Poetry by Sam Barbee
Poet’s Statement
Growing up in North Carolina, gothic overtones are prevalent in my writing – dark themes’ credibility and significance
“SASHIMI” by Elena Goh
“Fish cannot feel pain.”
that’s what you told me {at least}
at the back of a cab
with your
“The Mouse” by Thao Vu
In the dark, thirty pairs of tiny red eyes were staring at her.
Prof X had reminded them to turn
The Poetry of Margaret Donovan Bauer
Tsunami Apocalypse
The Extrovert Goes Gently
Daddy said he could see
in his dreams.
Waking brought back
the darkness.
So
SUMMER 2026: Final Girl
“Final Girl” by Lorrie Ness
Like a corpse’s receding skin,
the pram’s canopy shrivels from its overturned frame.
“Melatonin” by Elsy Pawelak
I take two melatonin before I lay down. My sheets are always nice and cold and I hope to fall
“Last Train from Manchuria” by Matthew M. Ployhart
Pipes, steel, and blinding snow without.
The hulking furnace breathes onward,
Gasping fiercely into a blinding white.
Winds from south,
“Bloodford Creek” by Jay O’Shea
The way I count it, the night my brother had that run in with the dog was around when the
FEATURE: “Jackalope” by Colton Merris
They tell you when you’re quitting anything that it’s normal for the dreams to come. You pick your
FEATURE: “Oscarquiet” by Riley Passmore
SITUATION REPORT
On the morning of Monday, 03/05/2007, at 08:31am, Concealer MELISSA MARIE BENNET (Asset# OSCARQUIET) failed