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Read and view the work of artists from Previous Issues.
Rachel Bolton – Fiction
She glanced at the ornate wall clock Doug picked up from Home Goods. Heather told him it was ugly, yet...
Edward Shaw – Bio
Now approaching 90, Edward Shaw came to writing quite late in life after a career in academe (UC Berkeley and…
Edward Shaw – Essay
"Everyone will tell you that I am not a musician. That is correct. From the very beginning of my career,...
Spring! Spring? Spring!
We will not take the roaring storms and violent bluster for granted; we will kiss Winter goodbye and pray to...
John Tustin – Bio
John Tustin is a regular contributor to the Thieving Magpie. His poetry is forthcoming in The MacGuffin, Neologism, SOFTBLOW and…
John Tustin – 3 Poems
I remember you now
as the mermaid on the rocks
who would have called me to crash
if I had ever dared to...
Paul Smith – Bio
Paul Smith writes poetry & fiction. He lives near Chicago, has been published in the Rockford Review, Oyez, the Thieving…
Paul Smith – 3 Poems
All mountains are pretty much alike
they’re tall
they hurt you
it rains on them
every afternoon
so climb them early
Michael Salcman – Bio
Michael Salcman is a poet, physician and art historian. He was chairman of neurosurgery at the University of Maryland and…
Michael Salcman – 3 Poems
In Bucha, where the flowers grow fat on the graves
and broken bricks and bent metal fill up the street,
young wives...