Fiction by Andy Tu: "My Realm"

Andy doesn't know how to write but sometimes finds completed works on his computer.

Fiction by Michael Landsman: "The Great Machine"

Michael Landsman has taught high school English in New York City for most of his career. He is a NYC native and currently lives in the Bronx. 

Flash Fiction by JD DeHart: "The Trope Hopper"

JD DeHart is a writer and teacher.  His chapbook, The Truth About Snails, is available on Amazon.

Fiction by Donal Mahoney: "A Tsunami of Grace"

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=

Fiction by R. B. Ejue: "Breathe or Suffocate"

R. B. Ejue has had stories published in Red Fez Magazine, and Work Literary Magazine

September 2016 Issue #26

Welcome to the 26th issue of Indiana Voice Journal! 

As the weather nods its head ushering in the cooler, more colorful Fall season here in Indiana, this edition of IVJ contains a mix of quality, colorful features as well, including three ekphrastic poems by Neil Ellman, and a small Bicentennial Section to honor Indiana's 200th Birthday. We hope you read, enjoy, and share this issue of IVJ. Thank you for your ongoing support! ~Janine Pickett

POETRY

Three ekphrastic poems by Neil Ellman: "Gaze of Science," "Aeolian Harp," and "Land of Lemons"

A poem by Darren C. Demaree: "Emily As Out In A Storm We Want More Storm"

Two poems by Sukrita Paul Kumar: "Not Just Nostalgia" and "Flights of Freedom"

A poem by Deena Padayachee: "Injustice"

Five poems by Holly Day: "What If," "Charity," "Britomartis," "All This Measuring of Truth," and "The Dance"

Three poems by Blanca Alicia Garza: "Find Me," "Free of the Shadows," and "Soul Serenade"

Three poems by Nicole Brooks: "Day with Holly Golightly," "The Most One Can Hope For," and "The Poet's Apartment."

A poem by Terri Winaught: "Tribute to Tania"

Three poems by Gary Glauber: "Baggage Claim," "Volume Two," and "What Ample Eyes Reveal"

Three poems by Malkeet Kaur: "PMS and the Clouds," "Mutations," and "Entropy and Will"

Two poems by Michael A. Griffith: "Grammy Ruth's Old Lace Afternoon" and "Pop Pop"

Four poems by Michael Lee Johnson: "The Seasons and the Slants," "California Summer," "Common Church Poem," and "Flight of the Eagle"

CREATIVE NONFICTION/ESSAY

Essay by Lynda McKinney Lambert: "The Connie"

FICTION

Fiction by Laura Saint Martin: "Helen at the Funeral Home"

Historical Fiction By Geoffrey Craig: "The Volunteer"

Fiction by DC Diamondopolous: "Taps"

Fiction by David Allen: "Alligator"

Fiction by Lorie Adair: "Evolution"

Fiction by Tom Sheehan: "Brislings Code"

BICENTENNIAL: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, INDIANA!

The State Poem: Indiana by Arthur Franklin Mapes

Flash Fiction By Gary A. Schlueter: "Hoosier Gridlock"

Flash Essay by Marcia Conover: "Crossroads of America"

Creative Nonfiction by Patty Fischer: "Midwestern Landmark Turns into Tragedy"

A poem by Belinda Hubert: "Indiana Summer"

Three poems by Lucia Walton Robinson: “A Ghazal for Indiana’s Bicentennial,” “Gable in Naptown,” and “Staffordshire Maiden”
Three poems by Marcia Conover: "Earth's Day," "My Indiana Home," and "Old House on the Hill" 

Three ekphrastic poems by Neil Ellman: "Gaze of Science," "Aeolian Harp," and "Land of Lemons."

Neil Ellman, a poet from New Jersey, has published numerous poems, more than 1,000 of which are ekphrastic, in print and online journals, anthologies and chapbooks throughout the world. Each of these poems are ekphrastic, which is a poetry form that is a vivid description of a work of art. they are based on paintings by Paul Klee. In each case, the title of the poem is also that of the original image.

A poem by Darren C. Demaree: "Emily As Out In A Storm We Want More Storm"

My poems have appeared, or are scheduled to appear in numerous magazines/journals, including the South Dakota Review, Meridian, New Letters, Diagram, and the Colorado Review.

I am the author of five poetry collections, most recently "The Nineteen Steps Between Us" (2016, After the Pause). I am the Managing Editor of the Best of the Net Anthology and Ovenbird Poetry.

I am currently living and writing in Columbus, Ohio with my wife and children. 

Two poems by Sukrita Paul Kumar: "Not Just Nostalgia" and "Flights of Freedom"

Sukrita Paul Kumar was born and brought up in Kenya and currently holds the Aruna Asaf Ali Chair at the University of Delhi. Formerly, a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, she is an Honorary Fellow of the International Writing Programme, University of Iowa , and of the Hong Kong Baptist University and Cambridge Seminars. She is also on the honorary faculty at the Durrell Centre at Corfu (Greece). She has published several collections of poems and many critical books.
As Director of a UNESCO project, she edited a volume of Urdu short stories in English, "Mapping Memories." In 2006, she published, as its Chief Editor, "Cultural Diversity in India" (MacMillan India). While her latest co-edited volume is" Speaking For Herself: An Anthology of Asian Women’s Writings" (Penguin India), she has also recently published "Poems Come Home" (HarperCollins) and "Rowing Together" (Rajkamal). Her poems have been translated into many languages including French, Chinese, and Swahili.

A poem by Deena Padayachee: "Injustice."

Deena Padayachee lives in Durban, South Africa. He is the author of a book of resistance prose poems, "A Voice from the Cauldron," which was published in 1987. His poems have been performed by the Natal Performing Arts Council and have been published in several international journals and the poetry anthologies. He has also won awards for his short stories.

This is the first time his poem, "Injustice," has ever been published. He wrote it in 1977 after anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko died during interrogation by South African police. "It was a dangerous poem to write at the time as it accused the Apartheid legal system of being unjust," Padayachee says. "It is the kind of poem that is still hated by those who love racism and apartheid."

Five poems by Holly Day: "What If," "Charity," "Britomartis," "All This Measuring of Truth," and "The Dance."

Holly Day has taught writing classes at the Loft Literary Center in Minnesota since 2000. Her published books include Music Theory for Dummies, Music Composition for Dummies, Guitar All-in-One for Dummies, Piano All-in-One for Dummies, Walking Twin Cities, Insider’s Guide to the Twin Cities, Nordeast Minneapolis: A History, and The Book Of, while her poetry has recently appeared inNew Ohio Review, SLAB, and Gargoyle. Her newest poetry book, Ugly Girl, just came out from Shoe Music Press.

Three poems by Blanca Alicia Garza: "Find Me," "Free of the Shadows," and "Soul Serenade."

Blanca Alicia Garza is from Las Vegas, Nevada. She is a nature and animal lover and enjoys spending time writing.  Her poems have appeared in various online magazines, including Indiana Voice Journal. She was also published in the poetry anthology  "Moonlight Dreamers of Yellow Haze," which is available at Amazon.com.

Three poems by Nicole Brooks: "Day with Holly Golightly," "The Most One Can Hope For," and "The Poet's Apartment."

Nicole Brooks grew up in West Central Indiana, and has returned home after more than a decade away bouncing around the South and the Pacific Northwest. She is a writer and dance teacher and works in marketing at Purdue University. Nicole has a degree in dance from Butler University in Indianapolis and also in creative writing from Purdue. After earning her master’s degree in journalism from IU, Nicole reported news and feature stories for newspapers in Indiana and Illinois. She is involved with the Lafayette Writers’ Studio.

A poem by Terri Winaught: "Tribute to Tania"

Terri Winaught was born in Philadelphia and spent most of her life in Pittsburgh, where she works for a local mental-health organization and has a Masters in Education with a specialization in counseling. When not writing, she loves attending Pirates baseball and Pitt football games with her husband; singing in her Church choir; going out with friends for a meal or snack, and saying her favorite expression to people who are nice to her: "You should be cloned!"

Three poems by Gary Glauber: "Baggage Claim," "Volume Two," and "What Ample Eyes Reveal."

Gary Glauber is a poet, fiction writer, teacher, and former music journalist. His works have been nominatyed for multiple Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominations. He champions the underdog to the melodic rhythms of obscure power pop. His collection, Small Consolations (Aldrich Press) is available through Amazon, as is a chapbook, Memory Marries Desire (Finishing Line Press).

Three poems by Malkeet Kaur: "PMS and the Clouds," "Mutations," and "Entropy and Will."

Malkeet Kaur resides in Mumbai, India, where she works as a teacher. Her poems have been published in various anthologies and online journals including Episteme, Barking Sycamores, Acerbic Anthology ( Against Gender Violence), Twist of Fate (Charitable Anthology),Yellow Chair Review, The Awakening of She, and The Significant Anthology. Her poems are mostly existentialist and feminist in nature.

Two poems by Michael A. Griffith: "Grammy Ruth's Old Lace Afternoon" and "Pop Pop"

Michael A. Griffith teaches Mass Media, Public Speaking, Communications, and Creative Writing at the college and adult non-credit continuing education levels. His essays have appeared in Teaching For Success and Lehigh Valley Woman's Journal and his short fiction has appeared on the Twilight Times website. Most recently his poetry has appeared in the Tanka Journal, Three Line Poetry, and Ripen the Page online literary journals. He is Founder and Editor of the poetry journal Hidden Constellation, with a premier issue release date of 12/3/2016. He resides in Somerset County, NJ.

Four poems by Michael Lee Johnson: "The Seasons and the Slants," "California Summer," "Common Church Poem," and "Flight of the Eagle"

Michael Lee Johnson lived ten years in Canada during the Vietnam War era. He is a Canadian and USA citizen. Today he is a poet, editor, publisher, freelance writer, amateur photographer, and small business owner in Itasca, Illinois. He has been published in numerous small press magazines in 27 countries, and edits 10 poetry sites. He is the author of  "The Lost American: From Exile to Freedom" and several chapbooks. He has posted poetry videos on YouTube (https://www.youtube,com/user/poetrymanusa/videos.)  Visit his Facebook Poetry Group and join https://www/facebook.com/groups/807679459328998/. His website is  at http://poetryman.mysite.com/.

Essay by Lynda McKinney Lambert: "The Connie"

Lynda McKinney Lambert is a retired Fine Arts and Humanities professor from Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA.  She is the author of “Concerti: Psalms for the Pilgrimage,” published by Kota Press.  Lynda is married to Bob and the couple have 5 grown children. They live along the banks of the Connoquenessing Creek in the Village of Wurtemburg, PA.  When Lynda is not writing she is creating mixed media fiber art for exhibitions, attending knitting groups with local enthusiasts, and enjoying her 4 cats and 2 dogs.

Fiction by Laura Saint Martin: "Helen at the Funeral Home"

I am a new writer with two poems published and a mystery series in the works. I live in Rancho Cucamonga, CA, have an Assoc. of Arts from Mt San Antonio College and work at Patton State Hospital.