Issue 16: September '08
Poetry
4 Poems
by Francine Rubin • 09.01.2008Fish Fry-a-thon Plangent body torquing to the left, then right, an excited shimmy; like a fish Bea jumps when Dee pokes her with the spatula dripping Wesson. Bea cleans trout, Dee... more »
(de)Classified
The Gerbil Will Not Leave Its Cage and Pockets Filled with Stones
by Michael K. Meyers • 09.01.2008To a listener of these sonic short fictions, I’d say, think of them as story-songs, or sound-word collages. more »
Short Short
Fever
by Joel Wright • 09.01.2008The room is small in its warmth. I feel swollen in the dim glow of a low fire and a sputtering candle. I am alone, save for my son. more »
Short Short
Out by Munson Creek
by Chuck Taylor • 09.01.2008"Give me my blowgun," Harry said. Kyle handed him the blowgun from the floor on his side. It was dark and cool and we were on a county road sixty miles east of Dallas. The sky was autumn clear; a quarter moon hung low on the horizon. more »
Nonfiction
An Ocean View
by Brent van Staalduinen • 09.01.2008You’d never know that our driver was in Dubai when the tsunami struck Sri Lanka. He plays tour-guide as we dodge tuk-tuks, scooters, and delivery vans. more »
Nonfiction
Fear and Reality
by Joe Clifford • 09.01.2008We call this place Hepatitis Heights. It is a drug den on top of 23rd Street, Potrero Hill, San Francisco. The year is 1999. more »
Featured Artwork
5 Pieces
by Christopher A. Williams • 09.01.2008- Venus Fly Trap
- War
- A Thousand Words
- Dog Eat Dog City
- Untitled





