A Literary Journal
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Cover art: Darryl Halbrooks, Tunguska Event
In this Issue
In this issue we present six stories. As dark as some of these pieces are, touching on themes of addiction, abandonment, and betrayal, a light is cast on the strains and responsibilities of supportive relationships, including friendships and father/son connections.
This issue’s play is a lovely example of what we are looking for: conflict that takes place in only ten pages and, in this case, one character struggling to achieve something the other character finds distressing.
We also present poems by fourteen poets who write about tragedy, fear and melancholy, as well as solace, hope, and sustenance, most often giving voice to the ineffable. Some of the poets play with form and text, with a few offering titles that resist separation from the body of the poem. We have ekphrasis, sonnets, a cento, and prose poems. We can count on a few things: a sonnet has fourteen lines, wind is a source of power, and poets know how to engage us even when they don’t have all the answers.