Volume 13, Issue 3 :: September 2013
Photo Credit: Alyson Hurt
Featured Writing
Emily as Written by Amanda Shires
Poetry by Darren C. Demaree
As I stand by my window dreaming of falling
Poetry by Marchell Dyon
Unsolicited Advice
Poetry by Tyrek Greene
Two Poems
Poetry by Sean Lause
Plot Line
Poetry by D.C. Lynn
Three Poems
Poetry by Joan McNerney
Even the Wind and the Waves Obey Him
Flash Fiction by Jamie Burke
Absence
Flash Fiction by Sarah Clayville
Eating Now
Flash Fiction by Andy Cochran
Waiting
Fiction by Bea Chang
Missing Notes
Fiction by Hall Jameson
Cancer Pirates
Fiction by Julianne Pachico
To Give Up Smoking
Fiction by Alex Shishin
Inheritance
Creative Nonfiction by Susan Lago
Editor’s Picks
Broker’s Pick * Perennial
Fiction by Jay O’Shea
Contest Winners
A Midsummer Tale Writing Contest
Judged by Beaver
Theme: Retreat / Encounter
First: As I Walk Out One Evening
Creative Nonfiction by HC Hsu
Second: Hell is a Dry Heat
Fiction by Chris DeWildt
Third: Summer Fruits
Fiction by Pauline Wiles
Columns
Candle-Ends: Reviews
The Tiger’s Wedding by James Dante
reviewed by Shelley Carpenter
The Scholar, the Sphinx and the Shades of Nyx by A.R. Cook
reviewed by Shelley Carpenter
Chimes at Midnight by Seanan McGuire
reviewed by Erin Bellavia
The Snark Zone: Letters from the Editors
The Star-Ratings Tango
by Theryn “Beaver” Fleming