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Issue 27

FEATURES

Letters from Readers 4

Voice Over by Rod Clark 5

Rosebud Notes by John Lehman 9

WINNERS OF X. J. KENNEDY AWARD by Robert Wake 11

ANNIVERSARY FUN by John Lehman 58

GO FIGURE by P. S. Mueller 129

EYE OF THE BEHOLDER by Rod Clark 131

CROSSWORD PUZZLE by Melanie Werth 136

AFTERWORDS by Rick Geary 137

 

JEWELED PRIZE

CUBAN LOVE SONG by Maureen Sladen 14

WE ARE SO BEAUTIFUL by Laura Leffler 19

HAND TOWEL WITH OLEANDERS by Rande Daykin 20

WEDDING PREPARATION V by Debbie Urbanski 24

THE ODOR OF SICILIAN LEMONS by Andrew L. Wilson 25

 

OVERTIME

IN COAL COUNTRY by Jackie Zakrewsky 36

ADELE by Knute Skinner 43

THE TRACTOR MAN by Mark Turcotte 44

TRAIN WRECK by Robin Chapman 53

 

CITY AND SHADOW

SNOWY NIGHT by Kiera Butler 55

LYING IN BED FLIPPING THE REMOTE CONTROL

THROUGH THIRTY CHANNELS by Robin Chapman 59

YELLOW BRICK ROAD by Cherene Sherrard 61

SOUP TO NUTS, LUCILLE by Tom Carlson 62

VENICE IN MY DREAMS by Julianne Davidow 69

 

THESE GREEN HILLS

FOR OWEN by Stephen King 80

HOW POETRY COMES TO ME by Gary Snyder 82

THE RED FOX by Christopher S. Tolley 83

OVER THE SAN SEBASTIAN RIVER by Patricia Rose Pflaumer 94

THE MYSTERY WAITING to Step from the Clouds by Ron Fischer 95

 

OPEN WINDOWS

TOYS by Dazai Osamu (translated by James O'Brien) 100

MY SPEEDOMETER by Karl F. Weyrauch 104

WENDELL AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM by Michael Hendryx 105

ARACHNOPHOBIA by Chip Livingston 111

ARACHNOPHILIA by Chip Livingston 112

REMEMBERING THE FALL by Jay Bryant 113

A MEANINGFUL EXCHANGE by John Henry Fleming 116

JABOWSKI'S CORNER by Michael Perry 119

THE PALM READER by Ray Skjelbred 133

 

ronellis@hughes.net 04/17/08