I would like to remind a few people who submit here, not all of course, that the editorial crew of this journal works on a voluntarily basis. As all human beings they do not appreciate being insulted over their opinion. Moreover, if there is someone who can ask an editor to step down, it is and [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Another one bites the dust …
Posted in non-fiction on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Prose #109
Posted in Fiction on October 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Snow Angels Ann Marie Byrd We exploded out the aluminum storm door to icy freedom. A cluster of cooing feathers flew to the rooftops before we crossed the threshold. Hilda Dog hit the sidewalk first and chased any dawdling pigeons. My grandmother’s snowy backyard had lured us from her kitchen, heated to tropical temps and [...]
The new editor …
Posted in News on October 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
… or because Jude insisted on using this photograph . Lena Vanelslander I didn’t plan to publish this but as Jude insisted: “the Vermeer-like quality of this photograph cannot be ignored. It is moving, qualitative, taken by someone who knew what he was doing”. This brief introduction on me will also announce one of the [...]
Poetry – #110
Posted in Poetry on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
New poetry by Amye Archer, Siobhan Ditty, Gary Hartley, Harmoni McGlothlin, Craig Podmore, and Lee Stern.
The Dazzling Oppression of the Real #4
Posted in Uncategorized on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Jude Dillon presents: John C. Goodman!
From chaos into order and from order into chaos …
Posted in News on October 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
For those who noticed and those who didn’t … We could have taken the silent road … but we didn’t. With great pain and grief I announce the departure for personal reasons of our editor Richard Wink, who handed me the torch to keep the flame of unconventionality burning. Gloom Cupboard will not disappear (as so [...]
The Rainbow’s End #5
Posted in The Rainbow's End on October 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Jaria Cecil Sowl: the unconventional one Jariah Cecil Sowl, unconventional in life, love and writing, started writing after a deeply depressing event … Tribulations caused this writer to take on the writing skill or to put his talent into use … The tribulations may have gone by, but luckily his writing stayed, for you, for [...]
#109 – Poetry
Posted in Poetry on October 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
New poetry by William Crawford, Si Philbrook, Tasnim Qutalt, Benjamin Rathbone, Felino Soriano, and Denis Sheehan.
Social-Networking Fatigue: A Status Update
Posted in non-fiction on October 17, 2009 | 6 Comments »
by Greg Oguss & Richard Wink When we deleted our Twitter accounts last week to take a break from the tweeting-blogging-yelping rat race, we were in good company. The ubiquitous Miley Cyrus became slightly less so that same week by deleting her own account. Her father Billy Ray (a.k.a. @AchyBreakyDad) quickly fired off an [...]
108-Prose
Posted in Fiction on October 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Some slighly longer than usual short stories this time, from Ralph Bland, J.B. Hogan, Devon-Marie Shepherd, Kathryn Sanders and Erica Naess. Enjoy.