COLUMNS
Spotlight
Maria Behan on pre-election and post-lapsarian America and how bad things will get if #45 becomes #47
Soapbox
Mike Hembury on a growing tolerance to human suffering and the hope and the moral compass that are the Gaza protests
Guest Column
Maria Behan on recovery from cancer and reflections on life, death and in between
Gaze
Irena Ioannou on the pursuit of happiness and the universal desire of a parent wanting a better life for their family
Head Above Water
Tim Clark on a life not planned and how the best of times are life’s random accidents of good fortune
Tumbleweed
Krystyn Hartman on the magic and gift of music and the lessons learned from a life of live performance
Not Another TV Dad
CL Bledsoe on the legacy of Huntington’s disease on his family and being the parent his mother would be proud of
Center Stage – John Minczeski
CENTER STAGE celebrates and talks with poet John Minczeski
8 YEARS OF THE WILD WORD
FICTION
Christian Barragan
Christian Barragan’s flash fiction story ‘Unnoticed’
Deborah Humphrey
Deborah Humphrey’s flash fiction story ‘Top Withens’
Jennifer Molidor
Jennifer Molidor’s flash fiction story ‘Hat Party’
Kathryn Silver-Hajo
Kathryn Silver-Hajo’s flash fiction stories ‘With Eyes on Wings’ and ‘Children of the Banyan’
Marcelo Medone
Marcelo Medone’s flash fiction story ‘Sheila and the Universe’
Martha Ketti
Martha Ketti’s flash fiction story ‘This is what I tell you’
Mikki Aronoff
Mikki Aronoff’s flash fiction story ‘Suerza’
Suzanne C. Martinez
Suzanne C. Martinez’s flash fiction stories ‘Borken’ and ‘A Lucky Two-Dollar Bill’
POETRY
Ann Christine Tabaka
Ann Christine Tabaka’s poems ‘Racing Dreams’ and ‘Sunrise Holds Memories’
Crisosto Apache
Crisosto Apache’s poem ‘Always Asphalt (R)’
Daniel Schulz
Daniel Schulz’s poems ‘Reservoir’, ‘Factory Line’ and ‘Evanescence’
Doryn Herbst
Doryn Herbst’s poems ‘The Luna Moth’ and ‘Lost Sparrow’
Heather D. Frankland
Heather D. Frankland’s poems ‘Three Year Drought’, ‘Buenos Recuerdos’, and ‘Out of Focus: Leaving My Peace Corps Village’
Jenne Micale
Jenne Micale’s poems ‘Mezuzah’, ‘Pilgrimage’ and ‘The gardener’s war’
Penny Blackburn
Penny Blackburn’s poem ‘She Will Escape Salpêtrière Hospital’
Sandra Sarala
Sandra Sarala’s poem ‘Six things I could never do without’
Shelby Lanaro
Shelby Lanaro’s poem ‘Funeral for Flowers’
POETRY REVIEWS
Review of Disappearing by the Math by Matt Thomas
Review of ‘Disappearing by the Math’ by Matt Thomas
Review of ‘A “Sonetto” for the Poetic World’
Review of A “Sonetto” for the Poetic World by Koshy AV
Review of ‘Contrapasso’
Review of Alexandra Fössinger’s poetry collection ‘Contrapasso’
Review of ‘A Mouthful of Sky’
Review of Anu Mahadev’s poetry collection ‘A Mouthful of Sky’
Open Your Eyes Review
Mike Hembury’s review of the poetry anthology ‘Open Your Eyes’ edited by Vinita Agrawal
Último Día/Last Day Review
Review of the poetry collection Último Día/Last Day by Ximena Gómez
‘Grief Bacon’ review
Review of the poetry collection ‘Grief Bacon’ by CL Bledsoe
LITERARY BERLIN
Berlin’s International Literature Magazine
Creative writing resources in Berlin
WHAT WE LOVE
Nina Hynes song ‘Looking For You’ from her new album ZAP! Buy here.
‘Growler Rising’ by Dee Mulrooney
Our editor Kusi Okamura on the Secret Library podcast on the need for writers over 40
Music online with Mick Hembury and Jenka Bühler
Yin Yoga in your sitting room with Erinbell Fanore
Rufus Coates & Jess Smith’s ‘Modern Day Cathedral’