Donal Mahoney lives in St. Louis, Missouri, an immigrant from Chicago. Amid the hubbub in the United States today over illegal immigrants, he remembered that his parents were illegal immigrants from Ireland a long time ago. They came because of the freedom the United States offered. Technically they were illegal but his father had no choice but to come and his mother likely did not know she was illegal. This is their story.
July 7, 2016
An essay by Sharon Frame Gay: "4th of July at Birch Lake, Michigan"
Sharon Frame Gay grew up a child of the highway, playing by the side of the road. Her work can be found in several anthologies, as well as BioStories, Gravel Magazine, Fiction on the Web, Literally Stories, Halcyon Days, Frontier Tales, Mid American Fiction and Photography, Write City, Literally Orphans and others. She is a Pushcart Prize nominee.
Fiction by Muhammad Nasrullah Khan: "Eternal Freedom"
"Muhammad
Nasrullah Khan is from Pakistan currently living in Saudi Arabia, where
he is Lecturer in English at Taif University. Writing is his passion
and teaching his profession. His 15 years of experience in the field of
writing has honed his capacity to compose basic fascinating stories
about the human experience. Enlivened by the stories of great English
and Russian writers, he has taken a pinch of fact and a cup of fiction
to weave an embroidered creative work of adoration, trust, and agony in
his stories. His work has appeared in Indiana Voice Journal,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 Tom Sheehan: "I Am What I Am Not"
Tom Sheehan has published 23 books and has had multiple work in most of the following publications: Ocean Magazine, Rosebud, Linnet’s Wings, Serving House Journal, Eclectica, Copperfield Review, KYSO Flash, La Joie Magazine, Soundings East, Vermont Literary Review, Literary Orphans, Indiana Voice Journal, Frontier Tales, Deep South Magazine, Western Online Magazine, Provo Canyon Review, 3 AM Magazine, Vine Leaves Journal, Nazar Look, Eastlit, Rope
& Wire Magazine, The Literary Yard, KYSO Journal, Green Silk
Journal, Fiction on the Web, The Path, Faith-Hope and Fiction, The
Cenacle, etc.
Fiction by Jay Faulkner: "Shave"
Jay Faulkner resides in Northern Ireland with his wife, Carole, and their two boys, Mackenzie and Nathaniel. He says that while he is a writer, martial artist, sketcher, and dreamer he's mostly just a husband and father.His work has been published widely, both online and in print anthologies, and was short-listed in the 2010 Penguin Ireland Short Story Competition. He is currently working on his first novel. Jay founded, and edits, 'With Painted Words' - www.withpaintedwords.com - a creative writing site with inspiration from monthly image prompts, and 'The WiFiles' - www.thewifiles.com - an online speculative fiction magazine, published weekly. He can also be found as a regular co-host on the Following The Nerd radio show-www.followingthenerd.com
Flash Fiction by J.L. Higgs: "Something About Her"
J L Higgs is a recently retired financial services executive. His short stories focus on the lives of black Americans.
In addition to writing short fiction, he spends his time drawing people
and places both home and abroad. J L and his wife currently reside
outside of Boston. Their adult son and daughter live nearby.
Fiction by Michael Anthony: "Glendora Mississippi-1953"
Michael Anthony is a writer and artist currently
living in New Jersey. He has published fiction, poetry and illustrations in
multiple literary journals including The Opiate, SQ Magazine, and The
Wilderness House Literary Review. Michael’s photojournalism essay on the waning
of the textile industry in Paterson, New Jersey was exhibited by the American
Labor Museum.
Fiction by Donal Mahoney: "Jesus, Can We Talk?"
Donal Mahoney has worked as an editor for U.S. Catholic Magazine, Loyola University Press, and The Chicago Sun-Times. Retired now, he keeps busy writing poetry, fiction and nonfiction. One of the most important aspects of “freedom” for him is freedom of religion and the opportunity in this country to practice it or not practice it. Some of his work can be found at http://eyeonlifemag.com/the-poetry-locksmith/donal-mahoney-poet.html#sthash.OSYzpgmQ.dpbs=
Flash Fiction by JD DeHart: "Snub"
JD DeHart is a writer and teacher. His chapbook, The Truth About Snails, is available from RedDashboard.
Flash Fiction by Lisa Reily: "Into the Sky"
Lisa Reily is a former literacy consultant, dance director and teacher from Australia. She is now a full-time budget traveler with two bags, one laptop and no home. You can find out more about Lisa at lisareily.wordpress.com
Flash Fiction by Susan P. Blevins: "Crossing"
Susan P. Blevins was born in England, where she spent the first twenty
years of her life, followed by twenty-six years in Italy recovering from
the first twenty, and fourteen years in Taos, NM. She had a weekly
column on food for a Rome newspaper, and since living in the USA, has
written for various garden magazines both here and in Europe. She now
lives in Houston and is writing and publishing stories based on her
many life experiences.
Visual Art/Photography by Steph Kay
Steph is, and she states this boldly, a Hoosier at heart. Raised in the west side,
attended college in the north, and now living in the tip of Broad
Ripple, she's caught the bug of being a Midwesterner. Well, she was born in
Ohio, but we can ignore that.
Two poems by Bruce Owens: "Quiet Within" and "Taking a Walk"
Bruce Owens has been writing poetry for 50 years.
One of his poems appeared in the Robinson Jeffers Newsletter (No. 93
& 94, Winter & Spring) in tribute to friend, and fellow poet
William Everson. He has been a guest lecturer at various colleges in California,
lecturing on the nature of the creative process, and he has conducted
poetry workshops, mainly with young adults, especially those struggling
with various addictions or having come from an abusive household, using
poetry as an instrument of discovery for both self, and as an entry into the
world around us. His collection of poems: Eddies in the
Rush (ISBN 0-971256-0-0 [149 pg.]) was endorsed by C.C. Bailey and poet William Stafford (1914-1993) a
"National Book Award recipient."
Three poems by Dan Jacoby: "Fort Holabird," "tay ninh 1970," and "national anthem"
Two poems by Mercedes Webb-Pullman: "The Harbour of Freedom" and "The Dairy-woman's Dance"
Mercedes Webb-Pullman graduated from Victoria University Wellington with an MA in Creative Writing 2011. Her poems and stories have appeared in Turbine, 4th Floor, Swamp, Reconfigurations, The Electronic Bridge, Otoliths, Connotations, The Red Room, Typewriter, and Cliterature, among others, and in her books. She lives on the Kapiti Coast, New Zealand.
Two poems by Jeff Burt: "Election" and "Independence Day"
Jeff Burt works in mental health and has been published in Amarillo Bay, The Nervous Breakdown, Atticus Review and forthcoming in Per Contra and Clare Literary Journal. He has work published previously in Indiana Voice Journal.
Three poems by Jessica Goody: “Unanswered Prayers” “War Declared” and “Liberty Ladies”
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