ISSUE EIGHT

EDITOR'S SCRATCHING POST
CATATONICALLY SPEAKING

vIsUaL aRt POETRY
One themed poem by Misti Rainwater-Lites
Five themed poems by Tom Brady
Five themed poems by Lisa Nickerson
Two themed poems by Michelle Mead
One themed poem by David McLean
Four themed poems by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal
One themed poem by Abha Iyengar
One themed poem by Gabriella Jönsson
Five themed poems by Peggy Landsman
Two themed poems by Patricia Carragon
One themed poem by Joseph DiLella

REGULAR POETRY
Two poems by Michael Lee Johnson
Four poems by David McLean
One poem by Chris Major
Three poems by Doug Draime
One poem by Dan Provost
Three poems by Sean Bowen
Two poems by Linda Leedy Schneider
One poem by Lori Romero
Three poems by Felino Soriano
Two poems by Andrew Taylor
One poem by Tom Ferguson
Five poems by Warren Dean Fulton

FICTION
One story by Rose Ghost
One flash fiction piece by James Gonda
One flash fiction piece by Janine Bouyssounouse

VISUAL ART
One themed painting by Henry Long
Political cartoons by MJ
Digital artwork by Jeff Crouch
Paintings by Tom Ferguson

POLEMICS
Traffic Jam on the Highway to Hell by Sheila Samples
Now We See You, Now We Vote by Norman Ball
Debates Reveal US Politicians' Lack of Empathy in International Relations by Edwin Young

SATIRE
Presidential Erection by Alison Ross

REVIEWS
Nihilistic Foibles by David McLean (Book review)
Born Sandy Devotional - The Triffids by Steve Porter (Music review)
Mining Hope by Alison Ross (Book review)
Collective Soullessness by Alison Ross (Music review)