
Directory of all past issues
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Flash Fiction
o The Story Therapist by Peter Anthony Murphy
o Cogs and Gears by Laura Engler
o Wedding Prep or, The Funhouse by Nina Sharzov-Zabrun
o Go to Hell by Charles Rammelkamp
o Patron Saints by Alexander Joseph
Prose Poetry
o Never Undertaken by Nigel Ford
o The End of the World As We Knew It, by David Adès
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 Two Childhood Friends, by Michael Hogan
o Hey Bear, by Kathryn Holzman
o Creation: A Flash Epic, by Fred D. White
o What I Live For, by Robert Boucheron
o Shooting At Diamonds, by Rebecca Clay Haynes
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
FLASH FICTION
o The Final Watch, by Jonathan Ferrini
o The Business of Fellow Travelers, by Paul Handley
o Oddities, by Peter Hurtgen Jr.
o Feedback, by Vincent Mannings
o Crane Collapses, No Fatalities, by Gabriel Schenk
PROSE POETRY
o Not Goodbye, by Abigail George
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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
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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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
All the Comforts, by Alex Bernstein
The Sad Lament of a Cabbage, by Ray Clift
Secondhand, by Tim DeLizza
Poverty, by Charles Hayes - Editors' Choice
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 - Editors' Choice
Rental Units, by Alina Stefanescu
About the Author, by Jeremy Townley
Orion, by Charles Hayes
Duct Tape Fixes Everything, by Richard Manly Heiman
Fate is a Duck, by Christopher "Irish Goat" Knodel
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 - Editors' Choice!
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
>>Spring 2015 Issue (March 2015)
Flash Fiction
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The Search for a Silent Star, by Russ Bickerstaff
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Tender Things, by Joe Cavano
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What Happened When the Rodeo Was in Town, by AJ Kirby
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I Am A Picker, by Jo Macek
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Disrespect, by Charles Rammelkamp......Editors' Choice
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Lego House, by Vani Rao
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Kiss, Bow or Shake Hands, by Phil Temples
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The Man on the Train, by Andy Tu
Prose Poetry
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What We Notice, by Gil Hoy
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In The Belly of the Boat, by Angel La Canfora
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Hallelujah, by Vani Rao......Editors' Choice
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All Too Human, by Lawrence Syldan
>> Fall 2014 Issue (October 2014)
Flash Fiction
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The Keening of the CCthull, by David Adès
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Being There, by Chella Coutington
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The Place Where the Chiefs Meet, by Frank Diamond
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Levin & Kitty, c. 2014, by Lara Dolphin
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Forty Years on Earth, by Mexico Michaels
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The Window Where the Trains Came In, by Janet Irvin
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Dewey Lake, by Doug Johnson.......Editors' Choice & Pushcart Prize nominee
(Originally published in our Summer 2012 issue.)
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The Kiss, by Nashae Jones.............Editors' Choice & Pushcart Prize nominee
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The Basketweaver, by Mark McKee
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A Story About Whales, by Jef Otte
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Stray Cat, by Charles Rammelkamp............Editors' Choice (See Charles' They All Lived Happily Ever After, Spring 2013 issue)
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The Story of Losing, by Sasha Sanchez
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Belson, Keelie and The Moon, by Daniel VanTassel
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Full Circle, by Chris Wilkensen
Prose Poetry
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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
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Secret Admirer, by Anton Frost
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Fetch, by Jeffrey Winter................Editors' Choice
>>Winter 2014 Issue (February 2014)
Flash Fiction
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Mike Keith, The Window on His World
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Adam Padgett, The Politician
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DJ Swykert, The Age of Faeries
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Gale Tanner, God's Dog...............*Editors' Choice* (See Gale's "How Mac Got Promoted"
in our Winter 2012 Issue.)
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Phil Temples, At Peace
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John Matthew Whalen, Greatest Apes, Part 1
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Laura Wooffitt, Marriage Prospects..............*Editors' Choice* (See Laura's "Hosea"
in our Spring 2013 Issue.)
Prose Poetry
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Marc Carver, The Test.............*Editors' Choice*
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Will Dixon, Feathers
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Craig Fishbane, Another Mirror
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Kim Peter Kovac, The Racer's Edge
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Lucinda Olmstead, Lust
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Gerry Sarnat, Freerange
>>Spring 2013 Issue (April 2013)
Flash Fiction>>
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Carly Berg, Beanstalk Revised
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Eric Blix, Going Home Via The Internal Combustion Engine
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Henry Brown, Flood Victims – Man and Boy
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Robin Wyatt Dunn, Last Friday
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Joe Giordano, The End of the Italian Bread
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Kevin Hall, In From the Rain.....................*Editors’ Choice*
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Joe Kilgore, The Rangoon Eye
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Stephen Koster, Forgetting the Real Paris
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Stephen V. Ramey, A Snifter of Absinthe.................*Editors’ Choice*
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Charles Rammelkamp, And They All Lived Happily Ever After.......*Editors' Choice*
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Rob Schultz, Shopper's Pardise
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Phil Temples, Purpose
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Laura Woofitt, Hosea
Prose Poetry>>
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Will Dixon, A Course...............*Editors' Choice*
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Alan Reed, Patches of Green
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Olvard Smith, Doom
>>Fall 2012 Issue (October 2012)
Flash Fiction:
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Past Matters, by E.A. Aymar
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What I Live For, by Robert Boucheron.........*Editors' Choice*
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Regarding the Privies, by PJ Cox
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The Hole, by Tricia Fields
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On Frying Fish, by George Masters
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The Transit, by Banks Miller
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Ship Sails On, by Valery Petrovskiy
Short Stories:
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Somewhere There's a Pony, by Bernie Hafeli
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How Many Raccoons is a Cat Worth?, by Doug Johnson.......*Ed. Choice*
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Unfortunate Luck, by Lasher Lane
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Counting Cars, by Joplin Rice
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The Awakening, by Hollis Whitlock
Prose Poetry:
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Cuba, by Jean-Paul Ferro
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On the Proper Role of Desire, by Craig Fishbane.......*Editors' Choice*
>>Summer 2012 Issue (July 2012)
Flash Fiction:
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The Last One, by Randall Brown
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Silversides, by Patrick Forgette........*Editors' Choice*
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Hallsville, by Derek Frazier
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Blame it on the Jeans, by Megan Gregor
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My Maintenance Man, by Carol Sanford
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One's Own Life, by John Williams
Short Stories:
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Home Fires Burning, by Edward Ahern
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Morrow, by Chris Deal
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Forever, by Bobby Fox
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Dewey Lake, by Doug Johnson..................*Editors' Choice*
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The Last Few Pages, by Howard Moseley-Chalk
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Three People Dancing, by Peter Volpe
Prose Poetry:
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Conversations with Zip, by Will Dixon...........*Editors' Choice*
>>Spring 2012 Issue (April 2012)
Flash Fiction:
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Context Driven, by David Atkinson
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Elegy, by Anne Marie DeVito
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His Father's Legacy, by John Dougherty
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Flannel Shirt, by Kristina Estebo
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Unformed, by Phil Temples
Short Stories:
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The Perfect Switch, by James Carpenter
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Chief, by Donald Dewey
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The Man Who Prepared Himself for Death, by Allen Kopp
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Fu Manchu, Foo Man Choo, Man Chew Food, by Gregg Sapp.......*Editors' Choice*
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The End of Spring, by Michael Schrimper
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Dance of the Standup Man, by Janet Slike
Prose Poetry:
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Marie Curie & Arthur Rimbaud: An Imagined Marriage, by Marissa Cohen
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Exercises in Eloquence, by V. Moriarty............*Editors' Choice*
>>Winter 2012 Issue (January 2012)
Flash Fiction:
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Fast Track, by Patrick Forgette
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Shooting at Diamonds, by Rebecca Clay Haynes.......*Editor' Choice*
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Dorothy, by Julie Morgan King
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Flat Iron Blues, by Arthur McMaster
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Aunt Gwen Sneaks, by Kenneth Pobo
Short Stories:
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Calmato, by Donald Dewey
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The Devil’s Cup, by E.G. Fulton..............*A belated Editors' Choice*
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Feast on Flies, by Heidi Kraay
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Red Tiger Walk, by George Eyre Master
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Arachnids, by Michael Onofrey
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How Mac Got Promoted, by Gale Tanner.........*Editors' Choice*
Prose Poetry:
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The Man Who Harvests Redeemable Cans, by William Doreski
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On Not Being Able to Dance, by Milton P. Ehrlich, Ph.D.
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Karner Blue Butterfly, by Jamie Taylor
>>Fall 2011 Issue (October 2011)
(Inaugural Issue)
Flash Fiction:
o Walking Papers, by Daniel VanTassel
o Relations, by V. Moriarty
Short Stories:
o A Father’s Sins, by Brian Wright
o Bonds, by Pierre Bourdin
o The Man Who Was Looking Down, by Daniel VanTassel
Prose Poetry:
o Pentamentality, by Chet Meyer
o Quieting the Crickets, by Shelly Sumner




