New Millennium Writings

Volume 2, Issue 2 --- Winter 1997-98

Contents
Quick Tour, 6
Just Add Holy Water
Mother Teresa & Princess Diana Are Instant Icons for A New Age

Mission statement and a word about contributors

photo by
Paul Efird
Lowell Cunningham, 11
The Author ofMen In Black is...
More Than 'A Geek Made Good'

An interview with a modest myth-maker
by Don Williams

Special Section ---
New Millennium Awards IV, 21

Read the Winners...
Fiction,Phyllis D. Kasler, Horse Opera, 23
Poetry,Mary Stebbins, In Murky Waters, 33
2nd, Mark M. Martin, Still, With Pulse, 34
Nonfiction,Sally Ann Stevens, What's Water?, 36
Honorable Mentions, 21. New Contest Guidelines, 49

Cover graphic
Cover Painting, In Dreams Awake,
by Mark Maxwell

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Departments ---
Letters to the Editor, from Readers & Contributors, 8
Illustrations, by Mark Maxwell & Debbie Hughes, 21, 51, 65, 130
The Janus File, tribute to Peter Taylor (see p.5) by Brian Griffin, 144
History's End, 'Deconstructions' by Jack Neely, 151
Notes on Contributors and Corrections & Acknowledgements, 154-5

Funnier than Fiction, cartoon & light verse by Charlie Daniel, 156
Humor by Jude Bagatti & Deborah Scaperoth, 157
Millennial Moments, photography by Paul Efird, 158
The Writing Well, advice to writers by Linda Parsons, 160
Display Advertisements, 3, 9, 20, 31, 32, 35, 63, 89, 96, & 100

Featured Writers
A mystical tale by
Jon Manchip White, 50
The Flask
'The sound of it had gone on and on as the body fell two thousand feet to the boulders below. It was a sound that... would echo... forever...'
A story of a guest for appreciation, by
Susan Vreeland, 64
A World Affair
'I'd like the job of sculpting model,' she said when a taped maile voice answered. 'I take yoga, so I can assume any position you'd like. You won't be getting any other calls. I took your card...'
First Fiction, a strange encounter in the night
Florence Friesen Larson, 77
Ponca City Girl
'She was huddled against the rain on the cabin steps... At short glance, he saw she was pretty- a cheerleader type, maybe even a homecoming queen. He wondered who she belonged to. A girl like this belonged to somebody...'
A story about brothers in conflict, by
Pete Fromm, 101
Hoot
'The elk keep devouring my haystacks, so I'm only in town for bullets- a quick trip to the hardware- no plans to stop and talk to anybody. But waiting at the checkout I get that hinky feeling somebody's watching me...'
A young man's archetypal task
James B. Hudson, 90
One for the Crow
'... an April storm took down the hutch he'd made for them, and blew white rabbits all up and down the valley, where the neighbors grew used to seeing one, from time to time, and even to seeing Clint run heavily across a field or through a garden in pursuit.'
Dramatic, accessible, delicious...
Poetry Suite, 116-129
Recent Poems by
Jeff Daniel Marion, Daisy Fried, Charlotte Mandel, Katherine Smith, John Sokol, Aleida Rodriguez, Krista Talts-Nassehi, Arthur Stewart & Anthony Wallace.
-- The Janus File --
Memoir of a writer who matters still

Peter Taylor, 144
Remembered by Brian Griffin
'When I think of Peter Taylor, I think of language- the cadence and flow of voice. ... Reading his stories now, four years after his death, is like stepping into a room with him again and giving myself over once more to the loping, stately strides of a voice...'
The story of a woman's abortion dilemma, by
K.A. Crowley, 131
Tadpole
'It still feels like a very sharp thing, like a tiny shard of glass one happens upon unawares...'
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