250
March, 2018
local_library Poetry
Chinese Finger Trap
by Kevin O'Connor
Issue No. 250 ~ March, 2018
Capitán Willard
by Tomas Sanchez Hidalgo
Issue No. 250 ~ March, 2018
Hecate
by Rodd Whelpley
Issue No. 250 ~ March, 2018
Juggling Love Darkness Snakes And Knives
by j. Alan Vokey
Issue No. 250 ~ March, 2018
videocam Film & Screenwriting
The Shape of Ice: Showdown between Artistry and Performance
reviewed by Alexandra Panic
Issue No. 250 ~ March, 2018
pages Micro-Fiction
Four Days After Carrie Fisher Died
by Jeff Simonds
Issue No. 250 ~ March, 2018
I am sitting at the table in a cheap hotel off Conz Street. There is football on the TV, but I do not know who’s playing. I have taken all the money out of our bank account and talked my way into a hotel …
view_column Guest Column
10 Ways You Can Improve As A Writer
by Rachel Summers
Issue No. 250 ~ March, 2018
person_pin Essay
Pinhole In A Playing Card
by Jeff Simonds
Issue No. 250 ~ March, 2018
August 21st was the exact day I realized I was in an alternate universe. Not an exaggerated alternate universe, but a subtle and unnerving one. The most terrifying alternate universes will look like your world, but they will feel off, and you’ll never be able …
Father’s Day
by Phil Rossi
Issue No. 250 ~ March, 2018
The morning before Father’s Day, my brother and I rode our bicycles to McCann’s Gift Shop. The store carried a brass shaving kit with our old man’s initials embossed on the mahogany case. We went fifty-fifty on the gift and engraving — an idea endorsed by …
Pure Water Be Mine
by Declan Middleton
Issue No. 250 ~ March, 2018
How am I supposed to chart you a map or paint you a picture in words of something that I can’t get a clear sight of even while looking at it? Even though I live here and have lived here most of my life, even …
map Macro-Fiction
The Closer You Get To Fort Lauderdale, The Easier It Is To Earn A Black Belt
by John Ericson
Issue No. 250 ~ March, 2018
Stubb is behind the wheel talking about martial arts. Between swigs from a bottle of Beefeater gin he tells me about Grandmaster Itosu. Hokkaido, like 200 years ago: Little Itosu’s father, Mr. Itosu, a low-level politician of noble descent and feeble constitution, disgraces himself in …