Two new poems by Geoff Stevens

SELF-INVESTIGATIONINTRUSIVE & OTHERWISEThickening pan of beef stew hallucinationsbrain-clouded thermal mudspluttering to let methane outa bulb in bakelite holderhung from a faulty fleximmersed in its stickinessand glowering like a cyclopswhile winking recognition...

A. D. Winans is giving up

In these two poems, Beat Generation survivor A.D. Winans explains why he is giving up on certain things…GIVING UP ORGANIZATIONS The one thing I notice about my formerCOSMEP friendsIs that they haven't changed over the decadesThey still publish and have...

Two taiga by Pamela Babusci

• Pamela Babusci is an American poet and artist living in Rochester, New York. She has illustrated several books, including Full Moon Tide: The Best of Tanka Splendor, and Taboo Haiku. Pamela was the logo artist for HNA 2003 in New York City and is the logo artist for...

Conker Season – new prose by Kris Humphrey

Conker SeasonIt was about seven years ago, before the drifting apart had even started, and Filby and me were over at Harewood House looking for conkers. The season was pretty much over but we weren’t ready to give up. We’d talked about it on the way over; there was...

Two phone messages from Roddy Williams

phone call i did not hear the phone.therefore i did not answer it.i did not  register your question as a serious one.therefore i answered it with a  lie.i did hear the phonebut i chose not to answer it,my motives in  so doing being fartoo complex...