Volume 12, Issue 4 :: December 2012

toasting cheese heidi style
Photo Credit: Rakka

Featured Writing*

Four Poems
Poetry by Miki Byrne

Two Poems
Poetry by Rich Ives

Four Poems
Poetry by B.T. Joy

In a Guatemalan's Village
Poetry by Salvatore Marici

Existentialism
Poetry by Agholor Leonard Obiaderi

Three Poems
Poetry by Russell Rowland

I Wish They All Could Be Chilean Girls
Flash Fiction by Behlor Santi

Death Sits a While
Fiction by Antonin Dvorak

The Zipless F___
Fiction by Karen Karlitz

In My Old Neighborhood
Fiction by Ralph Uttaro

Editor's Picks**

Billiard's Pick * The Quilt
Fiction by Cezarija Abartis

Contest Winners

Three Cheers and a Tiger Writing Contest
Judged by Boots & Broker
Theme: An Inhospitable Environment
Word range: 1950–2050 words

Gold: In the Garden Where Monsters Grow
by Alison Reeger Cook

Silver: Mind Over Matter
by Eleanor Ingbretson

Bronze: Maybe Among the Better of Many Possible Worlds
by Mark Neyrinck

Columns

Candle-Ends: Reviews
Evidence of Murder by Lisa Black
reviewed by Theryn Fleming

The Snark Zone: Letters from the Editors
Like Alice
by Theryn "Beaver" Fleming

 
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Volume 12, Issue 3 :: September 2012

Rosemary, Cheddar and Gouda Grilled Cheese
Photo Credit: Emily Carlin

Featured Writing*

Four Poems
Poetry by Rachel Barenblat

Five Poems
Poetry by Doug Bolling

Two Poems
Poetry by Cynthia Sharp

Reading the Signs in Seoul
Fiction by James Dante

Happy Ending
Fiction by Ryan N. Hejmanowski

Grausam
Fiction by Amber Kelly-Anderson

Ball Gag
Fiction by Anthony Marshall

Furnished Rooms
Fiction by Don Smith

Tarmac
Fiction by Stacey Spencer

The Hole
Fiction by John Young

Editor's Picks**

Baker's Pick * Oh Woman
Fiction by A. Gonzaga

Contest Winners

A Midsummer Tale Writing Contest
Judged by Beaver
Theme: Snail Mail

First: Brief from Oma
Creative Non-Fiction by Laura Story Johnson

Second: Being My Mom
Creative Non-Fiction by Amy Gantt

Third: The Adolescent Letters
Creative Non-Fiction by Anna Shuster

Columns

Candle-Ends: Reviews
Ashes of Honor by Seanan McGuire
reviewed by Erin Bellavia

The Snark Zone: Letters from the Editors
Don't Forget the Confetti
by Theryn "Beaver" Fleming

 
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Volume 12, Issue 2 :: June 2012

Cheese toast!
Photo Credit: Memphis CVB

Featured Writing*

Emily as a Tire's Hot Squeal
Poetry by Darren C. Demaree

Five Poems
Poetry by B.T. Joy

The Inside of an Eighth-Grade Girl
Poetry by Kira Moore

Three Poems
Poetry by Nathaniel Murphy

Four Poems
Poetry by Yermiyahu Ahron Taub

Future Historians Look Back
Flash Fiction by Jeffrey Bakkensen

An Aversion To Blue
Fiction by Philip Dodd

All the Money in the World
Fiction by Michael S. Wolfe

And He Remembers
Creative Non-Fiction by Daniel Beaudoin

Crying Cancer
Creative Non-Fiction by Hayley Cooper

And Another Thing
Creative Non-Fiction by Nathan Evans

Editor's Picks**

Broker's Pick * A Photograph of Emma
Poetry by John Grey

Beaver's Pick * Concrete Love
Poetry by Marchell Dyon Jefferson

Baker's Pick * Echoes
Fiction by Jennifer Hurley

Contest Winners

Three Cheers and a Tiger Writing Contest
Judged by Bellman & Bonnets
Topic: Write a mystery in which yarn bombing plays an important role.
Word Range: 1550–1650 words

Gold: What Would Madame Defarge Do?
by Melynda Sylvestre

Silver: Mother Earth Breeds Nothing Feebler than a Man
by Arwen Dewey

Bronze: Pumpernickel Blue
by Eleanor Ingbretson

Columns

Candle-Ends: Reviews
The Toucan Magazine
reviewed by Theryn Fleming

The Snark Zone: Letters from the Editors
The Google Ate My Homework
by Amanda "The Bellman" Marlowe

 
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Volume 12, Issue 1 :: March 2012

Mega cheese toastie at Mrs Muffins, Ledbury
Photo Credit: Uncle He-man

Featured Writing*

11:11
Poetry by Maria Vasquez Boyd

Strawberries
Poetry by Andrea Egert

Two Poems
Poetry by Paul Hostovsky

Two Poems
Poetry by Brian Price

The Queen's Secret
Flash Fiction by Jacqueline Doyle

Back to Comanche
Fiction by Rick Bailey

Firm Iron
Fiction by Lou Gaglia

The Messenger
Fiction by Matthew Jankiewicz

Vincent Under the Bed
Fiction by Elizabeth Buechner Morris

The Grace of Grass
Creative Non-Fiction by Shaina Rafal

Editor's Picks**

Broker's Pick * Cars
Poetry by Griggori Tyler Taylor

Boots's Pick * The Dance
Fiction by Robert Watts Lamon

Contest Winners

Dead of Winter Writing Contest
Judged by Baker & Billiard
Theme: Skull and Bones
Word Range: 2000–3000 words

First: The Red Scarf
by Anitha Murthy

Second (tie):
Skin and Bones
by Jake Gogats
&
A Bone to Pick
by Kristi Petersen Schoonover

Honorable Mention: Osteophthisis
by John-Michael Gariepy

Columns

Candle-Ends: Reviews
Silver and Blood by Trina L. Talma
reviewed by Lisa Olson

The Snark Zone: Letters from the Editors
All Writers Are Independent But Some
Are More Independent Than Others

by Stephanie "Baker" Lenz

 
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