ISSUE FIVE

DEDICATED TO RONNOG SEABURG
1932-2007

EDITOR'S DESK
Catatonically Speaking

SOCIOPOLITICAL FICTION
Howard Waldman: Sequels
John A. Ward: Science Saturday

REGULAR FICTION
Willie Smith: Ringside
John Weagly: Score for a Skeleton
FEATURED FICTION
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Sean Ruane: Stumble-bus
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Jamie Lin: A Bystander
Howard Waldman: Fear Not, Come Unto Me

SOCIOPOLITICAL POETRY
Em Hor: Dear Corporations
Christopher Woods and Jeff Crouch: Two art poems
Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal: Three poems
Serena Spinello: Moribund Monarch
Chris Major: Turning, The Anorexic Studies her Reflection in the Mirror
Mark Prejsnar: Five poems
Hugh Fox: Three poems
Jane Levin: Preservation
Ernest Williamson: The Infinity of Metaphors Touching The Civil Rights Movement
John T. Clark: Eight poems
Benjamin Nardolilli: Three poems
Kendra Sims: Dismal Dominos
Anthony Frame: Five poems
Andrew David King: Five poems
David McLean: Five poems
Birgit Linder: The Fancy Maoist Tieniu at the Monument of the People
rob plath: two poems
Daniel Wilcox: Five poems

REGULAR POETRY
Felino Soriano: Three poems
Linda Lerner: Four poems
Wiltshire: Five poems
FEATURED POEM
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Ronnog Seaburg: Old Age
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Misti Rainwater-Lites: Five poems
CL Bledsoe: Four poems
Fred Wolven: Three poems

POLEMICS
Sheila Samples: In the Kingdom of Fear
Edwin L. Young: Speculations about the Bush Personality and the Structure of His Presidency
Alison Ross: We Are All Welfare Queens
Alison Ross: Godless Generica

ESSAYS
Edwin L. Young: Shakespeare Was a Queen

REVIEWS
David McLean: Misti Rainwater-Lites' Real Tits, Fake Smile (Book Review)
David McLean: Rob Plath's Ashtrays and Bulls (Book Review)
Alison Ross: Poetic Gravity (Book Review)

VISUAL ART
MJ: Bushwhacked
Christopher Woods and Jeff Crouch: Tender But Tough Massage
Ernest Williamson: Five paintings