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• 2 • The Truth About Irises • short story by Pete Mesling
• 7 • Crash-Test • (1995) • short story by Ken Goldman
• 13 • Replacing Mr. Pendleton • short story by Davin Ireland
• 18 • The Killer Without Blood-Stained Hands • short story by Frank Roger
• 22 • Dreidel's Prize • (2002) • short story by Drew Arrants
• 28 • Sinister Skies • (1999) • short story by Lee Clark Zumpe
• 32 • Mr. Sobel and the Flowers of October • short story by David Hopewell
• 36 • Wanting Moore • short story by Rebecca Nazar
• 39 • The Tidal Dress • short story by Matthew Lee Bain
• 41 • Of Yesterday and Forever • short story by William Blake Vogel, III
• 42 • On the Surface • short story by David Buchan
• 43 • The Road Through Hell • short story by David Cairns
• 46 • King and Queen of the Desert • short story by Brian Beatty
• 48 • The Wrong Son • short story by Greg Schwartz
• 50 • The Forsaken • poem by Calvin Becker
• 51 • The Accursed Castle • poem by Richard H. Fay
• 52 • Things in the Swamp • poem by Richard H. Fay
• 52 •  Things in the Swamp • interior artwork by Richard H. Fay
• 54 • Salty Grave • poem by William Blake Vogel, III
• 55 • With Wings Raised • poem by Jane Gwaltney
• 56 • Grimm's Tales • poem by Brian Rosenberger
• 58 • Pumpkin Glut • poem by Richard Pitaniello
• 59 • The Little Entomologist • poem by Roxanne Hoffman
• 61 • Without Stopping • poem by Marsheila Rockwell
• 62 • The Root of It All • poem by Marcie Lynn Tentchoff
• 63 • Deadbeat Dad • poem by Greg Schwartz
• 64 • Crude Epitaph • poem by William Blake Vogel, III
• 65 • Halfway Home • poem by G. O. Clark
• 66 • At the Wake • poem by G. O. Clark