Volume 17, Issue 1 :: March 2017
Featured Writing
Confined to Thought
Poetry by Holly Day
Little Murders
Poetry by Liz Dolan
Two Poems
Poetry by John Grey
Three Poems
Poetry by Michael Paul Hogan
Two Poems
Poetry by Salvatore Marici
Three Poems
Poetry by Sam Payne
Flames
Flash by Jenny T.H. Chiu
What the Anemometer Measures
Flash by Becca B. Jenkins
Ski Lift
Flash by Zack Peercy
Major Award
Flash by Michael Snyder
The Blue Egger
Fiction by Michelle McMillan-Holifield
What I Should Have Said
Fiction by David McVey
Editor’s Picks
Beaver’s Pick * Travelling With Ashes
Fiction by Gwenda Major
Baker’s Pick * Judy
Fiction by Kathryn Pallant
Contest Winners
Dead of Winter Writing Contest
Judged by Baker & Billiard
Theme: The Hand of Fate
Word Range: 2,000–4,000
First: The Hands of Fate
by Ellis Sinclair
Second: The Dead of Winter
by Catherine J. Link
Third: Helping Hands Retreat
by Red Lagoe
Honorable Mention: The Philosophy of Pre-Determinism
by Michael Grantham
Columns
Candle-Ends: Reviews
Jesus and Magdalene by João Cerqueira
reviewed by Shelley Carpenter
Sure Things and Last Chances by Lou Gaglia
reviewed by Bill Lockwood