Table of Contents
Introduction: by David N. Samuelson………………………..1
Marineman by Gerald Haslam………….……………………..6
The Queue by Steve Kowit……………………………………11
After the Revolution by Charles Webb……………………….12
Given the Bird by Charles Webb ……………..……………....14
The Dancers by Lawrence P. Spingarn………………………..15
Sea Stories by Jean Selvester…………….…………….……...22
Discovery by d.h. lloyd………………………………..………24
A Fairy Tale: The Golden Carp by Jean Selvester...………..27
no title by Charles Bukowski….……………………………....31
Lizards, Backs, And Shoes As they Are by Jack Grapes..….33
its fundamental by Charles Bukowski ..……………………...35
Wizard by Mark McCloskey…………….…………………....36
Fraulein Mump by Mark McCloskey……………..……….....37
The Visitors by Rafael Zepeda……………………………......38
Frankenstein: by Terry P. Beh..…………………………..…..39
“It Began” by Julie Stangeland……………………………..…42
gagaku by Steve Richmond……..………………………..…..45
Marlor Passage by Austin Straus………………………..……47
Matinee by Gerald Haslam………..……………………..…....49
The Acid Fog by Gerald Locklin………………………….…..63
Lost by José Garciá……………………………………….…...68
Animal Town by Nichola Manning..………………………….71
The Beaches Of Chile IX by Rául Zurita……………………..72
The Sparkling Beaches by Rául Zurita……………………….74
Collapsing Into The Future by Murray McNeil 3……….…...77
Head Games by Austin Straus…………………………………80
The Panic Button by Edward Field……..……………………..84
Singing the Body Electric: A Duet (Of Sorts)
by Tony Artuso..……….……………………………………87

it’s no mystery by Charles Bukowski …………………….….98
God Goes To Studio 54 by Eric Grow………………………100
The Suicide Drill by Bruce Severy……………………….….102
The Funeral by d.h. lloyd……………….………………..….103
Homemade Movies Of World War III by Eric Grow……...104
One Flesh by Julie Stangeland……………………………….107
American Bazaar by David M. Fabish………………………115

ART
Steven Essery – 5, 62, 114
Chris Holmes – 13, 99
Kirk Robertson – 32, 70, 76
Benjamin M. Ferrer – 41
Steven Essery – 62
Fred Duckworth – 83

COVER ART
Steven Essery