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local_library Poetry
Playing With Spirit Moths
by Gabrielo Banks
Issue No. 193 ~ June, 2013
Chicken Skin
by Eva Langston
Issue No. 193 ~ June, 2013
Clown on Fire
by Jason Matthews
Issue No. 193 ~ June, 2013
A Small Life
by Darren Demaree
Issue No. 193 ~ June, 2013
pages Micro-Fiction
Buttons
by Rahiem Whisgary
Issue No. 193 ~ June, 2013
The boy immersed his hands into the sea of buttons, enjoying the feel of them crawling up between his fingers.
portrait One on One
Tom Haney
interviewed by Emily Frankoski
Issue No. 193 ~ June, 2013
Pif's June Artist Interview features Tom Haney, a creator of figurative kinetic artwork, called automata. His artistic process is incredibly involved, yet his clarity in providing details will attract, inspire, and entertain. His creations, both delicate and hypnotic, are sure to amaze.
book Book Lovers
The Unconcealing Art
reviewed by Richard Holinger
Issue No. 193 ~ June, 2013
Reading Pamela Uschuk’s Wild in the Plaza of Memory, I imagine a particular coterie of writers and artists, all vying for attention, all yearning to be heard in the poet’s brain.
map Macro-Fiction
What Comes After the Fall?
by Michael Wense
Issue No. 193 ~ June, 2013
In the stillness I had time to register things, to dwell. What, I wondered, would push someone to that point? I know confusion. I know difficulty. But killing myself? That had never crossed my mind.
The Biography of ___________
by Kharys Laue
Issue No. 193 ~ June, 2013
Having nothing else to do, Dalia married her high-school sweetheart. They accomplished nothing spectacular.
Aunt Mary
by Rosemary Hayward
Issue No. 193 ~ June, 2013
That’s the thing about photographs, isn’t it? They’re silent.
perm_identity From the Editor
A race to keep uninterrupted cable service
by Derek Alger
Issue No. 193 ~ June, 2013
I told customer service guy there shouldn't be a problem, to which, he replied, "I'm sorry, sir, payment is being denied on your card."