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Villainous (December, 2012):
editor's note
· Nemesis by Alison Stedman
·
poetry
· Boardwalk (anecdotes from a discrete period) by Shannon Quinn
· Ophelia by Ed Higgins
· Destruction Music by Amanda Chiado
· Hephaestus in agony by Daniel A. Nicholls
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fiction
· The Costume Wedding by Leah Browning
· Weight by A X Bennett
· Lost Dogs by Kip Knott
· Base Hit to Center by Paul Stenis
· Family Night by Mary Driver-Thiel
· Walking Point by Linda Barber
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nonfiction
· The Hoosier Factor by David Ewald
· Lessons Learned by Aaron Z. Hawkins
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Chaos (September, 2012):
editor's note
· The Continual Challenge by Joseph Murphy
·
poetry
· Meticulous by Mitch Grabois
· Squall by Jennifer Lobaugh
· Up There by Fiona Lesley Bennett
· Rainbow Man by Sheila Hassell Hughes
· The Photographer by Lorie Allred
· Golem, Goats, Grandma by Trina Gaynon
· Dearest by Karen Neuberg
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fiction
· Here and There by Bradford Philen
· The Screaming Beet by Elizabeth Weaver
· Morning Rituals by Ken Teutsch
· The Great Mole Constellation by Ann Holland
· Wandering Universes by Sheila Hurst
· Back to Twelfth Street by Dylan Gilbert
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nonfiction
· New Landscapes of Home by Leah Givens
· The Babysitters by Diane M. Perrone
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Persuasion (June, 2012):
editor's note
· Noble and Sinister by Carrie Bachler
·
poetry
· Swallow the Bones by Shannon Quinn
· Juvenilia by Duncan Campbell
· The uh-huh of Desire by Lauren Camp
· His Voice in the Choir by Sherry Pelley
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fiction
· Four Minutes by G. A. Rozen
· Knock by Maryann Ullmann
· Sleet by Marty Carlock
· Spider's Cradle by Lydia Matheny
· Lying Still by Wendy Thornton
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nonfiction
· Swimmers Downstream by Vincent Joseph Noto
· Blue Frosting by Jordan Wilkinson
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reviews
· Life on Mars by Tracy K. Smith by Roxanna Bennett
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Mystery (March, 2012):
editor's note
· Mystery by Roxanna Bennett
·
poetry
· Singing the Dogs to Sleep by Steve Klepetar
· Mystery of the Little Green Army Men by Marie Abate
· A Hungry Wave by Rob Spiegel
· Half the Sky by Rob Spiegel
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fiction
· The Wedding Guest by Rebecca Burns
· Timeshare by Regina Clarke
· Two Days from the Sea by Tony Press
· Trilobites by Peter Hajinian
· Sugar by Kori Hennessy
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nonfiction
· Orbit by Lauren Moore
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Farewell (December, 2011):
editor's note
· Goodbyes by Alison Stedman
·
poetry
· Day 188 by Shannon Connor Winward
· Notes for Moving Day by Nathan E. White
· Bench by Lizi Gilad Silver
· the nurse hung up the phone; restraints by Richard Thompson
· Goodbye by Jude Goodwin
· Her Story by
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fiction
· Salt Stain by Zoe F. Gilbert
· Hades Landing by Rebecca Burns
· 1941 by Kyle Hemmings
· The Fig Tree by Teresa Tumminello Brader
· To Love An Abstraction by Hilary McCreery
· Making Change by Lou Gaglia
· The Weight of Emptiness by Aida Zilelian
· Like Leaves in Autumn by Joyce Lautens OBrien
· Cast-offs by Hila Katz
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nonfiction
· Edith by David Wanczyk
· Dominion by Cristina Vega
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reviews
· What’s This, Bombardier? by Ryan Flaherty by Roxanna Bennett
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We All Fall Down (September, 2011):
editor's note
· Fallen by Stacy Brazalovich
·
poetry
· Cold by Brittney Corrigan
· Glimpses by Patricia Smith Ranzoni
· Blaming Barbie by Colleen Carias
· holiday sighting by Colleen Carias
· Riding Bulls by Bob Bradshaw
· Trajectory by Peter Kahn
·
fiction
· The Red Dress by M. B. Wallace
· Punch by Leah Browning
· A Snap Decision by Daniel Davis
· Ketchup by Jeff Wood
· Clean by Hall Jameson
· Microcosm by Sheila Hurst
· An Uncertain Truth by Gale Massey
· Whiskey Dick by Amy Yolanda Castillo
· Lancaster by Carol Deminski
· Enough by Heather Luby
· The Last Chance by Joshua J. Mark
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nonfiction
· My Grandfather's Gift by Matthew Zanoni Müller
·
reviews
· The Flower to the Painter, by Gary Inbinder by Alison Stedman
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Time (June, 2011):
editor's note
· A Perspective on Poetry by Joseph Murphy
·
poetry
· When He Leaves by Susan Rooke
· Beignets in Japan by Teresa Tumminello Brader
· During a Texas Hold-Em Tournament by Danielle Blasko
· Inspiration Time, after Leonard Cohen by Debra Bennett
· Boredom is bigger in Texas by Raina Lauren Fields
· Death Benefit by Dave Northrup
· Payphone by Shannon Quinn
· Pulse by Mary Stone
· To Get Around Time by Carol Levin
· Practicums and Objectives by Casey Holman
· Parallels by Yvette Managan
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fiction
· The Attraction by Andrea Janes
· Disposable by Julianne Pachico
· Loving Enid by Rebecca Burns
· Times Like These by Melodie Corrigall
· Her Reflection by Gary Inbinder
· The Crimson Oyster Club by Sarah Kendall
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nonfiction
· Danaus plexippus: The Monarch King by Cora Gray
· A-Drift in Time by Linda McHenry
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Haunted (March, 2011):
editor's note
· Halfway Down the Stairs Seeks New Poetry Editor by the editorial staff
·
poetry
· Sun, Descending by Debra Shirley
· Beyond Jordan by Pat Philips West
· In The Wind by Steve Meador
· Comme une Jeune Fille by J.J. McKenna
· Feeding the Ghost of You by Wynne Huddleston
· The Time I Saw Jasmine by Jonna M. Weston
· Perhaps a Consolation for the Solitude of Death by Jessica Purdy
· please leave a message by Carrie Bachler
· Ghost in the Kitchen by Brigette Yanes
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fiction
· The Storm on Promise Land Road by Ken Teutsch
· Certified by Maryann Ullmann
· The Villa on Tumatawarea Street by Eliza Granville
· Playmate by Rumjhum Biswas
· A Haunting by Salena Casha
· Ragtime by Milla van der Have
· Yucatan by Erik Fassnacht
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nonfiction
· Schloss Esterhazy by Eric G. Müller
·
reviews
· The Swimmer, by Roma Tearne by Alison Stedman
· An Exclusive Love by Johanna Adorján by Stacy Brazalovich
· From Under the Overcoat, by Sue Orr by Alison Stedman
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Silence (December, 2010):
editor's note
· Without the Noise by Carrie Bachler
· The Best of Halfway Down the Stairs, 2005-2010 by the editorial staff
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poetry
· 5 AM by Isi Unikowski
· Out of Nowhere, in the Middle of a Conversation in Gym by Sarah Pedersen
· At Least Look Out of the Living Room Mirror and Smile or Even Snarl at Me by Margaret R. Hemme
· The Mother by Margaret Rozga
· The Unrevealed by James Toupin
· Still Life Discussions by Gail Wawrzyniak
· Shades of Blue by Pat Phillips West
· Chanting Silence Eternal by Stefanie Lipsey
· Jazz at Midnight by Christopher Hivner
· Cannon Beach by Ed Higgins
· Tongues by Antonia Clark
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fiction
· Victim by Barry W. North
· Stories I Would Have Written by Mynah Noisel
· Jack by Dave Northrup
· Silence by Alison Stedman
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nonfiction
· The Lady and the Taiga by Audrey Lavin
· Cold, Black, Leaves, Cloud, Lightning by Carrie Bachler
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reviews
· Warm Bodies, by Isaac Marion by Alison Stedman
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Beginnings and Ends (September, 2010):
editor's note
· Wine Tasting by Stacy Brazalovich
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poetry
· For Keeps by Sarah Bartlett
· Contentment is Dangerous by Jean Brasseur
· Firsts and Lasts by Hugh Fox
· Jolie and the Bean Stake by Magdalene Fry
· From My Bed by Maggi Ann Grace
· Chasing Rabbits by Ann Howells
· Pebble Round by Kimberly Keith
· At the End of His Life by Christina Lovin
· Fall by Janeen Rastall
· But the Air Goes Clear by Rob Spiegel
· Items 1-3 by Joanna Valente
· On Preparations for the End of the World by Pamela Villars
· Horse in my Hand by Margaret Walther
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fiction
· Ashes by Jennifer Marie Brissett
· A Permanent Resident by Mindy Hung
· Roman, Explorer by Peter Hajinian
· Windows in the Deep Woods by Joanna Gardner
· Wives by Gerry Wilson
· Moving On by Susan Connors
· Love, Jack by Kathi Hansen
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nonfiction
· Beginnings and Ends by Susan Dobrof
· Lavender by Carol Reid
· Sounds and Fury by Catherine Underhill Fitzpatrick
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The Outsider (June, 2010):
editor's note
· On the Outside by Alison Stedman
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poetry
· Icarus by Janet Butler
· Susan Alexander, the snow, 1981 by Harry Calhoun
· TwoDaysInHistory by Daniel Gallik
· Origami by Chloe N. Clark
· Hurricanes Named After Us by William Doreski
· awakening in japan by Anthony Liccione
· Leaky Faucets by Robin Offerdahl
· Self and Others by Laury A. Egan
· given the current placement of the empty cigarette box, by Kevin Kane
· Fool's Quest by Alan Gann
· I Scan the Obits by P.A. Bees
· Clammy by KJ
· Split by Maureen Kingston
· Hellyer Park by Samantha Lê
· seeing paul klee in green on green, 1938 by Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé
· The Missing Girl by Kristine Ong Muslim
· Solitude by Hans Jorg Stahlschmidt
· Real Gods by Jari Thymian
· Bird in the Fire by Keith Moul
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fiction
· This Trio, Fatal and Valuable by Teri Carter
· What Do You Know? by William Cass
· Contract for a Slice of Uruguay by Jack Frey
· Painful Charity by Adam Knight
· Man of the World by Barry Jay Kaplan
· Fireworks by Kate Larkindale
· Stray by Alison Stedman
· Love, E by Ajay Vishwanathan
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nonfiction
· The Invisible Waste Basket by Matthew Dexter
· Trespasser by Tricia Sutton
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reviews
· Mr Rosenblum's List, by Natasha Solomons by Alison Stedman
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Behind Closed Doors (March, 2010):
editor's note
· Behind Closed Doors by Carrie Bachler
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interviews
· Melanie Benjamin by Stacy Brazalovich
·
poetry
· Fomalhaut by Andrew M. Bowen
· High-rise Dogma by Alan Gann
· Soliloquy Of An Angel by Erik Ta
· Thought Experiment by Sarah Stasik
· Good News by Gale Acuff
· (crossbones) by SJ Fowler
· as rain floods the earth by Joshua Clark Orkin
· Wailing Entropy by KJ Hannah Greenberg
· Nocturne by Jeff Klooger
· Grace by Robin Offerdahl
· Wall by Dawn Schout
· Listening to Night by Laura Grace Weldon
· Undertaking Passage by Sherri Miller
· black market adoption by Derek Richards
· Welcome to the 21st Century, Ms. Browning by Sherri Miller
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fiction
· More Than Gone by Ethel Rohan
· Tornado by Gail Taylor
· Tests by Paul Lewellan
· Least Broken, Soonest Mended by Leslie Haynsworth
· Something Like That by J L Smith
· Undying Love by Stephen Kimber
· Almost There by Aida Zilelian
· Obedience by Jan Melara
· Unraveled by Carrie Bachler
· Thrift Store Archeologist by Stacy Brazalovich
· The End of the World by Francesca Leung
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nonfiction
· Sweater Girl by Jane Lawson
· The Looking Glass by Amanda McKenzie
· Lethal Cargo by Marjorie Seawell
· Empty: My Journey at the Spanish Table by Jessica Weiss
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reviews
· Her Fearful Symmetry, by Audrey Niffenegger by Alison Stedman
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Lost & Found (September, 2009):
editor's note
· Reclaimed by Stacy Brazalovich
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poetry
· Lost & Found by Lisa Plowman Dolensky
· Pixelated by Catherine McGuire
· Clean-Slate Days by Erik Ta
· narrow man by Brian Edward Bahr
· Antique Jar by Ken Weene
· The Random Step by Fariel Shafee
· Forever by Robin Offerdahl
· Passé Iconic by Paul Handley
· Missing by Carla Martin-Wood
· The Sea Dream Child by Caitlin McGuire
· Question by Ann Doro
· My Mother Takes Inventory In Her Nursing Home Room by Pat Durmon
· We've Never Met by Bob Bradshaw
· The Second Marriage Rears its Head but Does Not Attack by Mark Jackley
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fiction
· The Corners of my Mind by Carrie Bachler
· Crowley's Ridge by CL Bledsoe
· Dottie by Rebecca Burns
· Three Pieces by Kate Maruyama
· Paisan's Pizzeria Lost and Flounder by Sherri Miller
· Gone Fishing by Joan Pedzich
· A Decorous Age by Michael Saad
· Boxes by Aliya Whiteley
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nonfiction
· My Pretty Fifteen-Inch Dell Laptop, and Its Connection to the Interblag by Francesca Leung
·
reviews
· Solo, by Rana Dasgupta. by Alison Stedman
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Twists of Fate (March, 2009):
editor's note
· Twists and Turns by Alison Stedman
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poetry
· Twist of Fate by Antonia Clark
· please turn me off by D.C. Porder
· The Tread of Angels by John Grey
· The Heart Breaks Down Like a Mechanical Device by Howie Good
· Reaction by Ankur Agarwal
· art by D.C. Porder
· Vacancy by Donna M. Marbach
· A Redemptive Life by Laura LeHew
· Words of Water by Robin Offerdahl
· Seashells of Murudeshwara by Stephen Joseph
· Opportunity by Jessica Purdy
· Things Not to Say by Adam Tod Leverton
· sun-peel by David McLean
· The Fire Next Door by Jessica Purdy
· Going Home by Julie L. Moore
· missing meanings by David McLean
· An Arson of the Spirit by William Doreski
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fiction
· A New Day by Carrie Bachler
· Peripheral Vision by Carmelinda Blagg
· Vigil by Stacy Brazalovich
· Salamandra and the Parking Meter by Joanna Gardner
· Josephine Small by Francesca Leung
· Paisan's Pizzeria: Time Wounds All Heels by Sherri Miller
· Air and the E String by Sherri Miller
· Jenny's Secret by Mimi Rosen
· Home From the Dead by Tom Sheehan
· Cellmates by Alison Stedman
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nonfiction
· The Mountain and the Painter by Adriane St. Clare
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Bon Appétit! (September, 2008):
editor's note
· Celebrations by Stacy Brazalovich
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interviews
· Trish Ryan by Stacy Brazalovich
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poetry
· Nervous Stomach by Corey Mesler
· Nourish My Tongue by Lena Judith Drake
· A Passion For French by Bob Bradshaw
· Rope by Gary Beck
· Culinary Timeline by Carrie Bachler
· Pillow Talk by John Thomas Clark
· Journey by Gary Beck
·
fiction
· Effects by Vicki Northern
· The Last Supper by Stacy Brazalovich
· Missing by Francesca Leung
· Paisan's Pizzeria by Sherri Miller
· Sweet Love by Sherri Miller
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nonfiction
· How to Crack an Egg by Christi Krug
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reviews
· Breath, by Tim Winton by Alison Stedman
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Dream & Memory (March, 2008):
editor's note
· Dream and Memory by Vicki Northern
·
interviews
· John Elder Robison by Stacy Brazalovich
·
poetry
· The Painter of Dreams by Francesca Leung
· Travel by Vicki Northern
· After the Dream by Corey Mesler
· Disoriented by Mimi Moriarty
· Half Asleep by Meg Pokrass
· Tristesse by Howie Good
· At 4 a.m. by John Thomas Clark
· Headwaters by Margarita Engle
· Wrong Street by Kristine Ong Muslim
· Grimalkin's Magic by Cheryl Hicks
· Of Things Past and Future by Daniel Wilcox
· When I Am Asked by Amy Watkins
· Doors, Rooms, Secrets by Kristine Ong Muslim
· Tearing Along These Dotted Lines by Cheryl Hicks
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fiction
· George and Chocolate Ice Cream by P.A. Bees
· Butterfly Dreaming by Sandra Maddux-Creech
· Theory by Jon Ballard
· Preoccupied by Karen Aschenbrenner
· The Katzman Ghost by Carol Reid
· Dreamworld by Francesca Leung
· Rain by Alison Stedman
· Saturday by Carrie Bachler
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nonfiction
· A Memory of Bees by Christi Krug
· Tír na nÓg by Wm. Anthony Connolly
· Other People's Dreams by Cheryl Hicks
· Goldfish Memory by Nancy Boutin
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Notes (September, 2007):
editor's note
· Perform by Francesca Leung
·
interviews
· Lesley Kagen by Stacy Brazalovich
·
poetry
· Satie's Estate Liquidation by J.R. Salling
· The First Sonnet I Wrote After Receiving My 58th Rejection Letter From The New Yorker by Bryon D. Howell
· Infliction by Gary Beck
· Fly Away by Jonathan Hayes
· This Is Not a Poem About You Sleeping by Pete Lee
· Things to Do by Leah Browning
· Odonata by Susan Culver
· Blame it on the Postman by Susan Culver
· Note to Self by Jon Ballard
· Evanescence of Flowers by Srinjay Chakravarti
· Kiss the Morning I Am Not In by Ray Succre
· Lucie by Francesca Leung
· The Trumpeter by Vicki Northern
· Ne Me Quittez Pas by Alison Stedman
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fiction
· Le Grande Music by Terry Sanville
· Scenes From the Sandbox by T.R. Healy
· From Thought to Song by Carrie Bachler
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Earth, Air, Fire, Water (March, 2007):
editor's note
· Earth, Air, Fire, Water by Carrie Bachler
·
poetry
· autumnal by J.D. Nelson
· Ukiah No. 239 by J.D. Nelson
· World II by Francesca Leung
· The Miners by Vicki Northern
·
fiction
· Are These Your Flip-Flops? by Logan Scherer
· Gift of the Merlion by Rumjhum Biswas
· Leviathan by Dianne Rees
· Sea Salt by Leah Wickman
· Timeless by Francesca Leung
· Ghosts in the Mud by Carrie Bachler
· Turning by Alison Stedman
· The Book of Abominations by Stacy Brazalovich
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Kaleidoscope (September, 2006):
editor's note
· Life is a Kaleidoscope by Alison Stedman
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fiction
· Red Day by Kathryn Magendie
· From the Inside by Carrie Bachler
· The Piano Tuner by Alison Stedman
· Pink Cashmere by Stacy Brazalovich
· Homecoming by Vicki Northern
· Cosmopolitan by Leah Wickman
· Zephyr by Francesca Leung
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For Mary Stedman
Wanderlust (March, 2006):
editor's note
· Of Discoveries and Destinations by Francesca Leung
·
poetry
· On a Beach in Wales by Carol Corke
· On the Road by Elaina Turpin
· Night Shift by Vicki Northern
·
fiction
· The Soundtrack of My Life by Alison Stedman
· Soldier Boy by Francesca Leung
· Make Believe by Stacy Brazalovich
·
nonfiction
· With the Grace of God Go I by Leah Wickman
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Enchanté (September, 2005):
editor's note
· When We Are Enchanted by Stacy Brazalovich
·
poetry
· The Gryphon by Francesca Leung
· The Fall of Troy by Vicki Northern
·
fiction
· A Conference of Villains by Alison Stedman
· Yagmar Falls from the Sky by Alison Stedman
· Gifts so Treasured by Leah Wickman
· Frost by Stacy Brazalovich
· The Small Hours by Vicki Northern
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