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Seamus Tripp and the Shadow Walker – Part 1

by Jon Garett and Richard Walsh | Oct 15, 2018 | Fiction, Issue No 1

Seamus Tripp and the Shadow Walker - Part 1 By Jon Garett and Richard Walsh ; Chapter One: Aggravations and Wanderlust Gordon Tripp stood on his tiptoes, bent his arm over his head in the shape of a crane, and reached up to the top shelf. He pushed around the feather...

UNFORGIVEN: The 20th Century’s Final Film Masterpiece?

by Matt Edwards | Oct 15, 2018 | Issue No 1, Nonfiction

Unforgiven: The 20th Century's Final Film Masterpiece? By Matt Edwards ; “It’s a helluva thing killing a man. You take away all he’s got…all he’s ever gonna have.” —William Munny Out of the countless films I’ve watched more than once, this Western tale of revenge,...

Snare – Part 1

by Patrick Reasonover | Oct 15, 2018 | Issue No 1, Nonfiction

Snare - Part 1 By Patrick Reasonover ; Come awake, wandering. A canopy cinches tight over a dark, pathless wood. It chokes all but a spatter of sparsely strewn light prints trailing off into a distant, sullen murk. Underfoot, dried leaves crackle, breaking the...

Big Mike

by Robert Bidinotto | Oct 15, 2018 | Fiction, Issue No 1

Big Mike By Robert Bidinotto ; Author’s Note: The following short story is a self-contained “flashback” chapter taken from BAD DEEDS, the second book in my “Dylan Hunter” thrillers series. Each of the thrillers contains such a chapter, presenting a formative episode...

When Leaving Means Coming Home

by Heather Hutchison | Oct 15, 2018 | Issue No 1, Nonfiction

When Leaving Means Coming Home By Heather Hutchison ; The drive to Hampton was long. Samuel hates being in the car for long stretches even when the destination is an exciting one, and this time, he was making a one-way trip while I would be returning home without him....

Unsafe and Sound

by Robby Soave | Oct 11, 2018 | Issue No 1, Nonfiction

Unsafe and Sound By Robby Soave ; On a sunny, frigid Saturday in March, some 200,000 protesters swarmed Pennsylvania Avenue. They called it the March for Our Lives: a rally organized by the survivors of the Parkland, Florida, mass shooting for the purposes of...