P O E T R Y
Sleeping with Sharks Teeth … Caroline Mann
The Vacant Lot … Sandra Castillo
Buddha at the Barbershop … Darrell Fike
Hellbent-for-Leather … Janice Townley Moore
Stanleyville 1960 … Tony Borges
And After … Jeanie Thompson
F I C T I O N
The Fridges … Andrew Ladd
E S S A Y
Sirens at Soul Gardens … Donna Decker
R E V I E W S
Reviews of books by
Barbara Crooker, Sally Van Doren, Helen Pruitt Wallace, and Dan Stryk
… reviews by Mary Jane Ryals, Margaret Howard Trammell, and Michael Trammell
A R T W O R K
Cover: (at left) Grace … Casey Haselden
Frontispiece: Rex … Casey Haselden
Cover and Frontispiece Design … Lynne Knight
W R I T E R S I N T H I S I S S U E
B. J. Best
Tony Borges
Steven Brown
Suzanne Carlton
Patrick Carrington
Sandra Castillo
Kathleen Clancy
George David Clark
Noel Conneely
Donna Decker
Darrell Fike
Sue Gambill
A. M. Garner
Kimi Grant
Megan Grumbling
Meredith Davies Hadaway
Aya Ibrahim
Janet Jennings
Kateri Kosek
Andrew Ladd
Joanna Leake
Caroline Mann
Lisa McIvor
Tyler McMahon
Lizanne Minerva Franklin
Zorida Mohammed
Janice Townley Moore
R. T. Smith
Jeanie Thompson
Adam Tavel
Raymond Wachter
Steve Watkins