Number Six, Winter 1995
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Ilfinesh
"Listen," he told her. "If we're going to get married, we've got to communicate." She nodded. "Good. Now what was your last name?" by David McNair
Not Yet
When I walked into the lobby Michael Tarr was already waiting. I mumbled, "How the hell do you do it? You always get someplace before me." "An aspect of genius, buddy boy, not that I'm putting you down, or nothing like that." by Charles Chaim Wax
Anyone You Fancy
"Fair? Will we talk of fair?" When she said it, like that, it reminded me of fairs. The ones where the tinkers came to town and they crowned the Goat King. The May fairs with the girls in long, flowy dresses. by Faith Miller
A Brief Stay
"It takes a lot to live with a woman, son. Sometimes you have to talk, sometimes you got to shut the hell up. Or you got to be jealous when you're not and not jealous when you are." He spat into the yard. "I never had the timing for that shit." by James Katowich
Shawanigan Bingo Queen
She took her bottle of rye and tipped my head sideways and poured some in. My first taste of whiskey came running down my cheek and mixed with blood that I licked off the side of my mouth. by Joseph Boyden
Rough Justice
What really happened that particular Sunday morning I may never know. But at 9:15 or 9:30 my wife came rushing into the bedroom shouting, "Ian's been arrested!" by Thomas J. Hubschman
The Boy In The Boat
The small bag holds the name of one I love, I say. Be careful, don't drop anything. I was singing his name this morning. by Robert Klein Engler
Letters from the Asylum
An excerpt of an autobiography in letters, chronicling the author's depression, psychosis, and subsequent healing. by Kenneth Alewine
The Poetry of Jules Laforgue
Poetry Special Feature, translated by Browning Porter and Leigh Palmer.
The Man Who Wasn't Feeling Himself
A short story collection by New Zealand writer Chad Taylor, reviewed by Thomas J. Hubschman.
The Comma After Love
Selected Poems of Raeburn Miller, published by The University of Akron Press, review by June Owens.
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