Volume 4, Issue 2 :: June 2004

Featured Writing

Three Poems
Poetry by Lindsay Vaughan

1000 Years Ago
Flash Fiction by J. Rubino

The Patsy
Flash Fiction by Miriam N. Kotzin

Annabelle
Flash Fiction by Ian Kita

Cerulean
Flash Fiction by Timons Esaias

Playing Kazoo: Rituals
Fiction by Jason Arbogast

Big Boys Can’t Eat Quiche
Fiction by Kathy Maeglin

Pura Vida
Creative Nonfiction by Matt Mannino

Editor’s Picks

Because we edit as a collective, sometimes a piece one editor feels
strongly about will get left out. By introducing Editor’s Picks, we’ll be able to
showcase a wider variety of work that reflects the tastes of each editor.

Billiard’s Pick * Missed
Flash Fiction by Gina M. DiSarro

Baker’s Pick * Jack’s Accidental Protest
Flash Fiction by Kerri Lynn Shaffer

Boots’s Pick * Dale’s Night
Fiction by Ryan Potter

Beaver’s Pick * Della
Fiction by Gary Dudney

Contest Winners

Three Cheers and a Tiger Writing Contest
Judged by Bonnets and The Bellman.
Topic: A mystery with a garden as the central feature.
Word limit: 1500 – 1700 words.

Gold: In The Andersen’s Garden
by Robin Hillard

Silver: Autumn Joy
by Patricia Fish

Bronze: Back to the Garden
by E.E. Mazier

Columns

Too Good Not To Publish: Cover Letters
Dear Lightly Toasted Editors
by Kathy Maeglin

Best of the Boards
A Walk In Space
by Kathy Snyder

The Snark Zone: Letters From The Editors
Finding Audacity
by Theryn “Beaver” Fleming