ISSUES | winter 2019
41.4 (Winter 2019): “Influencers”
Featuring the prose of A.A. Balaskovits, Bradley Bazzle, Ed Falco, Peter Gordon, Susan Kellam, Dennis McFadden, Jillian Weiss. New poetry by Miho Nonaka, Catherine Pierce, Brian Swann.
CONTENT FROM THIS ISSUE
Poetry
Jan 24 2019
Poetry: Brian Swann
Featuring the poems:
“The Return of the Coyote”
“Song of Innocence”
“Another Hymn to Aphrodite”
“Plain and Simple”
“Making Sense”
“The Silence”
Poetry
Jan 24 2019
Poetry: Miho Nonaka
Featuring the poems:
“Through the Willows”
“Easter Cherries”
“Gretel, through the wood”
“Heartland”
“Border”
Poetry
Jan 24 2019
Poetry: Catherine Pierce
Featuring the poems:
“The Horse Girls”
“Inheritance”
“Vespers”
“What We Invented”
“Danger Days”
Nonfiction
Jan 24 2019
The Day the King Died
On the day we lost Elvis Presley, I had to consider—even just for a moment—the fact that the king of rock and roll had collapsed off the toilet while attempting… read more
Nonfiction
Jan 24 2019
Awakening to Jake
Jake’s nest is always askew and is covered in dog hair and dirt from his bare feet and the nights he forced the new puppy to sleep beside him. Jake… read more
Fiction
Jan 24 2019
Savage December
The first time Lafferty saw her she was standing by the side of the road in Kilduff, a dead dog on the end of her leash.
Fiction
Jan 24 2019
Relatable Influence
Despite my age, I was still considered a relatable influencer. Women I didn’t know still trusted me as a friend. I had half a million Instagram followers, ninety thousand YouTube fans,… read more
Fiction
Jan 24 2019
Elizabeth
This was during one of the fat periods of her life when she went on months-long gluttonous rampages where her reckless appetite haunted her every waking minute, as she later… read more
Fiction
Jan 24 2019
Balls
There were fires burning out of control and rioting and looting going on outside, and now and then the cackle of gunfire somewhere snapped the peace of our usually quiet… read more
Foreword
Jan 24 2019
Foreword: “Influencers”
This issue’s story “Relatable Influence” by Bradley Bazzle calls to mind the change in the word “influencer” over the last few years from referring to someone who has a significant… read more