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 Beautiful Dead Girl by Robert Palmer. Robert lives and works in Ellsworth, Maine, not far from where he grew up in Aurora. He graduated college four years ago and started sending his stories to magazines. He obtained his first publication from Peeks and Valleys a month after his father passed away. His father's wish that Robert make a living with his brain instead of through manual labor, as well as the support of Beverly (his biggest supporter and harshest critic), keeps him at the keyboard writing.
The first time I saw her she was dead in an alley. In that one bitterly sweet moment I fell in love... (continued)
Confusion by Mark C. Bullock. Mark was hatched 32 years ago in the U.S. capitol. Born the son of an African-American and Saponi Indian, he had a culturally rich and happy childhood. He began writing poetry and short stories at a young age, and spent his spare time filming mock commercials with his older brother. Mark says, "I write what I dream, and I dream nightly. Most of the images that pass through my mind would curdle the blood of a mere mortal, but after years of bombardment I've learned to treat them as story-fodder. If forced to describe my writing, I'd have to say it's a montage of Spielberg, Koontz, and Serling."
The spot on Mike's neck itched perpetually today. It was getting worse. The two tiny teeth marks were inflamed and oozing a white substance that didn't quite resemble pus... (continued)
The Vampire in the Sitting Room by Heather Albano. Ms. Albano lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she is a software engineer by day and a writer by night. Her work has previously appeared in Grumble Magazine and the March 2005 edition of Aoife’s Kiss, and her first novel is making the rounds. Check out her website at www.heatheralbano.com.
She dreamed over and over of that snowy evening. She was again in the sheltered hollow, watching, as Quincey and her Jonathan fought their way through the gypsies to reach His coffin... (continued)
Love's a Pale Assassin by Jack Dawe. After spending many years in Providence, Rhode Island, Jack Dawe presently resides in New Mexico. He has written novels and screenplays in genres ranging from sci-fi to horror to noir. The following novels by him are now on the market: an alternate-world time-travel satire, Avant Vu; the Bukowskian horror noir, The Big Red Inevitable; and Complete Unknowns, a literary thriller about down-and-outers struggling to survive in Calcutta-by-the-Hudson--New York City--in the 1970s.
Sweet William: Your letter, with its recollections of the Aulde Lang Syne, was like a breath of springtime... (continued)
A Taste of Truth by Kurt MacPhearson and Rick Yennik. Kurt MacPhearson lives in western Wisconsin with his wife Anne and son Kyle where he converts diesel engines into eco-friendly vegetable oil consumers. Recent appearances include Dreams and Nightmares, Star*Line, Aoife's Kiss, Hadrosaur Tales, and The Magazine of Speculative Poetry. Rick Yennik is a disembodied literary spirit whose credits include Cochran's Corner, Tales of the Talisman, Black Petals, and The Magazine of Speculative Poetry. Rick frequently inhabits the mind of an unsuspecting 27-year-old MBA student, taking him on mutually beneficial flights of transcendentalism.
The first time I heard those words they chilled me to the core like a dive into Lake Superior in February... (continued)
MISSED IT IN THE LAST ISSUE?
Well here is another chance to read the Ashley Barnard Interview, author of "The Unicorn Thief."
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SPECIAL FEATURE:
THE KIP TOBIN INTERVIEW
Author of "The Oiler"
The Assistant: An American Gothic by Shaun Carney. Shaun is a New York native and long-time resident of Maryland, where he is an alumni of the University of Maryland University College. He is a member of the Maryland Writers’ Association, has been writing for personal enjoyment for over 30 years, and posting short fiction on message boards for the last five. Other published works have appeared in Alien Skin Magazine, The First Line, and The Circle Magazine.
Strings of garlic lined the door and lintel in the fortress by the sea. Scattered across the walls were eight-penny nails, which held a variety of implements van der Haas had always heard would ward off evil... (continued)
The Bug by Justin Jacobson. Justin was born on the shores of Lake Champlain, infamous home of the lake monster Champy. Now 24, he is frequently likened to an overgrown homicidal five-year-old by those who know him best. He spends his freetime recovering from a Bachelor's degree in literature and hero-worshipping H. P. Lovecraft when not working on The Adventures of Chibithulhu, a blog-webcomic hybrid viewable at chibithulhu.blogspot.com.
It started with the sniffles. Rook over in Customer Service came in one day sniffling like a dog on a couch stuffed with bacon. He must have caught it off one of those young parents... (continued)
Emma by Jennifer Wiss. Jennifer is the mother of two boys, one daughter and one big-hearted husband. With her days filled with laundry, dishes and never-ending trips to the store, she still finds time to do the things she loves most. She can find herself a quiet place all her own in the books she reads or the stories she writes--her own personal escape hatch to a world where nothing is as it seems. Jennifer's story "Tears She Cried" was previously published in the Spring 2004 Vampire Fiction Issue. "Eternal Echoes" was published in the Spring 2005 issue.
Cries of King Archer’s death spread forthwith through his empire. His throat slit by an unknown assailant as he slept with his army in the fields of battle... (continued)
Crimsons by Nick Marranzino. Nick is currently a senior in high school and one of his assignments ended up being this story. "Crimsons" was inspired by the many works of Anne Rice, a personal favorite author of his. Nick has an interest in supernatural, fantasy, and science fiction writing. Nick says, "I hope to one day convey my imagination in words to the world via novels, but for now I'm focusing on college. Besides reading and writing, I enjoy art, video games, various types of music, and swimming."
Life is much like a butterfly. It flutters in and out of your being, your realm, and if you possess enough luck to capture it and hold it, for even only a moment, you were meant to discover its beauty... (continued)
Needs of the Many by Rhiannon Held. Rhiannon is currently working towards her masters in archaeology. She has been writing since the beginning of college, but the characters have been living in her head for much longer. She's also working on the obligatory novel, but has yet to settle in an apartment that allows the authorial odd assortment of cats. She plans to rectify this as soon as she graduates and embarks on the first of the traditional string of assorted strange jobs.
I waited, staring out of the anteroom window, my back to the door of the mayor’s office. The window was barred, of course... (continued)
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