Pond 56 - April 2020 |
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I won’t mention you-know-what other than to say take care and care big.
Starting this issue I’m going to be including a piece of my own. Why not. Enjoy! - Ken
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Karren L. Alenier - Garden Sex
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Terence Gallagher - How the Lamp Broke
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John P. Kristofco - Actuaries
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Sean Lause - The rebellion of the beds
FROM THE EDITOR
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LB Sedlacek - Drenched
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John Cullen - Death Orders a Mojito
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Michael Salcman - Blind Spot
SHORT STORY
Denise Cloutier - Uncle Joe's Goodbye
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Author Profile
Nick Mansito 
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Mind of a Poet
Karren L. Alenier 
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Photos by Carolyn Adams
ARTISTS and SHUTTERBUGS I’m looking for original artwork and enhanced photos featuring Carp (including Koi) for the Carpwork Gallery. See the Submissions page for details. |
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Authors' Row
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Vincent J. Tomeo
My Cemetery Friends is timeless. Walk with renowned author
and poet Vincent J. Tomeo through garden pathways of life. Along the way, encounter other travelers trekking a similar trail, embrace new acquaintances, and this will make all the difference. |
Carol Roan
A small New Jersey farming town survived a brutal invasion by the British in 1776, but now it faces another invasion, this time by artists. The eponymous story in this linked collection was first published in Pond 22, 2016.
(Available at www.snakenationpress.org.) |
Annette Sisson
“Annette Sisson’s heart-driven poems are clear, well-shaped and loaded with sharp imagery. A Casting Off mixes metaphor with landscapes which become spiritual in-scapes filled with wonder and mystery, loss and grief.” –Bill Brown, poet
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Peter Dabbene
You've got spam! And so does everyone else. But what happens when you reply to those spam e-mails?
Peter Dabbene poses as his alter ego, Dieter P. Bieny—a man who gives spammers just enough hope to keep them coming back for more abuse. |
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Jo-Anne Rosen
Eighteen stories probe the lies and secrets in the lives of parents and children, siblings, Germans and Jews, bewildered adolescents, and elderly lovers. “The actors in these beautiful, often sad stories carry with them complex histories of desire and pain, often longing for what they can't or shouldn't have." —Dan Coshnear
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William Quincy Belle
A post-apocalyptic Sci-Fi thriller.
Antigravity: floating cites. Pandemic: 80% dead. Flesh-eating disease: artificial body parts. Insects as food. And murder in dystopia. |
Patrick Reardon
In “Requiem for David,” Patrick T. Reardon wrestles with the suicide of his brother and the pain they shared as the children of demanding and emotionally absent parents. Novelist-poet Sandra Cisneros calls Reardon's book “the heart’s howl,” and poet Haki Madhubuti writes: “Reardon’s poetry reminds me of the great poet and Catholic priest, Daniel Berrigan.”
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John Michael Flynn
John Michael Flynn’s language dazzles to a very real end: the exploration and delineation of the free-floating breakdown known as “America.” The range of tones and locales he uses is impressive but more impressive is the feeling invested in what almost inevitably slips through time’s fingers. Anyone wondering where the Whitmanesque impulse has gone need look no further.
—Baron Wormser Visit www.basilrosa.com. |
Ken Poyner
A collection of fantastical mini-fictions. A man who encounters mammoth rustlers. Houses that begin to move on their own, forcing the inhabitants to finally introduce themselves to their neighbors. Giant chickens that are hunted for processing in the chicken sandwich industry. And much more.
Humor, irony, mythical realism, surrealism, soft science fiction. |
Fred McGavran
"McGavran’s are stories of obsession and experience. They are the stories of characters who are nearing death and who are thinking about what they will leave behind. They are deeply human, and entirely serious, with a touch of humor and a little bit of magic to light the way." - Anna Kasik, Englewood Review of Books
Hear Roberta Schultz's review on WVXU |