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IN THE DARKNESS - BILLY O'CALLAGHAN


NIGHT CRAWLERS - STEPHEN MACKINNON


AN UNCONVENTIONAL EXORCISM - JOSEPH HIRSCH


PARENTAL CODDLING OF A YOUNG PSYCHOPATH - ROLAND GOITY


PARENTHETICAL #1 - J.A. TYLER





Anticipation
Feature Artist: Steve Chong






[archives]



FICTION - JUNE 2008




THE BOXER - EDDIE BONNELL


DIRGE FOR A MOMENT'S LOSS - ELLIOT KROP


BIJOU - ZDRAVKA EVTIMOVA


CRATES SALVAGE - WILLIAM HAAS


THREE THIMBLES FULL OF CHINESE AT THE BAR THE OTHER NIGHT - DANNY MILLS



FICTION - MAY 2008




AND - J.A. TYLER


SURVIVORS - NATHAN KAMAL


BOXER - MIROSLAV PENKOV


MECHANICAL ARM - RANDALL BROWN


TALKING THE UNTIMELY DEMISE OF UNCLE SAM - TREVOR RICHARDSON



FICTION - APRIL 2008




I THRASH IN A MURK OF DAYS - ZACHARY AMENDT


HOUSE OF ANOTHER - JOSEPH HIRSCH


HUMMING DRUMS - AARON KRIESKI


FLOWERING CRAB - RUTH LATTA


DOWN THE ROAD - MICHAEL FEDO



FICTION - MARCH 2008




SKIPPING THROUGH ALONGSIDE SUNBEAMS - J.A. TYLER


RAT IN THE IVY - LARRY GAFFNEY


SEWN INTO - EMILY FRANKLIN


ORPHEUS AND JESUS - MICHAEL SHORB



FICTION - FEBRUARY 2008




THE ACROBAT - DANNY MILLS


THE CLAUSTROPHOBIC DETECTIVE - JOSEPH HIRSCH


BOBBY AND KAREN - KEITH WOOD


DEEP DEEP RED ON WHITE - J. M. PATRICK


AFTER BREAK - NATURI THOMAS



FICTION - JANUARY 2008




OR MAYBE HE DIDN'T - J.A. TYLER


TRANSITION - CICILY JANUS


FINAL THOUGHTS - JEREMY HATCH


LATE OCTOBER - LOUIS BOURGEOIS



FICTION - DECEMBER 2007




RING CYCLE, LAST ACT - NANCY WEBER


CIRCLING CROWS - TERRY SANVILLE


TRUTH OR DARE - THOMAS COOPER


OUCH! - F. MICHAEL LAROSA


SVETA THE FLOWER DEALER HAS AN ASS THAT WILL STOP
SOMEDAY BUT NOT TODAY MY FRIENDS
- JOSHUA WALKER



A NEW WORLD ORDER - GARY BECK







FICTION - NOVEMBER 2007




THE SCREENWRITER - JAMES BROWN


SEVEN MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT - M. FRIAS MAY


FROM QUONSET TO CADILLAC - JOSEPH HIRSCH


POULTRY IN MOTION - THOMAS PRYOR


PHARMACEUTICAL SOLUTIONS TO SITUATIONS RAPIDLY UNRAVELING - S.V. JOYAL


THE SIMPLEST OF SOUNDS - TRAVIS ERWIN







FICTION - OCTOBER 2007




CASA DE SERENIDAD - ZACHARY AMENDT


ORIGINAL SIN - MICHAEL LOUGHREY


LILACS - ANDREW COBURN


THE SWEETEST THING - KEITH WOOD


SAGE FROM A THIRD AVE WALK UP - LISA LATOURETTE







FICTION - SEPTEMBER 2007




HOW JANE FONDA AND ANTHONY PERKINS CHANGED MY LIFE - GEORGE SPARLING


THE SOUNDS & SMELLS OF NIGHT - UCHE PETER UMEZ


CURE FOR EVERYTHING - SEAN DARNELL


IN DEFERENCE TO THE HUMBLE POTATO - SOPHIE BACHARD


HOW TO BE STILL - JENNY ARNOLD







FICTION - AUGUST 2007




GUITAR WESTERN POETRY - J.A.TYLER


BITTERSWEETNESS - TOM CONOBOY


SKIN - A.S. KING


52 - BRYAN FOX


UNDER THE INFLUENCE - JANELLE GARCIA







FICTION - JULY 2007




PLAIN AND SIMPLE - BRYN TREACY


ARENA - ROBERT LEVIN


STOCKYARDS - ZACHARY AMENDT


WHERE DO THEY ALL COME FROM? - D.B. COX


ALIENATION - DEEPAK KAPUR







FICTION - JUNE 2007




THE RIGHT ONE - JOHN PAPIEWSKI


ROULETTE - LARKE G. SCHULDBERG


LEAVE THE CAR RUNNING - PADRAIG MARA


COMMUNITY MEETING - GLENN GRAY







FICTION - MAY 2007




A CERTAIN DATE - ALEXANDER REID ROSS


FISCALINI FIELD - ZACHARY AMENDT


THE PILL - BOB HILL


FIVE BANDITO SPECIALS - BRUCE BARROW


KILLING THE EAGLE - M.P. POWERS







FICTION - APRIL 2007




A WOOLF IN VITA'S CLOTHING - ANDREW COBURN


NOSE - NED VIZZINI


BRUISED - WILLIAM HAAS


SCAPEGRACE - ZACHARY AMENDT


RAINBOW'S END - SIMON FRIEL






FICTION - MARCH 2007




"TO BE A GRINGO IN MEXICO..." - M. FRIAS MAY


DANGEROUS MAN - GEORGE SPARLING


SELF HARM - MARY COOK


THE SURGE - JACK SWENSON






FICTION - FEBRUARY 2007




WHAT YOU SEE IN THE DARK - TOM CONOBOY


ALL HAIL THE KING - JOHN PAPIEWSKI


ADULT SITUATION, BRIEF NUDITY - DON FREDD


DESPERATION FOLLIES - KEVIN KEATING






FICTION - JANUARY 2007




A SMALL THING - JOSEPH THAYER


OUTLAW - GRANT PALMQUIST


NATHAN'S FAMOUS - BRYAN FOX


A MINOR BLUES - D.B.COX






FICTION - DECEMBER 2006




EGG YOLK - ANDREW COBURN


TICO'S STORY - M.L. NICHOLS


MY MONKEY - G.N. HARRIS


THREE - PAUL KAVANAGH






FICTION - NOVEMBER 2006




TO BAIT FISH WITHAL - DON FREDD


FOR YOUR BLUES - M. FRIAS MAY


HIS RAVEN - STEVEN FELICELLI


NAMES - JEFF LAUGHLIN






FICTION - OCTOBER 2006




CENT ANS APRES L'EXPOSITION - JASON PRICE EVERETT


FIGHT AT THE BANK - JOHN DEMPSEY


TINY CRACKS - NOLAN WHYTE


IMPOTENT, NOT IMPORTANT - VAN SCOTT






FICTION - SEPTEMBER 2006




ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK - BRYAN FOX


HEROINE CHIC - P.L. GEORGE


MISSING PERSON - G.N. HARRIS


NUMB - NICOLE HENARES






FICTION - AUGUST 2006




CRAWLING ABOUT THE STREET OF A DREAM - CHRISTOPHER RAYMOND


NEVER STOPPED WAITING - P.H. MADORE


LAME - THOMAS KEARNES






FICTION - JULY 2006




PHOTOGRAPH - THOMAS KEARNES


HIS MOTHER'S EYES - MARY COOK


ALMOST A STRANGER - KEITH WOOD


LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL - ROBERT GUSKIND


THE WHITE WALL - MIRIAM MABEL MARTINEZ






FICTION - JUNE 2006




THE GIRL WHO WAS RUN OVER BY A LAWNMOWER - DOLAN MORGAN


TOKYO LIGHTS - BRYAN FOX


EXHIBIT A: WILLARD SHERMAN'S JOURNAL - ALAN GIRLING


VENICE IS SINKING - ROBERT GUSKIND


ORANGE SLICES - ERRID FARLAND






FICTION - MAY 2006




LOVE STORY - CHRIS SHINKUS


WHERE THE ROAD TO HELL REALLY LEADS - TANDA WORD


THE SCANDAL - JACK SWENSON


RED, WHITE AND VERY BLUE - ROBERT GUSKIND


AUGUST NIGHTS - NICOLE HENARES






FICTION - APRIL 2006




JIMI HENDRIX WAS A MOTHERFUCKER - MICHAEL McMANUS


TREASURE HUNT - BOB THURBER


SWANSONG - BRIAN ROSS


SPRINGTIME IN MEXICO - ROBERT GUSKIND


A DROP IN THE BUCKET - MICHAEL J GARRETT






FICTION - MARCH 2006




BEFORE - GEORGE SPARLING


THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A POEM AND A SCREAM - CHRIS BLEACH


REMNANTS - CRAIG BUTLER


MIDNIGHT IN THE CODEINE FOREST - ROBERT GUSKIND


CYCLONER - KRIS SAKNUSSEMM






FICTION - FEBRUARY 2006




WHY CAMPBELL DIDN'T DRINK - BRYAN CATHERMAN


GIRL WAITING - MIRIAM KOTZIN


BLIND DATE - ARYAN KAGANOF


UNREQUITED LOVE - ROBERT GUSKIND


LOVE SONG, PART II - TROY HILL


POWDER ROOM - DENICE KINCY






FICTION - JANUARY 2006




WALKING OUT OF VUKOVAR - MICHAEL PERRSON


LOVE SONG, PART I- TROY HILL


WHITE OUT - ROBERT GUSKIND


ONE NIGHT AT THE BORDER - ELISA MONTESINOS


THE QUILT - MICHAEL GETTINGS






FICTION - DECEMBER 2005




INVIOLABLE - CHARLES SWEENEY


NICK WANTED TO SEE A GHOST - KARL KOWESKI


ON THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS - ROBERT GUSKIND


THE FIFTH FRIEND - STEVEN J. DINES


EFFECTIVE WEIGHT LOSS - M.W.HAMEL


PURGING THE SINS - M.E. ELLIS




FICTION - NOVEMBER 2005




UNZIPPED - STEVEN J. DINES


JUPITER - HILLARY COMMINS


BLACK FRIDAY - ROBERT GUSKIND


JIMMIE FITZ, BETTE DAVIS AND CHRISTY MATHEWSON EPISODE
- DON FREDD



BLURRED EDGES - MALONE EDWARDS




FICTION - OCTOBER 2005




LIQUOR - KARL KOWESKI


HANK - KEITH WOOD


LEAVING HOUSTON - ROBERT GUSKIND


HOW SAMMY STOPPED SHAKING - ARYAN KAGANOF



FICTION - SEPTEMBER 2005




CUPID'S HOMEMADE NAPALM - SEAN KILPATRICK


COCKTAILS AND SCREAMS - BARTENDER X


SIX POINT FIVE - ROBERT GUSKIND


MOIRA - PAUL KAVANAGH


TWO TAXIS ON BROADWAY - KELLY RILEY





FICTION - AUGUST 2005



I'D RATHER STICK NEEDLES IN MY EYES - BRYN TREACY


MONK WENT CRAZY SO THEY PUT HIM
ON PLEXITOXICANE BUT HE COULDN'T
STOP SWEARING AT CHILDREN
- JOHN DOOLEY



RELATIVELY BEAT - ROBERT GUSKIND


THE GENIUS - WENDELL BERGER


THE LINES THAT MERGE - WILLIAM PERLICHEK





FICTION - JULY 2005



THE REDEEMER - WILLIAM BLICK


9 A.M SATURDAY - KATHERINE GUTTMAN


SUMMER ABC'S - ROBERT GUSKIND


ON SHERMAN'S FIELD - DAVID LINKER


THE LONG WAY HOME - D.B.COX





FICTION - JUNE 2005



KNOWING RANDALL - KEITH WOOD


THE PIANO PLAYER - MICHELLE EMBREE


THE ALGEBRA OF ROCK - ROBERT GUSKIND


TEN ITEMS OR LESS - JAMES HARRIS


THE LICENSE - SYDNEY MOLARE





FICTION - MAY 2005



THE EROTIC POLITICIAN - GREGG W. BOITA


LONDON, BORN TO LOVE - JOE ZORZI


SUPER HERO - MASON LERNER


SHRINKWRAPPING OF THE SOUL - CHRIS BLEACH


SHOPPING - ROBERT GUSKIND





FICTION - APRIL 2005



MISTAKEN ASSUMPTION - G. MIKI HAYDEN


CAESAREAN - LEIGH HUGHES


SUMMER'S END - SHERI WATSON


SPRINGTIME IN PARIS - ROBERT GUSKIND




FICTION - MARCH 2005



INDIAN NIGHTS - MEENA AFSARI


PURGATORY - MICHAEL SAUNDERS


SPIRALING DOWN TOWARDS BLACK - MARGARET O'NEAL


ABOUT THE RAIN - ROBERT GUSKIND





FICTION - FEBRUARY 2005



THE RULES - D.B.COX


SEEING RAINBOWS - MARY COOK


POSSESSION - SYDNEY MOLARE


TWILIGHT IN BASEL - ROBERT GUSKIND


THAT NONE MAY PENETRATE - GEORGE SPARLING





FICTION - JANUARY 2005



SHE DIED IN NOVEMBER - MAX SPARBER


WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? - MIKE BOYLE


HOLDING DOWN A DREAM - C.G.CALGER


DEGREASING THE NEW YEAR - ROBERT GUSKIND





FICTION - DECEMBER 2004



THIS STORY ABOUT THIS GUY AND HIS GUNS - SCOTT TAYLOR


CENTRIFUGAL FORCE - BENJAMIN REED


MURDER IN THE 180TH DEGREE - ALICE IIDA


SINTERKLAAS IS COMING TO TOWN - ROBERT GUSKIND





FICTION - NOVEMBER 2004



ONE OF THE WORST THINGS EVER WRITTEN - SCOTT TAYLOR


STARVING ARTIST - MARIAN TOEWS


YOUR BEST FRIEND - RUSSELL BITTNER


NOT THANKSGIVING - ROBERT GUSKIND





FICTION - OCTOBER 2004



THREE RIVERS - BRYAN YURCAN


ASYMMETRY AND ENTROPY - RYAN GOSSEN


SHUFFLING TREATMENT - BILL TURNER





FICTION - SEPTEMBER 2004



BLOOD ON THE WALL - GEORGE AYRES


CONFESSIONS OF A SERIAL DATER - HARRIS BLOOM


LE DELUGE - ROBERT GUSKIND


2 DREAMS 2 CRIMES AND AN OPERATION - JONNY STRANGER





FICTION - AUGUST 2004



A BEAUTIFUL BOY AND A CRIPPLED BOY - JORDAN ALEXANDER


DOG DAYS - ROBERT GUSKIND


PLAYING THE GAME - DAVE CLAPPER


EIGHT DRINKS AND HE IS ROLLING - BILL TURNER





FICTION - JULY 2004



DRINKING (AGAIN) - ROBERT GUSKIND


ODDYSSEY - JASON McKENZIE


VICE-REPLACEMENT THERAPY - ARIC STEINBERG





FICTION - JUNE 2004



CONFESSIONS OF A NON ENTITY - C.C.PARKER


REALITY CHICK - G.N.HARRIS


WAITING FOR DAYLIGHT - ROBERT GUSKIND





FICTION - MAY 2004



NORTH OF THE BORDER - ROBERT GUSKIND


"X" - DAVE CLAPPER


MORNINGS - JEFF GLOVSKY





FICTION - APRIL 2004



THERAPY SESSION 2: THE BUSINESS TRIP - G.N.HARRIS


PATHOTHEISM - CHARLES PLYMELL


NICARAGUA - SHAWNA KENNEY


MANHATTAN MASALA - ROBERT GUSKIND



FICTION - FEB/MARCH 2004



THERAPY SESSION - G.N.HARRIS


KING OF THE BAJA - ROBERT GUSKIND


EUROPEAN COCKTAIL - TONY DUSHANE




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