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The Stray Branch
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Features FW 2014
Contributors
G. David Schwartz
Heather M. Browne
Jerry Nehr
Mark Burchard
Paul Beckman
Phaidra Mangriotis
Rick Hartwell
Susana H. Case
Fiction
A Good Wife by Angela Spires
Fiction
Flash Fiction
THINGS YOU NOTICE By Mark Hage
Poems
Anvil by Shinjini Bhattacharjee
demon du jour by Amy Lawson
For The Record by Scott Blackwell
Night by Joan McNerney
RUNNING DREAM by Mark J. Mitchell
THE GHOST IN THE MIRROR by Roger Cowin
The Life by Stephen D. Nadaud II
Features FW 2016
About the Cover FW-2016
Contributors
Allison Grayhurst
Bobby Travis
Glenn Tolle
John C. Kojak
K.D. Rose
Milenko Županović
Fiction
Ham and Eggs by Glenn Tolle
Jonas, on Time by Jason Campell
Flash Fiction
Night Of Acceptance by Denny E. Marshall
Poems
-Getting Out Of My Comfort Zone- by Gerard Caronna
“His Truth” by Stephanie Mojica
45. by Margaret Mary Riley
An Observation by Alison Heninger
Being at the Whim of Words by Matthew Rodgers
Black Blouse by Peter Grimald
Black Sky by Aaron Wiley ~ Featured Poem
CONQUERED by Julie deGarie
STEALING FROM LIFE by Conrad Gurtatowski
The Lemon by Tammy T. Stone
THE SIBYL AT BREAKFAST by Mark J. Mitchell
THE THIN EDGE by John Zedolik
Features FW 2017
Contributors
Michael Marrotti FW 2017
Adam Levon Brown FW 2017
Amber Tran FW 2017
Bertram Allan Mullin FW 2017
Daginne Aignend FW 2017
Daniel de Culla FW 2017
Jennifer Courtney FW 2017
Mark Burchard FW 2017
Martin Foroz FW 2017
Milenko Županović FW 2017
Richard Hartwell FW 2017
Sanjeev Sethi FW 2017
Vineet Pandey FW 2017
Fiction
The Gun by Cindy Knoebel
Flash Fiction
Like Trains That Pass by Elise Edmonds
Poems
“Ravens” by Raven Jade Cole
Biting It by JD DeHart
Coffeehouse Poem # 172 by Erren Geraud Kelly
False Expectations by Torie Cooper
I Push Her Wheelchair in the City of My Childhood by Marg Walker
In The End by Lynn White
no hope by Nathaniel Sverlow
Pain Passes by Tamsen Grace
Prepared For Loss by Sandra Bounds
regret by Lindsay Diem
The Daughter Dark by A. Marie Kaluzza
The Lucy-Ann by Andy Hubbard
TRAVELER by Mark J. Mitchell
Twilight by Wayne F. Burke
Features FW 2018
About the Cover
Artist/Artwork
Judy Sachs FW 2018
Contributors
Bekah Steimel ~ Poet
Brian Burmeister ~ Author
Dorothy Altstatt Burchard ~ Poet
Harjeet Singh ~ Poet
Jennifer Courtney ~ Author
Mark Burchard ~ Author/Photographer
Martha Strom ~ Poet
Matt Duggan ~ Poet
Milenko Županović ~ Poet
Sady Mayer ~ Poet
Savannah Slone ~ Poet/Author
Seth Jani ~ Poet
Fiction
Family Tree by Dan Klefstad
Flash
Take it Easy by Niles Reddick
Poems
AMPHIBIOUS HORSE by Lana Bella
I Edit my Life by Michael Lee Johnson
In moonlight so bright by Michael Plesset
RED SKY APOCALYPSE by Bradford Middleton
SEVEN AM WATERCOLOR by Mark J. Mitchell
SHARE YOURE SILHOUETTE WITH ME by Fin Sorrel
Temptaion by Peter MacQuarrie
Waters Still and Green by Melvin Litton
Features FW 2019
Contributors
Adam Levon Brown/Poet FW 2019
Alessio Zanelli~Poet/Artist FW 2019
Daniel de Culla~ Poet/Artist FW 2019
Featured Poems/Fiction
Irina Moga ~Poet/FW 2019
ISABELLE ~Artist FW 2019
Jeffrey Zable ~Poet/FW 2019
Martha Strom~Poet/FW 2019
Michael Morell ~Poet/Photographer FW 2019
Paul Beckman ~Author/FW 2019
Yuan Hongri ~Poet/FW 2019
Fiction
My Joyful Trance by Glenn Myers
Poems
Addicted, to Both of You by Betsy-Anne Hambar
Answers Questioned by James Kowalczyk
FAILURE by Marc Carver
First Son by Sue Crisp
FRIDAY NIGHT (I DREAM OF POETS) by Bradford Middleton
No hell for poets by Rajnish Mishra
Passenger by Fabrice B. Poussin
Peeking in the windows by Michael Plesset
The Pedestrian’s Rucksack by E. V. Wyler
Features FW 2020
Contributors
Ashli Lomeli ~ Poetry
Beate Sigriddaughter ~ Flash Fiction
Daniel de Culla ~ Art/Poetry
Doug Hawley ~ Fiction
Martha Strom ~ Art
Nick Sweeney ~ Fiction
Fiction
Female Architect by Douglas J. Ogurek
MONSTERS WE MEET by Eve Dobbins
Flash Fiction
Midnight Walk by Ann Christine Tabaka
Poems
Like Snakes on Asphalt and Harvest, 2 by Holly Day
Stepfather by John Franzen
The Abyss by Sandro D. Fossemò
Up To The Minute Mindset Virus by Bob Eager
Whispers and Smile, 2 by Brian Rihlmann
Features FW 2023
Contributors FW 2023
Isabel Gómez de Diego
Alessio Zanelli
Doug Hawley
Michael Lee Johnson
Paul Lonardo
Peter Witt
Robert Fleming
Shayna Bruce
Fiction FW 2023
TOENAILS & ZOMBIES by Eric BurbridgeTOENAILS & ZOMBIES
Flash Fiction FW 2023
An Encounter with a Wooden Person by Zach Docter
Poems FW 2023
Leftovers by Susie Gharib
MECHANIZED TO THE EMPTY SPACES by Robert Mayette
WARRIORS by Bonnie S. Bostrom
Features FW-2015
Artist/Poet
Rex Sexton
Contributors
Cristine A. Gruber
Dan Encarnacion
David Hutt
Inge Meldgaard
Liam C. Calhoun
Margie Fuston
Mark Burchard
Rick Hartwell
Fiction
The House by Jim Meirose
Flash
Fox-Curse by Steven Mace
Poems
– Chandelier – by Gerard Michael-Caronna
“The Flower” by James Mayes
April Winds by Michael Lee Johnson
ELEVENTH AVENUE ENCOUNTER by Stephen Barry
I Hear a Cricket Singing by A.J. Huffman
July 1964 by Pamela R. Anderson
my slumlord by Patrick Trotti
Still in Pocket by JD DeHart
THE DARK SIDE by George Amabile
The Loss by Donna M. Marbach
to his ex wife, Jan 1 by Janet Butler
Features SS 2015
Contributors
Bob Eager
Brittany Cagle
David Rutter
Jason Constantine Ford
John W Dennehy
Kaz Sussman
Liam C. Calhoun
Mark Burchard
Mark Wagstaff
Paul Beckman
Rick Hartwell
Robert Karaszi
Fiction
Grinning Man by Cody Brown
The Driver Drove by Ashley Medhurst
Poems
CLEANING HOUSE by Richard Schnap
Empty Crawling Night by Michael Britton
Exit Here by Connie Post
FURNITURE by Mark J. Mitchell
Heeding a Warning by Valentina Cano
Home by Pam Riley
Pollen by Austin Wallace
SUNDAY MORNING by Brenton Booth
The Nature of Clarity by Dana Curtis
THE RINSE CYCLE by Loretta Diane Walker
Features SS 2017
Contributors
Alisa Velaj
Barbara Gurney
Bob Eager
Daniel de Culla
Devin Gackle
Irsa Ruçi
Israfel Sivad
Ken Allan Dronsfield
Kim Sheldon
Liam C. Calhoun
Mark Burchard
Matthew Duggan
Mikel K
Milenko Županović
Nicole Melchionda
Features Spring/Summer 2017
Fiction
The Man In The Window by Elizabeth Ribar
Trophy Case by Brady Koch
Fiction/Flash
Flash Fiction
Terms of Departure by Merran Jones
The Great Wise Man By Denny E. Marshall
Poems
“Well shit” by Kyle Perdue
Bone Broth by Joan Mazza
Cardboard Coffin by Catherine Keller
Conceive by Gabriella M. Belfigilo
Feeding Foxes by Peter Grimaldi
Fortune Teller by Soodabeh Saeidnia
I Don’t Care by Henry Goldkamp
MAGPIES by Kevin McMahon
night the brutal skull by David McLean
rainbow by Naima Hirsch
Sadly, We Die by Michael Lee Johnson
THE MONKEY’S PAW by Ron Larson
The Reasons by Marc Livanos
WORDLESSNESS by Ann Blackburn
Features SS 2018
About The Cover
Contributors
Adam Levon Brown ~ Poet
Ann Randlette ~ Poet
Bijit Sinha ~ Author/Fiction
Cameron Mitchell ~ Author/Fiction
Daginne Aignend ~ Photography
Daniel de Culla ~ Poet/Artist
Deborah Wong ~ Featured Author/Fiction
Hongri Yuan ~ Poet
Ivis Westheimer ~ Poet/Photographer
James Croal Jackson ~ Poet
James G. Piatt ~ Poet
Ken Allan Dronsfield ~ Poet
Kenneth Nicholson ~ Artist
Martha Strom ~ Poet
Peter Baltensperger ~ Author/Flash Fiction
Fiction
His Silence by Lee Clark Zumpe
Flash Fiction
COMMUNION by Bob Zahniser
Poems
-No Flies In The Bughouse- by Gerard Caronna
ALMOST THERE by Conrad Gurtatowski
Colorblind by Joleen Grace
Foreclosure by Maribel C. Pagan
i will bury you in hurricanes by Linda M. Crate
IMPETUOUS COUSIN by Stefanie Bennett
In a princess chair by James Aitchison
Saturday Night in the E.R. by Shirley Valencia
The Only Decision by Witney Dupree
The Search by Sudha Srivatsan
Prose
Kwasi by Carolyn T. Johnson
Spring/Summer 2018 Featured Content
The Gathering
Features SS 2019
Contributors
Adam Levon Brown
Eduardo Escalante
Joseph K. Wells
Julianne Fern Basile
Kellay Briggs
Ken Allan Dronsfield
Linda M. Crate
Meenakshi Sharma
Mela Blust
Miguel Angel Caceres
Milenko Županović
Sravani singampalli
Featured Artist SS 2019
Fiction
AFLOAT By Eric Burbridge
Flash Fiction
Autumn Pain by Barbara Gurney
Poems
-The Cult Of Academia- by Gerard Caronna
“Credit Where It’s Due” by Adrian Slonaker
(Be)fitting by Sheikha A
A DREAM by Liz Hargrove
Driving Down by Patricia Santillan
HEAD by Marc Carver
I’ll not Forget by Carol Oberg
No Longer A Swinger by Michael Lee Johnson
Sittin’ in Hotel Lobbies. . .Thinkin’ by RAB
Six Months Sober by Christina Maria Kosch
Snap Fiction
Broken, Not Destroyed by Alexander Morgan
Features SS 2020
Featured Contributors
Gabrielle Schenkelberg
Gina Easton
Milenko Županović
Peter Taylor
Robert Beveridge
Tina Jordan
Wil Michael Wrenn
William Masters
Features SS 2020
Fiction
Flash Fiction
Post-Op by John Sheirer
Poems
And The Wheels Roll On by Ash Medhurst
Dread by Kimberly Prijatel
Fly Me To The Moon by Mir-Yashar Seyedbagheri
For Cyndi in Florida by Mitchel Montagna
Untitled by Susan Mahlburg
Features SS 2021
Contributors
Daniel de Culla
G David Schwartz
Grove Koger
Harjeet Singh
Isabelle
James G. Piatt
Ken Allan Dronsfield
Martha Strom
Michael Lee Johnson
Milenko Županović
Yasmin Hemmat
Fiction
The Crow Wars by William Falo
Poems
A night in a chariot by Partha Sarkar
My Dead Mother’s House by Mark Tulin
paper doll cutout by Lori Lasseter Hamilton
SUMMERS’ STORMY START by Bradford Middleton
the sudden drops and endless holes by Keith Wesley Combs
Features SS 2023
Fiction SS 2023
Flash Fiction SS 2023
Poems SS 2023
Prose SS 2023
Contributors SS 2023
Emalisa Rose
Isabelle
Michael Lee Johnson
Milenko Županović
RC deWinter
Richard D. Hartwell
Robert Funderburk
Torie Cooper
Features SS-2016
Contributors
Deborah Wong SS 2016
G. David Schwartz SS 2016
Mark Burchard SS 2016
Paul Beckman SS 2016
Priya Prithviraj SS 2016
Rick Hartwell SS 2016
Steve Simpson SS 2016
Fiction
A Vigil on Lucy’s Night by Rebecca Dempsey
THE ANGEL OF DREAD by Mark Slade
The Ghost of Roberto B by Jason Newport
Poems
A Relative Tells Me of His Sexual Abuse by Ron Riekki
Dirge by Rose Aiello Morales
HONEYMOON BY TRAIN by John Grey
if the other side even exists by J.J Campbell
IN YOUTH by Roger Singer
LEFTOVERS by Peter Krok
Menstruating In Nepal by Jennifer Martelli
My Ruin by Heath Brougher
NOTES ON SCRAPS OF SCREEN PAPYRUS by Strider Marcus Jones
ONCE by Joan Colby
Rheinische Kliniken by Brian Glaser
Tears in a Toilet Bowl by Kevin Mazzola
Current Issue
Contributor Copy SS 2024
Spring/Summer 2024
Galleries
Art Gallery
Amy Brereton FW 2019
Betsy Jennifer -Artwork -2017
Daniel de Culla SS 2017
Daniel de Culla SS 2021-2
Dave Dick FW 2018
Debbie Berk FW 2017
Debbie Berk FW 2020
Debbie Berk SS 2019
Debbie Berk SS 2020
Debbie Berk SS 2021
Debbie Berk SS 2022
Denny Marshall FW 2014
Denny Marshall FW 2019
Denny Marshall SS 2015
Denny Marshall SS 2017
Denny Marshall SS 2018
Janne Karlson SS 2014
John C. Kojak FW 2016
Kate Viola FW 2017
Lorretta Grimaldi FW 2016
Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal FW 2023
Marcia Arrieta FW 2014
Martha Strom SS 2021
Michael Mau SS 2018
Niall Parkinson FW 2014
Rex Sexton FW 2013
Rex Sexton FW 2015
Rex Sexton SS 2012
Rex Sexton SS 2014
Richard Calaman FW 2017
Richard Calaman SS 2016
Photo Gallery
Augusto De Luca SS 2019
Betsy Jennifer – Photography -FW-2017
Carl Scharwath FW 2020
Cristina Bresser de Campos FW 2019
Debbie Berk FW 2019
Debbie Berk FW 2020 ~ Photography
Debbie Berk SS 2015
Debbie Berk SS 2016
Debbie Berk SS 2017
Debbie Berk SS 2023
Devin Gackle SS 2017
Fabrice B. Poussin FW 2016
Fabrice B. Poussin FW 2020
Gwen Smith SS 2018
Harshal Desai FW 2018
Ian Mullins SS 2020
Ibrahim Deathray FW 2014
Isabel Gómez de Diego SS 2022
Isabelle SS 2021
Daniel de Culla SS 2021-Photography
J. Ray Paradiso FW 2018
Jim Zola SS 2018
Kyle Hemmings FW 2017
Kyle Hemmings FW-2015
Lester Majkowicz FW 2018
Lester Majkowicz FW 2023
Loretta Grimaldi FW 2019
Loretta Grimaldi FW 2021
Loretta Grimaldi FW 2023
Loretta Grimaldi SS 2018
Loretta Grimaldi SS 2020
Loretta Grimaldi SS 2021
Mark Burchard SS 2015
Mark Burchard SS 2016
Matthew Barron FW 2018
Michael Lee Johnson SS 2018
Michael Morell FW 2018
Michael Morell FW-2015
Paul Beckman FW -2014
Paul Lubaczewski SS 2017
Peter MacQuarrie FW 2016
Peter McQueary SS 2015
Rebecca Oet FW 2018
Rebecca Oet SS 2019
Renne Williams SS 2023
Shane Armstrong SS 2014
Shane Armstrong SS 2015
Shane Armstrong SS 2016
Shayna Bruce FW 2023
Torie Cooper SS 2019
Wayne Russell FW 2018
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Jim Zola ~ Photography ~ SS 2018
The Gathering ~ A Poem by Debbie Berk SS 2018
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Dogs Don’t Send Flowers by Gary Beck
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FAULT LINES by Gary Beck
Haunted Beauty by Tim Weldon
Prime Cuts by John Franklin & Tim Sulka
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Surface Effects in Winter Wind by Tobi Cogswell
There Is No Lovely End By Patty Templeton
Twisted Velvet Chains By Jessica Bell
Wind in the Cave by James B. Nicola
Wolf Down by Anthony Liccione
Zero Division by Joseph M. Gant
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