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COLUMNS
Guest Column
Marsha Owens on how the gun-crisis in the US has turned schools into killing fields
Spotlight
Maria Behan on why the US must now subject Trump to the rule of law and depose him
Guest Column
Gerry Stewart on balancing the responsibilities of parenthood and maintaining a creative life
Gaze
Irena Ioannou on witches and women monsters and the real message behind girls’ Halloween costumes
Behind Domestic Lines
Jami Ingledue on the horror that is homework and how to exorcise it
Head Above Water
Tim Clark on Steppenwolf’s ‘Monster’, religious intolerance and the true meaning of freedom
Origins
Amlanjyoti Goswami on the inspiration behind his poem ‘Open Door’
The Book Doctor
Caroline Donahue on knowing your writing’s monsters and letting your reader’s imagination run free
From the Inside
Ryan Moser on what he has to do and who he has to become to survive life on the inside
Not Another TV Dad
CL Bledsoe on monsters real and imaginary and the innocence of scary movies
Other Father
James Prenatt on the real nightmares that haunt parents and the every day job of protecting our kids
FLASH FICTION
Jessica Oesterle
Jessica Oesterle’s flash fiction story ‘Duplicating Crisis’
Claire Lawrence
Claire Lawrence’s flash fiction story ‘The Last Soul’
Bill Capossere
Bill Capossere’s flash fiction story ‘The Museum of Screams and Whispers’
Christopher X. Ryan
Christopher X. Ryan’s flash fiction story ‘Hellions’
Denise Griggs
Denise Grigg’s flash fiction story ‘By Invitation’
Kurt Newton
Kurt Newton’s flash fiction story ‘Roar. Scream. Laugh’
POETRY
Alexis Wolfe
Alexis Wolfe’s poem ‘Wanton Boys’
Joan McNerney
Joan McNerney’s poem ‘I planted my garden’
Juleigh Howard Hobson
Juleigh Howard Hobson’s poem ‘Monster’
Paul Green
Paul Green’s poem ‘An apology to oranges’
John C. Mannone
John C. Mannone’s poem ‘Halloween Storybook’
Ann Christine Tabaka
Ann Christine Tabaka’s poem ‘The Beast Shall Have Its Way
Sandy Rochelle
Sandy Rochelle’s poem ‘Almost Alone’
Zoe Mitchell
Zoe Mitchell’s poem ‘Chanctonbury Ring’
Virginia Ospitaletche
Virginia Ospitaletche’s poem ‘The Fire’
Kari A. Flickinger
Kari A. Flickinger’s poems ‘A Meme for the Winged’ and ‘Woman Wreathed in Seaweed’
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