Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

• 2 • Intro to the Reality Issue • essay by Nancy Purnell [as by Nan Purnell]
• 5 • Freeze Frame • short story by Rhonda Eikamp
• 7 • Lucid Nightmares • poem by Ann K. Schwader
• 7 • An Ultrasound on This Psychic Gestation • poem by Karen Verba
• 9 • Fallings, Beginnings, Mist • short story by Mark Rich
• 10 • The Last Bike • short story by Doug Rennie
• 11 • The Lack of Symbols Hurts • poem by John Grey
• 11 • Life: A Terminal Condition • poem by Marguerite Mullaney
• 11 • Reality • poem by Michael Thomas Dillon
• 11 • Tomorrow's Prey • poem by Robert C. Danley
• 13 • Dance with Me to a Memory • short story by Trey R. Barker
• 15 • No Holds Barred • poem by Michael Thomas Dillon
• 15 • Car Shadow • poem by Dan Good
• 17 • Horror Artist & Publisher Residing in a Small Town... • essay by Bob Crouch
• 19 • Call Home the Heart • short story by Diane de Avalle-Arce
• 21 • Late Night at the Office • poem by Karen Verba
• 21 • Across the Far • poem by W. Gregory Stewart
• 22 • Kiss Me • poem by Kurt Newton
• 23 • They Say • poem by Amber Smiley [as by Amber J. Smiley]
• 24 • Espresso • poem by Tippi N. Blevins
• 24 • The Properties of Vanishing • poem by Tippi N. Blevins
• 24 • Needs • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 24 • Denial Sees a Man Leaping • poem by Brice P. Gorman [as by Brice Patrick Gorman]
• 24 • I Can't I Can't I Can't • poem by Jim DeWitt
• 25 • The Horror Voodeo We're Watching • poem by Jim DeWitt
• 27 • The Dog and His Boy • short story by Dennis McDade
• 29 • Morning Songs • poem by Nancy Bennett
• 30 • Bound • poem by Robert C. Danley
• 30 • Dream #12 • poem by Dan Good
• 30 • Star Light, Star Bright • poem by Dan Good
• 30 • Lifelong Burn Marks • poem by Brice P. Gorman [as by Brice Patrick Gorman]
• 30 • Carnival Carnivore • poem by Brice P. Gorman [as by Brice Patrick Gorman]
• 30 • Earth-Bound • poem by Rosalie Calabrese
• 31 • The Man Who Loved Flowers • short story by Brandon W. Totman
• 32 • A Chair • poem by Mary Winters
• 32 • The Calling • poem by June Miller
• 33 • Riding on Manson's Bus • essay by Kurt Newton
• 35 • For Newt and Sonny Bono • poem by Marguerite Mullaney
• 35 • We're Americans Now • poem by Marguerite Mullaney
• 36 • Beyond • short story by Kurt Newton
• 37 • South Side • poem by John Grey
• 37 • An Adult Relationship • poem by Marguerite Mullaney
• 37 • Crop Circles • poem by Kurt Newton
• 37 • [untitled poem] • poem by gilligan
• 39 • Beneath the Surface • short story by Bryan Lindenberger [as by Bryan Edward Lindenberger]
• 42 • I Am Dead • poem by Robert C. Danley
• 42 • Modern Mind Set • poem by W. K. Pomeroy
• 42 • Dead Pariahs Rise • poem by Thomas Zimmerman
• 43 • Finding Salvation • poem by Brandon W. Totman
• 45 • The World Is Amber • short story by Alan K. Baker
• 49 • Crystal Toppings • short story by D. F. Lewis and Marge Simon [as by D. F. Lewis and Margaret B. Simon]
• 51 • Birthday Sonnet Written in Red • poem by Thomas Zimmerman
• 51 • In the Year of Dying • poem by Brandon W. Totman
• 51 • The Children • poem by Brandon W. Totman
• 51 • Fallout Part Five • poem by Corrine De Winter
• 52 • An Exultation of Angels • short story by Michael Decker
• 55 • Mind Fill • poem by Kurt Newton
• 57 • Salmon Feel the Tug • poem by Nancy Bennett
• 58 • Equal Parts Oil and Water • poem by Brice P. Gorman [as by Brice Patrick Gorman]
• 58 • White Moments • poem by Corrine De Winter
• 58 • Self-Portrait • poem by Julia van Gorder
• 59 • Various Vicissitudes • short story by Lenora K. Rogers