Volume 12, Issue 4 :: December 2012

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
Volume 12, Issue 3 :: September 2012

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
Volume 12, Issue 2 :: June 2012

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
Volume 12, Issue 1 :: March 2012

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