Smoking With C.R. Park Art by Marty D. Ison In your bio, you mention postmodernism and critical realism. So give us an example of a favorite from each genre. Oh, gosh, I really have no idea what those things mean. I just thought it sounded cool. Aside from flash, what other sorts of writing do you do? Any preferences? I mostly write poetry, haiku and short stories. I prefer very short forms, as a way of paring experience down to its core. Also, I don't have much of an attention span. How much of this story is fiction and how much of it is creative non-fiction? Everything's true except what I made up. As a self-professed poetry idiot, I can't express how much I love the last line of this. Do you yourself "get poetry?" And if not, what's the barrier? I get poetry the same way I get music. On an intuitive level, beyond reason and semantics. Read I Can't Talk About Butter Because Margarine Is All I Know.
	Issue Five (August 15, 2004): Lovers by Karen Simpson Nikakis «» Shore by Susan Henderson «» Lovechild by Ellen Parker «» Lipstick by Claudia Smith «» Back Home by Bob Arter «» Gloves by Gary Cadwallader «» Gilda by Patricia Parkinson «» Attic by Kim Chinquee «» The Radioactive Chicken or the Egg? by Randall Brown «» Summer Swim by Pia Z. Ehrhardt «» Two Benches by Pasha Malla «» Fall by Richard Hulse «» Drop by Roy Kesey «» Galveston by Steven Gullion «» Every Pane of Weathered Glass by Ellen M. Rhudy «» I Can't Talk About Butter Because Margarine Is All I Know by C.R. Park «» Something of Value by Brian Reynolds «» The Therapist Told Her Not to Stop Smoking–Right Now by Astrid Schott «» Maintenance by Miriam N. Kotzin «» Enough by Katrina Denza «» Interviews: Karen Simpson Nikakis «» Susan Henderson «» Ellen Parker «» Claudia Smith «» Bob Arter «» Gary Cadwallader «» Patricia Parkinson «» Kim Chinquee «» Randall Brown «» Pia Z. Ehrhardt «» Pasha Malla «» Richard Hulse «» Roy Kesey «» Steven Gullion «» Ellen M. Rhudy «» C.R. Park «» Brian Reynolds «» Astrid Schott «» Miriam N. Kotzin «» Katrina Denza «» Cover Art "A Character in Short Fiction" by Marty D. Ison «» Letter From the Editor