ISSUE NINE

EDITOR'S SCRATCHING POST
Catatonically SpeakinG

CREATE YOUR OWN THEME FICTION
Two stories by Gary Beck
Two stories by Charlotte Jones
Two stories by John A. Ward

CREATE YOUR OWN THEME POETRY
Three poems by Gloria Wimberley
Five poems by Milan Smith
Five poems by Cheryl Hicks
Five poems by David McLean
Two poems by Elizabeth Kate Switaj
Two poems by J. Bradley
Three poems by Nic Sessions
Four poems by Ed Higgins
Three poems by David LaBounty
Four poems by Karen Neuberg
Three poems by George Anderson
Five poems by JJ Steinfeld
Four poems by Felino Soriano
Three poems by Peggy Landsman
Four poems by Michael Lee Johnson
Three poems by Michael Frissore

REGULAR FICTION
One story by CL Bledoe
One story by Jared Booth
One story by Janet Yung
One story by Michael Kechula
One flash fiction piece by Shweta Narayan

REGULAR POETRY
Five poems by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal
Two spoken word poems and videos by Willie Smith
Four poems by Christopher Mulrooney
One poem by Howie Good
Four poems by John Grey
Two songs/videos by Norman Ball
One poem by Chris Major
One poem by Colin James
Two poems by R Jay Slais

VISUAL ART
Four paintings by Peter Schwartz
Two political cartoons by MJ
Five paintings by Lisa Albinger
Four art pieces by Jeff Crouch and Diana Magallón

POLEMICS
What it's All About by Sheila Samples
Martin Luther King, 1929-1968 by Tom Degan
Olympic-Sized Shame by Alison Ross
Compassion for the Homeless NOW! by Alison Ross
Papal Irony by Edwin Young
An Heroic Trilogy of Truth Sayers
by Edwin Young

SATIRE
Stephanopoulos-McCain Interview Leaked by Brave New Films
Real E-mail, Real Response by Tom Sullivan
Hegemonic Lard-Ass by Alison Ross

REVIEWS
PBS's "Bush's War" by Tom Degan (TV Program Review)
"All That Comes of Madden'd Days" by David McLean (Book Review)
"Chasing Screaming Monkeys Without Any Clothes" by David McLean (Book Review)
"Sirens" by David McLean (Book Review)
Clockwise Cat's Top Ten Fave CDs EVER, YO! by Alison Ross (Music Review)
A Breath of Selmanaires by Alison Ross (Music Review)
Juno: A Barren Affair by Alison Ross (Movie Review)
He is America and So Can We by Alison Ross (Book Review)

ESSAYS
My How Easily We Hid Bright Lights by Edwin Young