"Plot is less likely to play second fiddle to poetry and mood." - Emerald City

ISSUE SEVEN

The Marsella by Liz Williams
In the Frozen City by Chris Roberson
Whether to Go Through by Christopher Rowe
Making the Butter Come by Ren Holton
On the Language of Alligator Twins by Kiel Stuart
Wager by Sharon E. Woods
Dark Bloom by Andrew Cohen
A Good Place To Be by Mark Rich
Optical Allusions by Perry Slaughter
The Revelation of St. Elvis the Impersonator by Steve Nagy

Death of Napoleon by John Grey
Martha Stewart Downsizes: Notes Found on a Trailer Home Ad by Jonathan Brandt
Troll City by Kristine Ong Muslim

DEATH OF NAPOLEON by John Grey

     Forlorn figure,
     wasted away in the madhouse,
     for the first time in that place,
     none of the Napoleons were him.

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Martha Stewart Downsizes: Notes Found on a Trailer Home Ad by Jonathan Brandt

     It was on COPS. Twice.
     Neighbor’s porn server does trades.
     PLUS—he’s a deaf mute.

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TROLL CITY by Kristine Ong Muslim

     Learned to love the light
     It quiets down to listen
     To its own story.

     The goats once found it
     Restless and eternally hungry
     Under the bridge.

     It could have a history of its own
     If it would only stop preying
     And confess the mysteries of its world.

     Its jaws clamped shut
     Its eyes vigilant and proud
     It goes home under the bridge.

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