A Hobbit/Fiction by Alf Marks

  A Hobbit   By Alfred Marks  Dave comes on the Cronulla Street Mall, hoping the kids will remember what day this is. The early breakfast punters are dotted under their umbrellas. Daughter Zoe likes to meet before the noisy brunch crowd fills the cafes with...

Good Boy/Fiction by Eric DePriester

      Good Boy   by Eric DePriester   Stuart grazed the open bar at his high school reunion, forcing conversation long enough to catch the bartender’s eye. As he ordered a scotch on the rocks, a familiar voice struck from behind. “Stu, how the hell are ya?” It took...

Larissa Shmailo

    Sly Bang / hybrid fiction by Larissa Shmailo You knew this is what the world really looked like all along.   A review by RW Spryszak ISBN-13: 978-1947980983 Spuyten Duyvil – New York 2018 198 pages I have a problem with what is sometimes known as...

Fred Skolnik/Fiction

BASIC FORMS: A PROLOGUE   Each thing, insofar as it is in itself, endeavors to persevere in its own being. ─ Spinoza Now we know the language, and we’re fluent in it. ─ Philip Glass   The following is Chapter 1 of “Basic Forms,” the latest...
Perle Besserman/Fiction

Perle Besserman/Fiction

Photo by Jeffrey Blum on Unsplash *** The Touch   by Perle Besserman K arin doesn’t like Carl’s best friend Benjy, and she doesn’t want to join them in a game of poker, but she doesn’t say so because Benjy (who has come to live with them after being thrown out of...