Vol. 8, No. 4
October/November, 2004


s p o t l i g h t   o n . . .
Flash Fiction from Alex Keegan's Boot Camp
Spotlight
f r o m   t h e   e d i t o r s
Tom Dooley looks at this issue, plus a message from Review Editor Kevin McGowin
Editors
t h e   s a l o n
Comment by CE Chaffin, Paul Sampson, and Tom Dooley
Salon
m a k i n g     t i m e
Don Mager discusses classical music
Making Time (Music Review)
f i c t i o n
Dignified and versatile stories from Tim Keane, Siew Siang Tay, Bill Collopy, Chris Bleach, Roger Duncan, Michael Bahler, Eli S. Evans, Mark Vender, and former Spotlight Author Duncan White
Fiction
p o e t r y
Colorful verse from Sarah Sorenson, Mike Chasar, Karla Huston, Allison McVety, Michael Estabrook, Lightsey Darst, David C. Kopaska-Merkel, Adriana DiGennaro, Tim Peeler, Mark Melton, Carol Fant, Nick Bruno, tululope ogunlesi, Alessio Zanelli, Billy O'Callaghan, Arlene Ang, Taylor Graham, Deborah P. Kolodji, Richard Walker, Jennifer Finstrom, Rosemarie Crisafi, Barbara De Franceschi, Jenna Rindo, J.D. Heskin, Dorothy Lang, Eric Heyne, Nick Contreras, and Poetry Editor Julie King
Poetry
n o n f i c t i o n
Nonfiction Editor Paul Sampson presents Alice Maahs, David Graham, kat mcelroy, Sherri Linn Kline, and Anne Boyer
Nonfiction
m i s c e l l a n y
Something very, very strange from Derek White and Elizabeth Glixman interviews Terri Brown Davidson
Miscellany
t r a v e l
Travel Editor Mike Spice presents Allen McGill and the return of Steve McAllister
Travel
i n t e r  /  r e v i e w s
Plenty from Review Editor Kevin McGowin, Gilbert Wesley Purdy, and Ann Skea, and Colleen Mondor reviews comics, picture books, and more!
Reviews & Interviews