Online Edition: Common Monsters

Jonathan Travelstead served in the Air Force National Guard for six years as a firefighter and currently works as a full-time firefighter for the city of Murphysboro, and also as co-editor for Cobalt Review. Having finished his MFA at Southern Illinois University of Carbondale, he now works on an old…

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Online Edition: The Calendar: September 10th

We’re pleased to add a poem by Janet Buck to our online edition.  Janet is a seven-time Pushcart Nominee, is the author of Dirty Laundry: A Memoir in Verse. Her latest work appears in The Danforth Review, The Birmingham Arts Journal, and Offcourse. Buck’s debut novel, Samantha Stone: A Novel of…

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Online Edition: A Lot Riding on This

Our first addition to our online edition for 2016 comes from Barbara Saxton.  Barbara graduated from the University of California (Santa Barbara) with an Asian Studies degree. She has worked as a translator, financial consultant, and high school English teacher. She performs classical and international folk music and enjoys hiking,…

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