Fall 2001, issue 8, what we were promised
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This is issue number Eight, Fall 2001.

I climb out of the refrigerator before dawn and wipe the condensation from my spine.
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Born in Sosnowice, Petrokowski province, Poland, 1896. Not a scrap of paper,
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When the torque of my desire becomes unbearable left hand closes and the clutch disengages
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ghost in the machine.
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I Shall Make An Ark
- T. E. Ballard

The Red Arrow
- Catherine Conlan

The Sky Has Fallen and The Night Has Broke
- W. Joe Hoppe

Hilda
- Laura Bieber

Leg
- Philip Dacey

Talisman
- Jane Rice

Aerialist
- Mark Yakich

Apothecary
- Rebecca Loudon

A line of alternating ones & zeros
- John Burgess

On Realizing The Sun Is Just a Star
- Francine Witte

Overall Light
- Francine Witte

Deep Sea Angler
- Lisette Alonso

Potential
- Lisa Gluskin

Near Sandia Peak
- Anthony Russell White

Haiku for the Japanese
- Shaun Gant

In Darkness it Flashes
- David Filer

Work
- Jeffrey Morgan

The Pancake Principle
- Martha Clarkson

Skeleton
- Scott Mignola

Now That You're Older
- Karen Stromberg

Attempt
- Mitzi Miles-Kubota

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I spoon her ashes courage in the silver spoon, fill the Altoid?s tin empty of candy, smelling of
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A couple of truckers' yawns from Albuquerque a sign promises: "Falling Rocks May Exist."
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Not a gaseous ball, which it is, but really more, or rather, less
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