Volume 17, Issue 3 :: September 2017
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Featured Writing
Two Poems
Poetry by Miki Byrne
Dear Kelsey
Poetry by Matthew Heston
Five Poems
Poetry by Simon Perchik
Grandfather’s Fingers
Poetry by Sarah Valeika
Five Poems
Poetry by John Zedolik
The Twelve Steps to a Better Friday Night
Flash by Izabella Grace
New Chairs
Flash by Mirah Harim
Hush Hush, Little One
Flash by Merran Jones
The Nun Who Loved Rammstein
Fiction by Natasha Cabot
Deflation
Fiction by Tara Kaprowy
Ethnography of an Adult Ballet Class
Creative Nonfiction by Laura Marostica
Japan
Creative Nonfiction by Mary Street
Editor’s Picks
Baker’s Pick * Spare
Flash by Helen Coats
Beaver’s Pick * Closure
Fiction by Alex Shishin
Contest Winners
A Midsummer Tale Writing Contest
Judged by Beaver
Theme: Summer Love
Word Range: 1,000-5,000 words
First: The Formula for Skipping Stones
Fiction by LS Bassen
Second: A Pot of Tea
Fiction by Vanessa Levin-Pompetzki
Third: I Ask You for a Cigarette
Fiction by SK Elliot
Honorable Mention: Summer of Love
Creative Nonfiction by Gretchen Rose
Columns
Candle-Ends: Reviews
Megan of the Mists by Bill Lockwood
Reviewed by Shelley Carpenter
