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ISSUE 6:
Comics
"Deadly" Seepage Comic artist Josh Frankel's world of witty seapups and hoagie-eating organisms.	One of the Johns Comic artist Jonathan Hill introduces the first chapter of his ongoing comics saga.
Short Story
Cupcakes By Ken McCarty A childhood lesson of gastronomical proportion	Elegy for Those Trying to Fly A poem by Carmen Livingston
ISSUE 5:
Comics
New York Stories Sketchbook strips from New York's comic artist Alec Longstreth.
Essay
Pilgrimmage By Carmen Livingston
Poems
40/Love Rhodora Ayuyang finds out that it's in the way you play it when it comes to The Game of Love.	Fall and Recover A collection of poems by Sudara

ISSUE 4:
Comics
Before the Big Book Comic snapshots from Nate Beaty's upcoming issue of his minicomic, Brainfag.	Fairweather Friend Fun and adventure can still happen as the rains begin to fall. A comic story by Calvin Wong.
Essay
Carla's Jetta Rachelle Ayuyang ponders the trinity of car, driver and friend as one grows into adulthood.

 

ISSUE 3:

Essays

I SF By Rachelle Ayuyang Love is in the air, even for a jobless singleton on Valentine’s Day

My Life As A Public Works Grunt A story of asphalt, traffic cones and painted lines by John Poultney

ISSUE 2:
Essay A View From Both Coasts By Rachelle Ayuyang 9/11 connects a Filipina American with her past and present. Short Fiction Fairy Godmother By Rhodora Ayuyang A final conversation between relations. Popcorn By Ken McCarty It could be manifestations of himself or just Pop Secret.		Poetry Catching The Glow of a Master Mind Making Sense By Carmen Livingston The Clerk By Dave Kiersh Fireworks By Dave Kiersh Super Powers By Dave Kiersh
ISSUE 1: Essays Lost In Immigration By Rachelle Ayuyang We're not in Kansas anymore, Toto. How stringent U.S. immigration rules can bust up a friendship. Tres Soeurs By Rhodora Ayuyang La vie en rose. A first trip to the City of Light is seeing life through rose-colored glasses. Reviews The Corporation: A Scary Monster of Our Own Making By Carmen Livingston Corporate conglomerates have permeated our daily lives. Can these bad-seeds be stopped?		Short Fiction Leap Year By Reed Kellman A young girl learns that growing up is more than just grown-up things. Phoenix Rising By Carmen Livingston How does one let go of the past without leaving it all behind? Poetry Gutterwater Waltz By Ken McCarty Tomorrow's Faded Photograph By Ken McCarty The Playground By Rachelle Ayuyang