Volume 16, Issue 2 :: June 2016

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Featured Writing

Three Poems
Poetry by Bobbi Sinha-Morey

Two Poems
Poetry by Diane Webster

Years ago, in Firenze
Flash by Andrew Bertaina

Tango Tuesdays
Flash by Tara Roeder

Pavlov’s Puppies
Fiction by Sharon L. Dean

The Cleaning Lady from Western Nebraska
Fiction by Karl Harshbarger

Enlightenment
Fiction by Isabel S. Miles

Indolence and Rhyme
Fiction by Steve Passey

Editor’s Picks

Broker’s Pick * Shame
Poetry by Colin Dardis

Baker’s Pick * An Unexpected Truth
Flash by Jhilam Chattaraj

Beaver’s Pick * Baby’s Breaths
Flash by Greg Metcalf

Contest Winners

Three Cheers and a Tiger Writing Contest
Judged by Bellman
Topic: a mystery story that explains the “why”
behind what you see in this picture.
Word Range: 2,150-2,250 words

Gold: First in Time, First in Right
by Meredith Bateman

Silver: Bus Stop
by Brian Behr Valentine

Bronze: Rendez-Vous
by Erin McDougall

Columns

Candle-Ends: Reviews

Feeding by Cody L. Stanford
reviewed by Shelley Carpenter

Crossing the Lines by Tony Press
reviewed by Lou Gaglia

The Snark Zone: Letters from the Editors

On Simultaneous Submissions
by Stephanie “Baker” Lenz