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Spring 2026​ Issue​​

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>   Big Sky and the Extraordinary

       Contemplation of Pigeons – by Joe Ducato

>  The Deception – by Fred White
>  Bigfoot Talks – by Robert Boucheron

>  Encyclopedic, Enigmatic, Big-Armed Lucas – by Brady Rhoades

>  Coffee Break – by Robert Bishop

>  Dying and Dancing in the Rain – by Melanie Steger

>  Ready or Not – by Chet Meyer

>  Marvin Waters – by Sascha Zenai

>  My Wife Doesn’t See Dead People – by David Hensen

>  Three Words – by A.P. Ritchey

>  Metaphor – by Alan Zaremba

>  Signs – by Stefan Sofisky

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Fall 2025 Issue

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>  A Gift For Dad – by Chebiric Tokin

>  I Am A Stone – by Margaret Ries

>  In The Pacific – by Lynn Kozlowski

>  Leavers & Stayers – by Christopher Woods

>  Fans – by Charles Hayes

>  A Dollar For Your Sins – Timothe Davis

>  Strangled – by Ethan Cunningham

>  All That Remained – by Philip Davison

>  Red Snapper – by Neil Weiner

>  Capsule Biography Number 11 – by  Ben Guterson

>  Thank You So Much for Letting Me Be This Movie’s

       Filler Love Interest – by Katie Bockino

>  Orion the Hunter – by Melissa diGiovannantonio

>  The Suitcase – by Robert Boucheron

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Winter 2022-23 Issue

Flash Fiction and Prose Poetry

 

Flash Fiction

>  Portrait, by Joseph Kenyon

>  Sampson's Eyebrows, by Drew Chastain

>  Martha's Margueritas, by Michael Neis

>  Linger Stink, by Charles Rammelkamp

>  Our Lovely Day At Binkley's Brews, by Michael Neis

>  D. B. Cooper Dumps The Money, by Michael Gray

>  The Tightrope Walker, by Loredano Cafano

>  Daakbachi, by Jim Genia

>  Imagining People, by Saul Kenrick

  

Prose Poetry

>  Stars, Crossing, by Philip Kobylarz

>  A Well Preserved Man, by Brady Rhoades

>  Hemlock, by Charles Hayes

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Summer/Fall 2022 Issue 

 

Flash Fiction

>  Conference, by Bill Vernon

>  Ham, by Robert Boucheron

>  The Orator, by James Carpenter

>  Asuki, by Gary Duehr

>  Dancer, by Anita Haas

>  On The Move, by Anita Haas - 2022 Pushcart Prize Nominee 

>  Kicking It All In, by Charles Rammelkamp

>  Wise Man, by Charles Rammelkamp - 2016 Pushcart Prize Nominee 

>  Rite of Passage, by Phil Temples

>  Emperor of One, by J. T. Townley

 

Prose Poetry

>  Monitor, by Matthew Dettmer

>  Ferry Crumbs, by Charles Hayes

>  She Is Me, by Charles Hayes

>  In The Original Language, by Paul Rabinowitz  

>  On Robert Frank's photo "Ranch Market,

     Hollywood," by M. E. Silverman

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WINTER 2021 Issue

 

Flash Fiction

o  Dead Folks by William Alton

o  The Hockey Puck by Jim Bates

o  The Phone by Richard Bland

o  I Can See My End by David Farran

o  Stardust Melody by Richard Risemberg

o  Pig by Jane Snyder

o  Crazy by Don Tassone

o  Presence by Don Tassone

o  The Flights of Psyche by Mary Tharin

o  Sudden Disaster in the Hotdog Line by Mason Yates

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Prose Poetry

o  Baja Baptists by John Dorroh

o  Turn of Events by Francis Fernandez

                

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Fall 2020 Issue

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Flash Fiction

o  Aliens by James Bates

o  The Story Therapist by Peter Anthony Murphy

o  Alone by Don Tassone

o  Crazy Happy by Tavi Black

o  Cogs and Gears by Laura Engler

o  Mother by Rachel Oblak

o  Wedding Prep or, The Funhouse by Nina Sharzov-Zabrun

o  Go to Hell by Charles Rammelkamp

o  Patron Saints  by Alexander Joseph

o  Iris by Martin Dodd

 

Prose Poetry

o  Late Hour by John McKernan

o  GK by John McKernan

o  Never Undertaken by Nigel Ford

                     

 

Summer 2020 Issue 

   

o  The End of the World As We Knew It, by David Adès

o  Emil's Magic, by Jim Bates

o  Bruiser, by Robert Boucheron

o  Happy Memories, by John Dennis Clayton

o  It Was 1951, by Chella Courington

o  A Special Place In Hell, by Craig Grafton

o  Waiting Room, by Anita Haas

o  Two Childhood Friends, by Michael Hogan

o  Hey Bear, by Kathryn Holzman

o  Creation: A Flash Epic, by Fred D. White

 

Spring 2020 Issue

(These selections from past issues were published in Zodiac on the occasion of re-activating the magazine after three years of dormancy.) 

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o  What I Live For, by Robert Boucheron

o  Shooting At Diamonds, by Rebecca Clay Haynes

o  Dewey Lake, by Doug Johnson

o  A Snifter of Absynthe, by Stephen V. Ramey

o  My Maintenance Man, by Carol Sanford

o  Walking Papers, by Daniel VanTassel

o  Crane Collapses, No Fatalities, by Gabriel Schenk                    o  God's Dog, by Gale Tanner

o  The Keening of the Ccthull, by David Adès

o  Aunt Gwen Sneaks, by Kenneth Pobo

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Fall 2017 Issue

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FLASH FICTION

o  The Final Watch, by Jonathan Ferrini   

o  The Business of Fellow Travelers, by Paul Handley

o  Mitch, by Charles Hayes

o  Oddities, by Peter Hurtgen Jr.

o  Feedback, by Vincent Mannings

o  Medusa, by Lara Saunders

o  Crane Collapses, No Fatalities, by Gabriel Schenk

o  2012, by Siphokazi Vuso

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​PROSE POETRY

o  Not Goodbye, by Abigail George   

o  A Club, by Lawrence Syldan

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Summer 2017 Issue 

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Stories from our Alums

 

Ten Items Or Less, by Don Dewey   

Coal Tipple, by Charles Hayes

The King, by Charles Hayes

Purple, by Emily Larkin

Locker Room Banter, by Charles Rammelkamp

The Change, by Jeffrey Winter

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Stories from out New Submitters

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I Love My Wife, by Anna Downes   

My Only One, by Betty Krasnik

Mektig, by Olivia Lowenberg

The Knowing of Which Way to Turn, by Michael Smith

Faux-Gilt, by Keith Vaughn

The Rockabilly Sin, by Amber Wilson

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Summer/Fall 2016 Issue

 

Flash Fiction

>  The Game, by Norman Belanger   

>  What I Live For, by Robert Boucheron - 2016 Pushcart Prize                                   Nominee

>  Review Of An Inmate's Letter, by Craig Grafton

>  How Did I Ever Wind Up Here, by Charles Hayes

>  Where I Will Not Go, by Charles Hayes

>  Number's Up, by Michael C. Keith

>  The Party's Already Over, by Len Kuntz

>  Conference, by Bill Vernon - 2016 Pushcart Prize Nominee

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Winter/Spring 2016 Issue

 

Flash Fiction

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• All the Comforts, by Alex Bernstein   

• The Sad Lament of a Cabbage, by Ray Clift    

• Secondhand, by Tim DeLizza

• Poverty, by Charles Hayes 

• Sparklies, by Simon Hole

• Coyotes, by Kathryn Holzman

• The Amber Light, by Emily Larkin

• The Asterisk, by Charles Rammelkamp

• Jesse's Mute Violin, by Rebecca Shepard

• The Magic Hour, by Missy Stacho  

• Rental Units, by Alina Stefanescu

• About the Author, by Jeremy Townley

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Prose Poetry

 

• Orion, by Charles Hayes

• Duct Tape Fixes Everything, by Richard Manly Heiman

• Fate is a Duck, by Christopher "Irish Goat" Knodel

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Summer/Fall 2015 Issue

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Flash Fiction

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• Promise?, by John Biesecker

• Nutland, by Craig Grafton

• Curtain Call, by Anita Haas

• The Looking Glass, by Anita Haas

• Man in a Café in Arles, by John Hanson

• Red, by Ala

• Unplugged, by Don Tassone

• Conference, by Bill Vernon 

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Prose Poetry

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• Götterdämmerung, by Ed Ahern

• enough to feel easy, by Robert Paul Cesaretti

• If U Can't See Me, by Yuan Changming

• The Street Sweeper, by Charles Hayes

• Prey, by Kristin MacKenzie

• cold caller, by Rob Walker

• Hospice, by Julia Wang

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Spring 2015 Issue

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Flash Fiction

• The Search for a Silent Star,  by Russ Bickerstaff

• Tender Things, by Joe Cavano

• ​What Happened When the Rodeo Was in Town, by AJ Kirby

• ​I Am A Picker, by Jo Macek

• ​Disrespect, by Charles Rammelkamp......Editors' Choice

• ​Lego House, by Vani Rao

• ​Kiss, Bow or Shake Hands, by Phil Temples

• ​The Man on the Train, by Andy Tu

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Prose Poetry

• What We Notice, by Gil Hoy

• In The Belly of the Boat, by Angel La Canfora

• Hallelujah, by Vani Rao

• All Too Human, by Lawrence Syldan

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Fall 2014 Issue 

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Flash Fiction  

• The Keening of the CCthull,  by David Adès

• ​Being There,  by Chella Courington

• The Place Where the Chiefs Meet,  by Frank Diamond

• Levin & Kitty, Circa 2014,  by Lara Dolphin

• Forty Years on Earth,  by Mexico Michaels

• The Window Where the Trains Came In,  by Janet Irvin

• Dewey Lake,  by Doug Johnson

• The Kiss,  by Nashae Jones

• The Basketweaver,  by Mark McKee

• A Story About Whales,  by Jef Otte

• Stray Cat,  by Charles Rammelkamp

• The Story of Losing,  by Sasha Sanchez

• Belson, Keelie and The Moon,  by Daniel VanTassel

• Full Circle,  by Chris Wilkensen

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Prose Poetry

• Eight Micro Musings from Marc Carver

        > ONLY IN THE MAKING

        > TALES OF MEN PART 1

        > LOVE AND HATE

        > SCALES

        > SPILT MILK

        > BORN LUCKY

        > MC FUNNY

        > ASBO'TASTIC

• Secret Admirer,  by Anton Frost

• Fetch,  by Jeffrey Winter                          

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Winter 2014 Issue   (February 2014)

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Flash Fiction

• Mike Keith, The Window on His World

• Adam Padgett, The Politician

• DJ Swykert, The Age of Faeries

• Gale Tanner, God's Dog (also see Gale's "How Mac Got Promoted" the Winter 2012 Issue.)

• Phil Temples, At Peace

• John Matthew Whalen, Greatest Apes, Part 1

• Laura Wooffitt, Marriage Prospects

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Prose Poetry

• Marc Carver, The Test

• Will Dixon, Feathers                                  

• Craig Fishbane, Another Mirror

• Kim Peter Kovac, The Racer's Edge

• Lucinda Olmstead, Lust

• Gerry Sarnat, Freerange

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Spring 2013 Issue 

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Flash Fiction

• Carly Berg, Beanstalk Revised

• Eric Blix, Going Home Via The Internal Combustion Engine

• Henry Brown, Flood Victims – Man and Boy

• Robin Wyatt Dunn, Last Friday

• Joe Giordano, The End of the Italian Bread

• Kevin Hall, In From the Rain

• Joe Kilgore, The Rangoon Eye

• Stephen Koster, Forgetting the Real Paris 

• Stephen V. Ramey, A Snifter of Absinthe

• Charles Rammelkamp, And They All Lived Happily Ever After

• Rob Schultz, Shopper's Paradise

• Phil Temples, Purpose

• Laura Woofitt, Hosea

 

Prose Poetry

• Will Dixon, A Course    

• Alan Reed, Patches of Green

• Olvard Smith, Doom

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Fall 2012 Issue 

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Flash Fiction:

• Past Matters by E.A. Aymar

• What I Live For by Robert Boucheron

• Regarding the Privies by PJ Cox

• The Hole by Tricia Fields

• On Frying Fish by George Masters

• The Transit by Banks Miller

• Ship Sails On by Valery Petrovskiy

Short Stories:

• Somewhere There's a Pony by Bernie Hafeli

• How Many Raccoons is a Cat Worth? by Doug Johnson

• Unfortunate Luck by Lasher Lane

• Counting Cars by Joplin Rice

• The Awakening by Hollis Whitlock

Prose Poetry:

• Cuba by Jéanpaul Ferro

• On the Proper Role of Desire by Craig Fishbane

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Summer 2012 Issue

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Flash Fiction

• The Last One, by Randall Brown

• Silversides, by Patrick Forgette

• Hallsville, by Derek Frazier

• Blame it on the Jeans, by Megan Gregor

• My Maintenance Man, by Carol Sanford

• One's Own Life, by John Williams

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Short Stores

• Home Fires Burning, by Ed Ahern

• Morrow, by Chris Deal

• Forever, by Bobby Fox

• Dewey Lake, by Doug Johnson

• The Last Few Pages, by Howard Mosely-Chalk

• Three People Dancing, by Peter Volpe

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Prose Poetry

• Conversations with Zip, by Will Dixon

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Spring 2012 Issue 

                                             

Flash Fiction:

• Context Driven, by David Atkinson

• Elegy, by Anne Marie DeVito

• His Father's Legacy, by John Dougherty

• Flannel Shirt, by Kristina Estebo

• Unformed, by Phil Temples

 

Short Stories:

• The Perfect Switch, by James Carpenter

• Chief, by Donald Dewey

• The Man Who Prepared Himself for Death, by Allen Kopp

• Fu Manchu, Foo Man Choo, Man Chew Food, by Gregg Sapp

• The End of Spring, by Michael Schrimper

• Dance of the Standup Man, by Janet Slike 

                        

 Prose Poetry:

• Marie Curie & Arthur Rimbaud: An Imagined Marriage,  by Marissa Cohen

• Exercises in Eloquence, by V. Moriarty  

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Winter 2012 Issue   (January 2012)

 

Flash Fiction:

• Fast Track, by Patrick Forgette

• Shooting at Diamonds, by Rebecca Clay Haynes

• Dorothy, by Julie Morgan King

• Flat Iron Blues, by Arthur McMaster

• Aunt Gwen Sneaks, by Kenneth Pobo

  

Short Stories:

• Calmato, by Donald Dewey

• The Devil’s Cup, by E.G. Fulton

• Feast on Flies, by Heidi Kraay

• Red Tiger Walk, by George Eyre Master

• Arachnids, by Michael Onofrey

• How Mac Got Promoted, by Gale Tanner

   

Prose Poetry:

• The Man Who Harvests Redeemable Cans, by William Doreski

• On Not Being Able to Dance, by Milton P. Ehrlich, Ph.D.

• Karner Blue Butterfly, by Jamie Taylor

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Fall 2011 - Inaugural Issue

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• Walking Papers by Daniel VanTassel

• Relations by V. Moriarty

• A Father's Sins by Brian Wright

• Bonds by Pierre Bourdain

• The Man Who Was Looking Down by Daniel VanTassel

• Pentamentality by Chet Meyer

• Quieting the Crickets by Daniel VanTassel

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