January 4, 2016
Three Poems By Milton Montague: " "Sweet Spot", "The Face", "Writer's Block"
milt montague was born and raised in new
york city, survived The Great Depression, the school system, and World
War ll. After 20 years back at college he discovered poetry at 85. Now
at 90 plus he has 54 poems published in 14 different magazines.
Three Poems By Simon Perchik
Simon Perchik is an attorney whose poems have appeared in Partisan Review, The Nation, Poetry, Osiris, The New Yorker, and elsewhere. His most recent collection is Almost Rain, published by River Otter Press (2013). For more information, including free e-books, his essay titled “Magic, Illusion and Other Realities” please visit his website at www.simonperchik.com.
A Poem By Gerard Sarnat: "Orestes Of Theses, Not Thebes"
Gerry and his wife of 45 years live in the room above a
daughter’s family’s garage. Grandkids wander in and out all the time. It’s
great! When we’re not there, we live in a yurt where our son’s family
lives off the grid between the Klamath River and Marble Mountains.
Gerard Sarnat MD received his education at Harvard where he was
the editor of the freshman literary magazine The Yardling, and Stanford. He established and staffed
clinics for the disenfranchised, has been a CEO of healthcare organizations,
and was a Stanford professor.
Three Poems By David Subacchi: "You Wouldn't Laugh", "Wondering", "Unbearable"
David Subacchi lives in Wales (UK) where he was born
of Italian roots.
He studied at the University of Liverpool and his poetry collections
FIRST CUT (2012) and HIDING IN SHADOWS (2014) are with
Cestrian Press. You can find out more about David and his work
Three Poems By Y.X. Xia: "Not Running Away", "Willow Tree", "Apple Tree"
Y.X. Xia is a scientist by day, poet by
daydream. His work has been published or is forthcoming from Strong
Verse, Society of Classical Poets, Boston Literary Magazine, Otoliths,
Pantheon Magazine, Star*line, Eunoia Review and elsewhere (see yuxingxia.wordpress.com). He also really likes boards that promote justice such as the washboard. Like really, all kinds of flat boards.
Visual Art: Three Paintings By W. Jack Savage
W. Jack Savage is a retired broadcaster and educator. He is
the author of seven books including Imagination:
The Art of W. Jack Savage (wjacksavage.com). To date, more than fifty of Jack’s short
stories and over six-hundred of his paintings and drawings have been published
worldwide. Jack and his wife Kathy live in Monrovia, California.
Flash Fiction By Glenna Blomquist: "It's Alive!"
Glenna Blomquist has lived in Florida for 15 years and is still
exploring what it is to be a "Floridian". Now retired, she has time to
recollect and time to experience each moment as new. So she writes,
weaving her childhood appreciations into the experience of her older
self, offering up lyrical pieces with universal appeal.
Flash Fiction By Simon Brown: "These Pretty Roses"
Please visit Simon Brown's blog at: thetypewriteraddiction.wordpress.com
His twitter handle is: Simon Brown @typewaddition
Featured here: These Pretty Roses
Flash Fiction By DB Cox: "Hope"
DB Cox is a blues musician/writer from South Carolina. He grew up in a Southern Baptist Orphanage called Connie Maxwell Children’s Home in Greenwood, SC. He graduated from high school in 1966, and joined the Marines Corps right after the Vietnam TET Offensive in 1968. After being discharged in 1972, he spent several years playing guitar in bars, juke joints, and honky tonks across the South.
Fiction By Nels Hanson: "Can You Tell Me Now?"
Nels Hanson grew up in California’s San Joaquin Valley and has worked as
a farmer, teacher and writer/editor. His fiction received the San
Francisco Foundation’s James D. Phelan Award and Pushcart nominations in
2010, 12, and 2014. Poems appeared in Word Riot, Oklahoma Review,
Pacific Review and other magazines and received a 2014 Pushcart
nomination, Sharkpack Review’s 2014 Prospero Prize, and 2015 and 2016
Best of the Net nominations.
Fiction By Muhammad Nasrullah Khan: "Raja and his Buffalo"
Muhammad Nasrullah Khan is from Pakistan currently
living in Saudi Arabia, where he is Lecturer in English at Taif
University. His short stories are well recognized internationally for
his unique prose style, and really naive innocence of rural life of
Pakistan. His short story
Donkey-Man was selected among the Notable Online Short Stories of 2003
in the StorySouth Million Writers Award. His work has appeared in
Newtopia Magazine, Gowanus Books,Offcourse literary Journal University at Albany, The Raven Chronicles, and many others. He exists on twitter as @nasar_peace ,at [email protected], [email protected], and https://www.facebook.com/nasar.peace
Fiction By Jim Kjeldsen: "The Glob"
Jim Kjeldsen is a historian-journalist who lives in
Bellingham, Washington. His previous books include the nonfiction "The
Mountaineers: A History" (Mountaineers Books, 1998, still in print) and
the forthcoming "The Carnival of Speculation" (WSU Press, due in 2016).
He is a finalist for Best Online Short Story 2015 for "The Giant Gila
Monster," Indiana Voice Journal, June 2015.
Fiction By Jack Daniel Miles: "Jasper County"
Jack Daniel Miles currently resides in Gainesville, Florida, with his wife and daughter. Jack is a writer, multi-instrumentalist, and volunteer educator. Some of Jack's most recent work is forthcoming in the spring 2016 issue of Down in the Dirt magazine. You can also check out him and his sporadically updated blog at jackdanielmiles.com.
Flash Fiction By Colin Rowe: "Peppered Eggs"
Colin Rowe lives in Santa Fe, NM and has been published by
Cracked.com, The Boston Literary Magazine, The Eunoia Review, and a
dozen other flash fiction zines. He tweets under the handle @lowericon and
can also be found on WriteOn and Scribophile. Colin's Write On Profile
Flash Fiction By L.D. Zane: "Where's The Cow?"
L.D. served seven years in the Navy, which included a combat tour in Vietnam on river boats, and five years aboard nuclear-powered, Fast Attack submarines. At 65, his life is quieter now, and is a member of The Bold Writers.
L.D.’s short stories have been published in: Red Fez, Indiana Voice Journal, Remarkable Doorways Online Literary Magazine, The Writing Disorder, The Furious Gazelle, Slippery Elm, and The Rain, Party, & Disaster Society.
His website is: ldzaneauthor.com.
Photography By David J. Thompson: "Cadillac Ranch, Carhenge, and Old Car City"
David J. Thompson's photos have appeared in a number of journals both in print and on-line. He
lived in Detroit from 1997 until last October. He has been traveling
since then.
Please visit his website at ninemilephoto.com.
Nonfiction Essay By Lynda McKinney Lambert: "A January State of Mind"
Lynda McKinney Lambert created a collection of poems, reflections, and
short essays in the book, “Concerti, Psalms for the Pilgrimage, “ published by
Kota Press.
Her writing research and unique projects have been published in 2 books by
Terry White, Professor of English, Kent State University. Lambert is a retired
Professor of Fine Arts and Humanities, Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA since
2008.
Nonfiction Article By Charles E. J. Moulton: "Colenton Freeman-Atlanta's Gift To Opera"
CHARLES E.J. MOULTON has been a stage performer since age eleven. His trilingual, artistic
upbringing, as the son of Gun Kronzell and Herbert Moulton, lead to a
hundred stage productions, countless cross-over concerts, work as a
bandleader and as an acting teacher. He is a regular contributor for
Idea Gems, has written for Shadows Express, Cover of Darkness, Vocal
Images and Pill Hill Press. He is a tourguide, a big-band-vocalist, a
filmmaker, a painter, a voice-over-speaker, a translator, is married and
has a daughter. Charles E.J. Moulton's passion is creative versatility. His short story collection, Aphrodite's Curse: 21 Tales of Love and Terror can be purchased by clicking the link. Homepages: http://www.reverbnation.com/charlesejmoulton/ Nonfiction Portrait Piece By K.R. Riordan: "Swimming In Conversation"
K. R. Riordan is a senior at Seattle University, diligently working towards his Bachelor of Arts in English & Creative Writing. He has published numerous short stories, photographs, & non-fiction essays in various journals and literary magazine throughout the Pacific Northwest and across America in such places as the Percival Review, a literary journal out of Olympia, Washington, The Indiana Voice Journal, and The Mulberry Fork Review. After graduating, he plans to teach Literature and/or Creative Writing at the collegiate level. His main goal in life is to transfer his passion for literature and reading onto younger generations.
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