i d e o g r a p h i e s
science fiction Vu by Karen M. Roberts
"See, people, and all things, the universe itself, are composed of these little bits that move randomly through the universe. These little bits think they're connected and create a pseudo-reality composed of false perceptions and memory."
slipstream Nine Lives by Becca De La Rosa

"When she blinked I saw Finland. Europe didn't know it, but the Mediterranean Sea was creeping up her shoulders, hungry for a second Flood. Europe ought to be warned. I just didn't think I was the man for the job."

science fiction Disjointed by January Mortimer
"And he stood there, the firefly lights of his system twinkling, humming tunelessly as he washed... and he did not answer. "
poetry A Micro Meteor's Effect on Love by John Borneman
"A thin skin is all the wall,"
poetry Braiding the World Lines by Danny Adams
"Atoc, a quiet man clothed in alpaca wool"
poetry Apple Picking by Helena Bell
"Molly married John in an orchard,"
i d e o l o g i e s
review Reviews by Sean Melican
Map of Dreams, Polyphony 6, Rabid Transit: Long Voyages, Great Lies, Year's Best Fantasy 6, Fast Forward 1, The Steam Magnate, The Good Fairies of New York, and Paragaea: A Planetary Romance.

"It isn't the hallowed halls of academia or mystical caverns or lands just beyond or overlapping. It is as much a map of America as it is a map of dreams."
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Our latest issue delivers insights on perspective and states of being. Karen M. Roberts shifts us into sly metafiction with "Vu," while Becca De La Rosa keeps us off balance with a woman drowning in tattoos in "Nine Lives." January Mortimer draws an unsettling future for consciousness in "Disjointed."

Poets for this quarter develop the theme: John Borneman's "A Micro Meteor's Effect on Love" gives us a final glimpse of a lover. Danny Adams combines Quipu knots with quantum braiding, and Helena Bell offers love, regret, and a vanished clone.

Meanwhile, Sean Melican, our Ideo reviewer, catches us up on his latest reads and makes me, and possibly you, wonder if he doesn't have anything else to do but read! Lucky.

Please enjoy this quarter's issue!



Marsha Sisolak
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