October 2011
Muscle
by Daniel Aristi
Daniel was born in Spain in 1971 - thus he just turned 40, and he’s trying hard to get to grips with this fact. He’s lived and worked in places such as Indonesia, Bolivia, Belgium or Bosnia. Together with Reshma (wife) and little Ria (daughter) he has just moved to Botswana. Daniel writes whenever Ria decides it is time to go sleep. Daniel’s work is forthcoming in The Mas Tequila Review, The Floorboard Review and C4.
A Brief History of Brevity/I Am Picasso/The Joys of Poetry
by Glen Armstrong
Glen Armstrong is a Detroit area poet
and musician who teaches at Oakland
University. He hopes to have a new CD
out by the end of the year.
Malcolm Aslett – if he is in fact who he says he is – was born in the North of England – a debatable part of Europe located several miles from the nearest sensible conversation. His short stories and Magritte-inspired graphic work can be found in various publications and those parts of the web that don’t do credit checks. His own brand of multi-viewpoint and joiner photographs can be seen on his website at www.joinerphotography.com.
Contact him at: malcolm@joinerphotography.com
So last night
by Bridget Clifford
Bridget Clifford lives in Lawrence, Kansas and believes in evolution and breakfast tacos. Sometimes she posts bits and pieces on her blog: therhinoface.com.
Delaware, Bitches/Candy Cane Striped Tie
by Justin Duckham
I’m a D.C. based radio correspondent and editor. I’m a doctor, but not a real one- I just paid the Universal Life Church $100 bucks for a PhD. I once hung out in a bar with Marky Ramone and this one time I snuck backstage at a Smashing Pumpkins concert by dressing up like a pizza delivery boy. I’m all about Tabasco sauce.
More importantly, I guess, I write fiction and poetry.
Summer of 07
by Jehu Garroutte
Jehu Garroutte lives in Hollywood (Northern persuasion), and makes a living parking cars in the middle of the night. When he grows up, he wants to be a television writer.
One time, a mosquito flew up his nose. It was a deeply unpleasant experience for both of them.
For the Good of All Humanity
by Michael Paul Gonzalez
Michael Paul Gonzalez lives in Los Angeles. He’s horrible at origami. If you find a copy of this crumpled up somewhere in LA, know that it was probably his attempt at a bird. Michael is the editor of ThundaDome.com, an online LitZine.
Statistics
by Biff “Crazybowels” Harbaugh
Biff was born in Nam, man. He doesn’t know about all this technology stuff. I mean you can just type medical terms into google and get all sorts of stuff.
In his free time, Crazybowels drinks Rolling Rock and listens to the Doobs.
If you want to contact him, you’re outta luck. He used to have a pager.
Negative #6
by Anthony David Jacques
Anthony has booked international travel, sold women’s clothing, roasted coffee, repossessed cars, survived cancer and christianity, and now he works as a gemologist while slaving over prose. His short fiction has been published both online and in print, and he’s currently refining his taste in Irish whiskey and English tobacco.
Bouchen slot
by Sarah Katharina Kayß
Sarah Katharina Kayß *1985 in Koblenz (Germany) | B.A. History and Comparative Religion (Ruhr University of Bochum) | M.A. Modern History (King’s College, University of London) | Her artwork, prose and poetry appeared in literary magazines in Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand and the United States | Editor of the bilingual literary magazine PostPoetry | Sarah lives in Camden Town (London).
Modern Chemistry
by Nathan Leslie
Nathan Leslie’s six books of fiction include Madre, Believers and Drivers. He has a novel forthcoming from Atticus Books in 2012. He is also the author of Night Sweat, a poetry collection (2009). His short stories, essays and poems have appeared in hundreds of online and print literary magazines including Boulevard, Shenandoah, North American Review and Cimarron Review. He was series editor for The Best of the Web anthology 2008 and 2009 (Dzanc Books) and editor for Pedestal Magazine for five years.
His website is www.nathanleslie.com.
Microeconomics
by Paul Maliszewski
Paul Maliszewski is the author of Fakers, a book of essays, and Prayer and Parable, a collection of stories.
Little Shop of TMI, part 1
by Jessica Minder
Jessica Minder works part-time in a small gift shop that specializes in cards, candles and bullshit. Writing short stories is cheaper than therapy, and involves considerably less emotional analysis. She hopes, through sharing her experiences, that a few shoppers will be inspired to not act like maniacal douchebags during their future shopping trips.
Centaur Love
by Brian Moll
There was a time when Brian Moll could write a biography of himself, but this is not that time. Here are some random events that Brian Moll has experienced that may or may not prove to be significant. He watched Mark McGwire hit his record-breaking 62nd homerun in 1998 (on TV). He once ran a mile and a half in under 10 minutes. He drove from Kansas City to Houston during a hurricane. Eh, well, no. Those things probably aren’t significant, as they range from mundane to downright idiotic. Oh, well.
Centaur Love is featured in THE WOODPILE - read it now
The Most Deserving Hobo
by Aubrey Moll
Aubrey Moll, a recently divorced mother of three, has just moved to Eugene, Oregon to live with her ex-in-laws while seeking employment. Unfortunately, her degrees in Microbiology, Chemistry and Secondary Education do not qualify her for any jobs in Eugene.
Aubrey spends the majority of her life listening to her children’s ongoing diatribe about their hatred of every meal she has ever attempted to prepare them. In any remaining time, she records her life’s experiences in her blog:
The Phoenix Maneuver
by Carolyn Reid
Carolyn no longer
lives in Phoenix.
Good thing,
or she would still
be under that bench.
we are both
by F.T. Roman
F.T. Roman is a man of many words, though most of them aren’t in common usage anymore, and at any rate, what with short attention spans, Pokémon (kids still play that right?) and the ADHDDNDBDSM crowds taking over, not many have time to pay attention to them.
Raven’s Got a New Shiny Black Suit/If you were Lakota
by Paul Rowley
Paul Rowley-
is shredding a big block
of cardboard clad
commodity cheese
on an Indian taco.
He lives in Portland OR,
and is slogging his way
through the MFA program
at Pacific University.
Every Movie Ever Made
by Jorge Emilio Sansobar
Jorge Emilio Sansobar can be seen at all the trendiest clubs, but is not trendy himself. He wears a brown leather jacket, always. The women love him, because he can be funny at first. He tells jokes about South American poets. Then the women leave, because he tells them his philosophy on life and death, and reads them some of his poetry. Kindling did not accept his poetry because it is too sad.
He and She
by Lakshmi Raj Sharma
I am a Professor of English at the University of Allahabad. My first novel, The Tailor’s Needle, first published by Picnic Publishing Limited, UK, will now be published by Penguin Books India in 2012. My first collection of short stories, Marriages are made in India, was published by Writers’ Workshop, Kolkata, in 2001. It is also open for republication. My short story, “Company Garden: A Story of Rebirth” is to be published by Sonar 4 Publications, USA, in an international anthology of stories entitled, Whitechapel 13, in September 2011. My second novel, Emancipation, and second story collection, Contemporary Woman, are now doing the rounds with literary agents.
Website: http://www.lakshmirajsharma.com
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