo
Giraffes Do Bite
Creative Non-Fiction by Mary Wuerth
Editor's Picks**
Baker's Pick * It's in the Bones
Flash Fiction by Mary J. Breen
Contest Winners
A Midsummer Tale Writing Contest
Judged by Beaver
Theme: water fire earth air
First: The Land Between Two Rivers
Fiction by Bint Arab
Second: Still Water
Creative Non-Fiction by Nancy Bouchard
Third: Stepping into Summer
Creative Non-Fiction by Tony Press
Honorable Mention: Empedocles on Love and Strife
Fiction by Chris Kitowski
Columns
Candle-Ends: Reviews
Reviews will appear in upcoming issues.
Guidelines
The Snark Zone: Letters from the Editors
What If?
by Amanda "The Bellman" Marlowe
Volume 11, Issue 2 :: June 2011

Photo Credit: jules:stonesoup
Featured Writing*
Five Poems
Poetry by Christie Isler
Four Poems
Poetry by Natasha Kochicheril Moni
Gloves
Poetry by Mary Odenbach
Dead
Flash Fiction by James Armstrong
The Man Who Made Her Late for Work
Flash Fiction by David Meuel
The Faint Light of Heaven
Fiction by Lisa Ahn
Long Time Going
Fiction by Kimberly Greene
Breathe Small in the Light
Fiction by Josh Hauser
Daphne
Fiction by Jennifer Hurley
The Talk
Fiction by Rick Nordgren
Editor's Picks**
Bonnets's Pick * Standing on the Walls of Jericho
Poetry by Caleb J. Oakes
Baker's Pick * The Dried-Up Seahorse
Fiction by Emily J. Lawrence
Boots's Pick * Montanawich
Fiction by Nathaniel Tower
Contest Winners
Three Cheers and a Tiger Writing Contest
Judged by Bonnets & The Bellman
Topic: Mystery that uses a short social media message
about an ecological change in a nearby river as an important clue.
Word Range: 2450–2550 words
Gold: A River Trickles Through It
by Shannon Schuren
Silver: Measurements
by Laura Magalas
Bronze: Rainbows
by Gillian Brent
Columns
Candle-Ends: Reviews
Reviews will appear in upcoming issues.
Guidelines
The Snark Zone: Letters from the Editors
Outside In
by Theryn "Beaver" Fleming
Volume 11, Issue 1 :: March 2011

Photo Credit: Michael Verhoef
Featured Writing*
Exclamation!
Poetry by Carl Leggo
Four Poems
Poetry by Dawn Sandahl
Cracks
Flash Fiction by Rachel Haynes
Caribou Detail
Fiction by Louis M. Abbey
It's All Ice
Fiction by Liz Baudler
Winter Birds
Fiction by Melodie Corrigall
Decisions
Fiction by Kimberly Klemm
Mobile on the 214
Fiction by Tony Press
Natural Disaster
Fiction by Gina Sakalarios-Rogers
The Yellow Bike
Fiction by Cody L. Stanford
Pieces
Fiction by S.E. White
Editor's Picks**
Baker's Pick * Two Poems
Poetry by Holly Burdorff
Boots's Pick * Gogo Knows Best
Fiction by Shannon Schuren
Contest Winners
Dead of Winter Writing Contest
Judged by Baker & Billiard
Theme: Open
Word Range: 2500–5000 words
First: Shattered
by Bethany Nuckolls
Second: Delicate
by Jill Quinn
Columns
Candle-Ends: Reviews
Introducing Candle-Ends
by the TC Editors
The Snark Zone: Letters from the Editors
Count Me In
by Stephanie "Baker" Lenz