70 writers revel in the joys and the pitfalls of summer, heat and sticky sweat ...

Stories, poems & essays on 'happy' by B. Kursheed, C. Bierschenk, A. J. Wills, T. M. McDade, L. Tyrrell, R. S. Rosenthal, J. Chronister, Em König, K. McDonald, S. D. Kaluza, N. Ghosh, K. Christianson, R. Beveridge, C. W. Campbell, J. Lambremont Sr, J. E. Cricelli, R. Blum, L. Stice, J. Herold, P. Nieuwland, S. Guthrie, S. Pal, L. Marques, J. S. Battle, A. Robertson, M. J. Porter, M. Serafimova, J. Grey, M. Christmas, JP Lundstrom, D. K. Campbell, M. Hudson, E. Reilly, C. Leslie-Bole, C. P. Palmer, I. Buckler, L. Kuntz, L. N. McLaughlin, KR Rosman, M. Harrison, L. Kohler, K. Hemmings, W. Giersbach, T. Philippart, R. Z. Deming, H. van Didden, A. Grenfell, A. Black, K. Mahony, R. Scotellaro, J. Kiesow, J Bradley, M. Quigley, M. Waseme, P. Lingard, E. M. Stormo, S. Hughes, P. Pulma Jr, B. Obiri-Asare, R. Walker, S. Carr, M. Webb, DS Levy, T. Fegan, J. Jagoda, E. Bruce, M. Baer, M. Govier, C. McLeod, M. DeVirgiliis, W. Scheer, P. Beckman & G. J. Mintz

Euphoria Rivers, Quonsettville's Chief Librarian, has left town for good. Announcing her departure, she posted a letter to the editor of the local paper, 'The Quonsettville Quacker'. On the back of the letter, Euphoria included a shitlist of all the people in town she believes drove her away. Small towns face many problems, but when one of their own turns on the rest, watch the fur and the books fly! Includes stories by Jane Andrews, Jim Bell, Claudia Bierschenk, Howard Brown, Shanique Burton, William Butler, Chuka Susan Chesney, Rachael Dickzen, Tom Fegan, G. P. Gottlieb, Samuel Gulliksson, Chris Hall, Robin Hillard, Jenna Hillhouse, Kathryn Hood, Mary Krakow, Mike Lewis-Beck, Vickie J. Litten, Patience Mackarness, Sally-Anne Macomber, Lance Manion, Jan McCarthy, Keira Morgan, Christopher Muscato, Edward Andrew Parks, Matt Potter, Melisa Quigley, David Rae, Bruno Rodriguez, Holly Saiki, Jessica Schneider, Beatriz Seelaender, Tim Thompson, Michael Webb, Benjamin Whitaker & Gary Zenker

57 writers riff on 'inane' ... 'inane: silly, fatuous, idiotic, nonsense, nonsensical, mindless, boring, unintelligent ...'

LUST inspiring MaKayla ALLEN Paul BECKMAN Robert BEVERIDGE Rick BLUM Corwin Grace BRAND Ron CAMPBELL Robert CARLTON Steven CARR Guilie CASTILLO ORIARD Yuang CHANGMING Carl CHAPMAN Jan CHRONISTER Linda M CRATE Judah Eli CRICELLI Albert DeGENOVA Andrea DIEDE William DORESKI Michael ESTABROOK Sarah ETLINGER Nod GHOSH Ken GOSSE Jack GRANATH Andrew GRENFELL John GREY Shane GUTHRIE Kyle HEMMINGS Mark HUDSON Robert IULO Abha IYENGAR Charles JACOBSON Joanne JAGODA Christine JOHNSON Jemshed KHAN Edith KNIGHT Len KUNTZ John LAMBREMONT Sr Ron LAVALETTE Larry LEFKOWITZ DS LEVY Paul LEWALLAN Peter LINGARD JP LUNDSTROM Jenean McBREARTY Janet McCANN Corey MESLER TC MILL David MILLER Piet NIEUWLAND Edward O'DWYER Carl 'Papa' PALMER M PAUSEMAN Joseph S. PETE Stephen V RAMEY Alex ROBERTSON Ruth Sabath ROSENTHAL Shawn Aveningo SANDERS Jeff SANTOSUOSSO Wayne SCHEER Joseph SZEWCZYK Angelina TAYLOR Lucy TYRRELL James WADE Kenneth WAGNER Rob WALKER Alan WALOWITZ Michael WEBB Jeffrey WEISMAN Robb T WHITE Nan WIGINGTON Jeffrey ZABLE

Edward Ahern/Alan C Baird/Elaine Barnard/Paul Beckman/Jon Bennett/Howard Brown/Michael H Brownstein/Mark Budman/Steven Carr/Guilie Castillo Oriard/Changming Yuan/Jan Chronister/Marcia Conover/Carolyn Cordon/Judah Eli Cricelli/Ruth Z Deming/Andrea Diede/Salvatore DiFalco/Michael Estabrook/Tom Fegan/Nod Ghosh/Ken Gosse/Roberta Gould/Steven Gowin/Noah Grabeel/Anne Graue/Jake Greenblot/Andrew Grenfell/Shane Guthrie/Jan Haag/Mark Hudson/Louise Hofmeister/Sharron Hough/Abha Iyengar/Bryan Jansing/Jemshed Khan/Linda Kohler/John Kujawski/John Lambremont Sr/Ron Lavalette/Valerie Lawson/Tracy Lee-Newman/Larry Lefkowitz/Cynthia Leslie-Bole/Peter Lingard/JP Lundstrom/Chuck Madansky/Karla L Merrifield/Marsha Mittman/Leah Mueller/Piet Nieuwland/Carl Papa Palmer/Melisa Quigley/Dorothy Rice/Joanne Rizzo/Ruth S Rosenthal/Sarah Salway/Shawn A Sanders/Rikki Santer/Wayne Scheer/Iris N Schwartz/Fraser Sutherland/Lucy Tyrrell/Marian Urquilla/Rob Walker/Townsend Walker/Rob Walton/Michael Webb/Jeffrey Weisman

prose and poetry by A.R. Abbott, M. Baer, A. C. Baird, G. Beck, P. Beckman, J. Bell, D. W. Bressack, H. Brown, M. H. Brownstein, I. Buckler, E. Buttimer, S. Carr, G. Castillo Oriard, C. S. Chesney, J. Chronister, L. M. Crate, J. E. Cricelli, T. Daly, J. Davies, S. DiFalco, W. Doreski, M. Driscoll, M. Estabrook, C. Feild, A. Fish, N. Ghosh, K. Gosse, A. Grenfell, S. Guthrie, S. Hough, M. Hudson, A. Iyengar, C. Johnson, J. Khan, A. Konchalovsy, J. Lambremont Sr, R. Lavalette, L. Lefkowitz, C. Leslie-Bole, M. Lewis-Beck, P. Lingard, JP Lundstrom, DS Maolalai, B. MacWilliams, B. A. Meier, K. L. Merrifield, T. Mico, J. Mills, M. Mittman, P. Nieuwland, E. O Dwyer, C. P. Palmer, M Pauseman, M. J. Porter, M. Quigley, D. Rae, N. Reddick, E. Reilly, L. Rhodes-Ryabchich, C. Rose, R. S. Rosenthal, S. A. Sanders, R. Scotellaro, W. Scheer, J. Slusher, C. Smadja, L. Stice, F. Trecost, L. Tyler, L. Tyrrell, R. Walker, M. Webb, J. Weisman and C. H. Williams

... 67 poets take on 'indigo' "The term "indigomania" was coined for the Impressionists' "unhealthy" passion for blues." from 'The essence of blue' by Belinda Recio and Catherine Kouts "... "One year one paints violet and people scream, and the following year every one paints a great deal of violet," Manet remarked on a different occasion." from 'Color in the Age of Impressionism: Commerce, Technology, and Art' by Laura Anne Kalba

stories, essays and poems by Alex Reece Abbott, Duff Allen, Samantha Armatys, David S. Atkinson, Jane Banning, Tina Barry, Paul Beckman, Irene Buckler, Megan Crosbie, Peter DiChellis, Glen Donaldson, Kristina England, Brad Garber, Flora Gaugg, Mark Govier, John Grey, Diana Grove, Matthew Harrison, Robin Hillard, Stephen House, Mark Hudson, A.J. Huffman, Hasen Hull, Phillis Ideal, Em Koenig, Donna Krause, Len Kuntz, John Lambremont, Kathryn Lee, Lucy Logsdon, JP Lundstrom, Catfish McDaris, Gwendolyn Joyce Mintz, Richie Narvaez, Pádraig Ó Cúana, Edward O'Dwyer, Carl 'Papa' Palmer, Joseph Pete, Ben Pitts, Martin Jon Porter, Matt Potter, Melisa Quigley, Stephen V Ramey, Alex Robertson, Jennifer Rose, Ruth Sabath Rosenthal, Andrew Stancek, J. J. Steinfeld, Dianne Turner, Rob Walker, Anne E. Weisgerber, Michael Webb, Andrew West, Robb T. White and Allan J. Wills, all prompted by the theme 'freak'

Volume 12 in Pure Slush's 'A Year in Stories' Luis makes a play ... Frank attempts a turnaround ... Rebecca needs time alone ... Ralph eyes the future ... Charles moves on ... Jenn goes shopping ... Adam is free ... Claire is philosophical ... the girl has a date ... Pedersen makes up his mind ... Edward is happy ... Sandra returns ... Stevie says good-bye ... he meets someone worse off ... Mark gets a surprise ... the Bird counts on better luck ... Lindsey learns the truth ... Stephen goes swimming ... Jamie asks why ... Trudy camps out ... Nadia makes a break ... Ned is unsettled ... the man thanks the doctor ... Rachel gets domestic ... Morgana has hopes ... Gary pours a drink ... Samford settles ... Maybell is catatonic ... Jim faces the end ... Anne gets a letter ... Joan goes travelling ... and much much more!