Volume 18, Issue 2 :: June 2018
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Featured Writing
Five Poems
Poetry by Devon Balwit
Batten the Hatches
Poetry by Emile Benoit
Broken
Poetry by Katherine Davis
Two Poems
Poetry by Kenneth Pobo
Route 640
Poetry by Kurt Rasmussen
Defiance on my Tongue
Poetry by Susan Richardson
Three Poems
Poetry by Alex Stolis
Shame
Poetry by Rodd Whelpley
Two Poems
Poetry by Christine Wright
April Diary
Poetry by Margaret Young
Carriage
Flash by Erica Plouffe Lazure
Maps
Flash by Rolf Samuels
The Cross-Stitched Cryptogram
Flash by Jamie L. Sawyers
The Raisin Rebellion of 1993
Flash by John Carr Walker
Luminary
Flash by Becca Yenser
The Mirror Game
Fiction by Penny Frances
Secret Admirer
Creative Nonfiction by Zixu Fan
Editor’s Picks
Baker’s Pick * Beautiful, Ordinary
Flash by Kimberly Lee
Broker’s Pick * The List
Fiction by Joseph McGrail
Contest Winners
Three Cheers and a Tiger Writing Contest
Judged by The Bellman
Topic: a mystery story that centers around pressed flowers in an old book.
Word Range: 1,950–2,050 words
Gold: Gray-Eyed Greedy Guts
by Jill Spencer
Silver: The Mystery of the Capucine
by Zachary Turner
Bronze: The List
by Josh Flores
Honorable Mention: The Black Rose
by Cana Shafer
Columns
Candle-Ends: Reviews
Necessary Lies by Richard Edgar
reviewed by Shelley Carpenter
Mr. Neutron by Joe Ponepinto
reviewed by Bill Gaythwaite
Laughter and Early Sorrow and Other Stories by Brett Busang
reviewed by Bill Lockwood
