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Category: Poetry

“Jane Doe #11-12” by Don Thompson

POETRY: “Not all anonymity is equal.”

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“LA Christmas Present” by Tony Dawson

PROSE POEM: “Now Rambo’s at home on paid leave….”

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“Oh and One” by Joseph Hirsch

POETRY: “Unburdened of victory, and with it, expectation….”

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“The Prodigy” by Jim Towns

POETRY: “The burned shell / of the house / sat empty for years….”

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“Charged with Manslaughter in Her Boyfriend’s Suicide” by Charles Rammelkamp

POETRY: “goading him to take his life, / Lola claimed it was free speech….”

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“Urbanología” by Giovanni Mangiante

POETRY: “the closest they got to heaven….”

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“The Ad-Man” by Brad K. Hawley

POETRY: “When I got there, my hands were empty…. with one detective who believed in me, I might have surrendered….”

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“Peacemaker” by Gary D. Rhodes

POETRY: “My arm of fire…low and mournful….”

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“She Walks” by Matthew Sorrento

POETRY: “She’ll keep things swift, dialed up…as they want it….”

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“Eldritch” by Gary D. Rhodes

POETRY: “Nobody laughed when everybody laughed….”

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andy rausch Anees Aref Ann Chernow Barbara DeMarco-Barrett Barry Gifford BearManor Media Ben Himmelfarb Brian Greene Burt Kearns Charles Rammelkamp Charles Willeford Chris McGinley Chris Roy Clarinda Harris Craig Faustus Buck D.V. Bennett Dan Bronson Dane Ince David Goodis David Hagerty David Rachels David Ryan Earl Javorsky Gary D. Rhodes George Toles Gerald So Graham Wynd J.D. Smith J.L. Delozier J.M. Tyree Jaap Boekestein Jack Dann Jay Gertzman Jim Towns John McCann John Talbird Jo Perry Joseph Goodrich Joseph Hirsch Ken Hall Kurt Brokaw Lance Mason Lionel White Ly Faulk Mark Krajnak Mark Mayes Mark SaFranko Matthew Sorrento Matt Phillips Melanie Dante Mike Madden Mitchell Grabois Nick Sweeney Patricia Abbott Paul D. Brazill Peter Rozovsky Reed Farrel Coleman Rick Ollerman Robb T. White Robert Cooperman Ryhor Cisiecki Sharon Dempsey Stark House Press Stephen D. Rogers Steve Hodel Steve Levi Susan Hammerman T.L. Huchu Theresa Rodewald Thomas Pluck Tom Leins Vicki Hendricks Warren Moore William Blick Woody Haut

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