Issue Forty-One

September 2013

From the Editor

We are proud to share a wide range of stories in this issue, and also an impressive depth. Several touch on alienation and the act of moving on. More than a few deal with death in their own unique ways. We even have an alienated ghost in the story “The Eleventh Floor Ghost,” by our… Continue reading Issue Forty-One

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Bit Player Adam Peterson(Read author interview)
Fishtank Bindu Bansinath(Read author interview)
The Circus Carla Chait(Read author interview)
Lecce David Mohan(Read author interview)
After the Thaw Freda Love Smith(Read author interview)
Pierce to Vent Karen Dietrich(Read author interview)
We Do Chicken Right Kayla Rae Whitaker(Read author interview)
Mise en Place Kristin Bonilla(Read author interview)
Sometimes We Both Fight in Wars Leesa Cross-Smith(Read author interview)
The Five Different Ways They Died Leigh Allison Wilson(Read author interview)
Champagne? Luke Wiget(Read author interview)
The Final Hours of Madeline Le Vin and her Flight Engineer Margaret Patton Chapman(Read author interview)
God Finds All Pirates Maxim Loskutoff(Read author interview)
The Eleventh Floor Ghost Megan Giddings(Read author interview)
A Special Hell Meg Carroll(Read author interview)
Yellowjackets Rebecca Podos(Read author interview)
Rain Delay Shawn Rubenfeld(Read author interview)
Larissa Shoots the Moon Teresa Milbrodt(Read author interview)
The Toy Tracey S. Rosenberg(Read author interview)

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