Spring 2018
BREAKERS by Judie Maré
Where at a distance you would rise
a growing lift to Paradise
HERE LIES ANNIE MAY PARKER by Cheryl McGuire
An aura of resolve emanated from Annie May that overlaid all about her. She was of an otherworldly intelligence ...
FIT FOR BURYING by JoLynne Buehring
Banjo said to use the planks from that old barn we tore down last summer. There should be plenty there, and he said just a plain ol’ box would be fine.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE by Howard Feigenbaum
I learned the willingness to unabashedly shake one’s hips was an important prerequisite for the rumba, the mambo, the cha-cha and the samba.
SLAMMED by Melodie Earickson
Thinkingitwasthebluesky
I'vehitthewall
THE OLD CAT by Lynette Tucker
I miss him jumping up on the stall door to get my attention while I fed the horses
THE LAMP by Valerie Eitzen
Angela said Papà wanted to show me his special lamp.
THE HONEY-DO LIST by Dennis Conrad
She created a huge roster of additions to my ever-present honey-do list. The list hangs over my head like a guillotine.
CAT TROUBLE by John R. Hoddy
I took Amber to the vet, who put him on Valium. It settled him down to where he calmly pees on the wall, the floor, the slider.
WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME? by Katherine Tucker
When I am old and gray
and my bark is not as ferocious
WHO WILL BE THE MASTER? by Daniel Kuttner
Gregor, the car, wouldn't even let me call him "The Car." He was a Transport Manager.
COVER ART by Vicki Allen-Hitt
Spring 2018 Cover