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STORY OF THE MONTH
QUANTUM NEEDLE by Gilbert Richard Emery

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KNICK-KNACK AND SCRAPS by Jeff Bowles
HONEY BEAR by BJ Bourg
THE DEAD WRITER'S POKER GAME by james g. piatt
LOVE WITHOUT TAX OR: HOW I MET MY WIFE by Robert John Miller
READING THE ASHES by Emily Fink
WHATCHA SAID? by Joel Shulkin
THE BLUE SPRUCE by Martin Landauer
BETRAYAL by Gloria Watts

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STONES by Len Kuntz
ABSOLUTION by Toni de Bonneval
THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE by  Wayne Scheer
WHERE'S THE BEEF? by Stephanie Suesan Smith, Ph.D.
MULLIGAN STU by Jim Veary
UPRISING: THE RODENT REBELLION {Constructive Disengagement) by Jon Bowers
INDEPENDENCE DAY IN HUANCHACO, PERU by Carlie Sorosiak
’47 CHEVY by Luther Knight
ALICE'S SECRET CUPBOARD by Fiona Mc Cashin

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THE PERSISTENCE OF NASTA by Helen Ditouras
CLOUDY - MEATBALLS OPTIONAL by Kristine Lowder

POET'S CORNER by Russell Bittner 
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POEM OF THE MONTH
LATERAL PROGRESSION by John Tzikas

POETRY
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AUNT AND UNCLE by Patricia Crandall
HAIKU by Raquel D. Bailey
HOLLYHOCKS IN AUGUST by Floriana Hall
APPLES by Reece Jackson
LORCA by Salvatore Buttaci
SEDUCTION OF A WRITER by Maria Ercilla
DAWN by William J. Jackson
ethelbert’s jazz by Shonda Buchanan
BIRTHDAY WISHES by Callie Reese
ARRANGEMENT by Mary Ann Goodwin
i am by cm (Charles Mariano)
TIME by Frank De Canio
THE EVICTION  by Marie Delgado Travis
CHILD OF THE WEST by Patricia Wellingham-Jones
FALLING IN LOVE by Emeka Offor
FROM A FRONT WINDOW TABLE by Job Conger
THE OTHER SIDE by Nancy Bowman-Ballard
HAIKU by Cathy Quaglia
HEATED THOUGHTS by James Piatt

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