Contents
Quick Tour, 6
A Wild Card in the Deck of Possibilities
Mission statement and a word about contributors
by Don Williams |
Sharyn McCrumb, 10
She Walks These Hills...
And Doesn't Miss A Thing
A personal portrait of an Appalachian writer
by David Hunter |
Special Section ---
New Millennium Awards III, 15
Read the Winners...
| Fiction, | Carol Allen, Don't Need No Light, 16
Cynthia Parker, Siste Isabel, 30 |
| Poetry, | Karen Schenhals, Horses Along the Shore, 39
David Ray, 'Justifiable Vandalism' |
| Essay, | Charles F. Kemnitz, Desert Full of Bones, 42
Honorable Mentions, 15. New Contest Guidelines, 57 |
Departments ---
Letters to the Editor, from Readers & Contributors, 8
History's End, 'Deconstructions' by Jack Neely, 150
Funnier than Fiction, cartoon & light verse by Charlie Daniel, 155
More Humor by William McKenna & X.J. Kennedy, 155-56
Millennial Moments, photography by Paul Efird, 157
The Janus File, tribute to Walker Percy by Don Williams, 158
The Writing Well, advice to writers by Linda Parsons, 160
Notes on Contributors & Acknowledgements, 153-54
Illustrations, pages 11, 17, 59, 99, & 120, by Mark Maxwell
Display Advertisements, 3, 9, 29, 41, 81, 88, 97, 106, & 133
Featured Writers
A story of love unrequited by
John Baird, 59
Butterfly Kisses
'As the postman's shadow crossed behind the curtains, I looked up from the cold coffee, and it was Saturday...' |
Creative nonfiction, on Tiny Tim, by
Joan Connor, 69
The Butterfly Effect
'A butterfly over Beijing flutters its wings and raises a windstorm in Chicago. A butterfly over Peking dips its wings and a Pekingese sings in Peoria...' |
First Fiction, supernatural satire by
George Holdsworth, 72
The Dog That Finally Spoke
"One day that dog is going to speak, and his first word will be Kevin'. Thus spoke Kevin's mother to describe the palpable devotion...' |
Novel excerpt, on expatriate women, by
Barbara Haines Howett, 83
Swimming
'She is swimming, through the endless blue of it...' |
A short sassy story by
Jeanne McDonald, 99
Girls With Tattos
'Cynthia wants to leave Paris and go to Aix. She wants to go there just because she likes the sound of the name.... |
Prize-winning poetry by
Linda Parsons, 107
'...I'm crushing grapes with my skirts held/ high, squishing and purpled, the air rife/ with ferment...' |
A story of a generation gone to seed, by
Anthony Wallace, 121
Leaving Cheesequake
'Mrs. MacCormack was standing there when I arrived...'
Novel excerpt, on depravity, by
Robert Clark Young, 134
Peacock Island
'In the naval-yard, in the summer haze of a San Diego morning, Miles Derry, wearing the dead chaplain's uniform, picked a path...' |
Sweet, accessible, delicious...
Poetry Suite, 109-119
Recent Poems by
Ingrid Johnsson,
Christine Boyka Kluge,
Alisa Jane Kerel,
Arthur Smith,
Kathryn denHeeton,
Arthur Stewart,
Deborah Scaperoth,
J.J. Reed-Mundell,
David Kitchel,
Joan McMillan,
Marilyn Kallet,
Susan Clayton-Goldner,
John Sokol.
And First Verse by
Toby Leah Bochan |
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Cover Painting, Wings,
by Steven Ingram
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