Magazine

In which we feel the earth move beneath our feet, learn to say good-bye in so many ways, & collect the queen of all chess pieces.

+ The winners of our poetry, personal essay, and short fiction contests

Inside this Issue

WELCOME TO THIS ISSUE
Pamela Mulloy

PERSONAL ESSAY CONTEST
Susan Scott Lit From Within: The Essay Gets Personal
Sierra Skye Gemma The Wrong Way
Erika Thorkleson Liquification

OCCASIONAL VERSE CONTEST
Amanda Jernigan If You're Reading This: The Domestic Life of Poetry
Anne Marie Todkill Non Sequitar
Kate Timmers Quietus
Susan Olding Lemoine Point
Mary-Lynn Murphy Breathless
Cecilia Kennedy Gestures
Lisa Martin-Demoor Two Poems
Meghan Blythe Adams Echidna in the Oncology Ward
Lindsay Bird Piercing

PETER HINCHCLIFFE  SHORT FICTION CONTEST
sponsored by the St. Jerome's University English Dept.
Kim Jernigan You Met Them Here
Zoey Leigh Petersen Sleep World
Philip Huynh Gulliver's Wife

INTERVIEW
Tristanne Connolly Rarities: An Interview with Jason Guriel

FICTION
Sefun Afolabi Goulash
Iris Gershon Left in the Dust
Tamas Dobozy Rosewood Queens
Heather Davidson Inheriting the Circus
Hal Walling Performers
Christine Estima The Cipher Hangs

THE  WRITER-AT-LARGE
Susan Scott Mormon Writer Woman
Helen Humphreys Natural History

POETRY
Daniel Karasik Two Poems