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The Alphabet Conspiracy RITA MAE REESE. ARKTOI BOOKS: PASADENA, CALIFORNIA. 2011 My promotional packet for Rita Mae Reese's The Alphabet Conspiracy contained a copy of the book, a dozen promotional [...]

A recreational sailor describes his practice of keeping a travel journal of his cruises. He records basic data on the weather and the boat's performance and the special memories that make each cruise unique.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues, including "5 Ways GM Keeps the Corvette Cheap" in the January 2014 issue, "Is Hollywood Losing Interest in Cars?" in the January 2014 issue and "Rain Supreme" in the January 2014 issue.

Presents the poem "Pregnancy Hotel," by Russ Franklin. First Line: We're almost through with check-in and already Amy and I; Last Line: Your beautiful. You're beautiful. You are beautiful.

Presents the poem "A Note to Medical Students Dissecting My Body," by Russ Franklin. First Line: You're going to have to start with an incision down my spine, Last Line: letting our fingers slide together.

Narrates the story of a man who loves fishing but suffered from the Guillain-Barre neurological syndrome. Daily struggle of living with the syndrome; Nostalgic message of the passing of a comet.

Presents the prose poem "A Note to Future Archeologists Excavating Our Neighborhood," by Russ Franklin. First Line: At the site you will find the foundations of our houses scattered like blank graves connected by driveways and streets. Last Line: ...the pixilated dream with that stray hexagon shard in the corner of our eyes.

Presents the poem "Insomnia," by Russ Franklin. First Line: The doctors drop confetti out of the airplane to show me; Last Line: insomnia.

Presents the poem "Confluence: Riverside Café, Saint Marks," by Russ Franklin. First Line: The blue grass band plays on the deck, Last Line: on predictions neither one of us can hear.