i d e o g r a p h i e s
horror It Kills Birds by Ward Crockett
"I know that no matter how much time I spend or which cleaning product I use or how much muscle I put into the scouring, I will not be able to clean the black spot from the ceiling, the spot I was certain was a cockroach. It will survive me. Everything else will be clean."
fantasy The Wedding Gift by Jacqueline West

"Looking into Grandmother's black eyes, I could understand why wolves were afraid of her. Anyone would have been...anyone but Matus. He would laugh while the rest of us scurried out of her way, his smile sharp as a hook, his eyes bright with mischief. Only Matus.
Now no one is left who dares to stand in her way. "
fantasy Home on the Ganges by Swapna Kishore

"The only Amit I knew was my father Amit De, a corpulent fifty-five with sagging skin and a perpetual ugliness to his face, testimony to years of drinking and other decadent habits. 'Who—'
Mother gave a tremulous smile. 'Meeta, this is him, from before.'"
Poetry Grace in the Desert by Marcie Lynn Tentchoff

"The desert angels come for us at day break."
poetry At Death's Door by Larry Hammer
"but for now,
small mercies, it was cool enough to walk"
poetry Lamellae (Hipponion and Cambridge) by Sonya Taaffe
"For a postcard from that farthest country
I waited too long and longer"
i d e o l o g i e s
review June Reviews by Sean Melican
Doc Wilde and the Frogs of Doom,Cyberabad Days, and Pump Six and Other Stories.
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volume 8
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Our June issue is—we tried to dodge it, yes!—an exploration of love and death.

Our first story this month, Ward Crockett's "It Kills Birds," looks at the double ties between love and death: when love can kill you, and when one person's dying inside can quietly kill a relationship. Jacqueline West's "The Wedding Gift" inverts that, discussing when love—rightly or wrongly—survives death, while Swapna Kishore's "Home on the Ganges" deftly discusses mourning and blame, and when it is time to let go of both.

Our poets this month are Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, Larry Hammer, and Sonya Taaffe, with their respective poems, "Grace in the Desert," "At Death's Door," and "Lamellae (Hipponion and Cambridge,." all three of which discuss the curious intersection between loving and dying.

Enjoy!

Leah Bobet
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