Christmas Number, 2005
VOL. IX, NO. 1, WHOLE NUMBER 15
FICTION
“Closing Time”
By Dianne Scott
“Lost Kitten”
By Elyse Friedman
“The Unvited Guest”
By John Degen
“Smother the Others”
By Kathleen Whelan
“Complex States of Equilibrium”
By Scott McIntyre
THE OUT-OF-TOWNER
“Locks”
By Marguerite Pigeon
ILLUSTRATED FICTION
“Left!”
By Steve Manale
PROFILE
Jason Anderson
An arts writer, a keyboardist, and a filmmaker walk into a book deal. The result is Anderson’s comic debut novel.
By Alex Mlynek
ISLAND OF MISFIT CHAPTERS DEPT.
“Candy”
The lost chapter to Christmas Days.
By Derek McCormack
PEOPLE AROUND HERE
Cameron House
By Dave Lapp
On Punctuation, typography, and such
“Because It’s Korrect”
Initialisms and acronyms.
POEMS
“Winter Sticking Its Tongue to a Pole”
By Emily Schultz
“Midnight, Lee’s Palace”
By Deanna McFadden
“Dave Cook”
By Chris Chambers
“What We Leave Behind”
By Evie Christie
“Stephanotis”
By Elana Wolff
“Testing Pattern”
By Gary Barwin
“The Scarf”
By Kerri Leigh Huffman
“Smoke”
By Paul Vermeersch
COVER STAR
Unknown, circa 1958. Photographer unknown.
