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Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v8 #1, Spring 2008] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade, free, 30+2pp, 8½″ x 11″ newsprint) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · [front cover] · C. E. Brock · cv (r); originally an illustration from an edition of Pride and Prejudice. 2 · From the Whistler: Literature and the Politically Correct · Joel Van Valin · ed 2 · [letter] · John-Ivan Palmer · lt 2 · Literary News · [uncredited] · ms 3-7 · Haunted · Jeff Vande Zande · ss 4 · Brushstrokes, for Robert Mapplethorpe · John M. Anderson · pm 7 · Synnove’s Song · Björnstjerne Björnson; translated by Charles Wharton Stork · pm (r) 8-9 · Goethe: From Weimar to Hollywood · Hugh Mahoney · ar 10-14 · Aunt Jane’s Novel-Writing Clinic · Bob Blaisdell · ar [Ref. Jane Austen] 12 · A Human Being · Marie Sheppard Williams · pm 14 · drunk & young · Rob Plath · pm 15 · Hope vs. Irony · Sally Mars · vi 16-17 · Cool Dead People: “Indian Summer Is Like a Woman”—Start a Story Here · Suzanne Nielsen · cl [Ref. Grace Metalious] 17 · Shady Dealings: …and the Apathetic Shall Inherit the Earth · D. Garcia-Wahl · cl 18-19 · Lost Writers of Minnesota: Grace Flandrau · Joel Van Valin · cl [Ref. Grace Flandrau] 19 · Grapeshot · Nate Thomas · pm 20-25 · Daisy · Jesse Loesberg · ss 25 · Past Estuaries: A Love Song · George Bishop · pm 26-27 · Poetry Is Dead? So They Say…: The Future of Labor and the Arts · Fred M. B. Amram · ar 28-29 · Books · Various · rc _28 · The Deportees, by Roddy Doyle · Joel Van Valin · br [Ref. Roddy Doyle] _28-29 · The New York Postcard Sonnets: A Midwesterner Moves to Manhattan, by Philip Dacey · Michael Gause · br [Ref. Philip Dacey] -29 · On the Other Side of the Eye, by Bryan Thao Worra · Rhonda Niola · br [Ref. Bryan Thao Worra] 29 · About Our Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v8 #2, Summer 2008] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade, free, 30+2pp, 8½″ x 11″ newsprint, cover: Knight, Death and Devil by Albrecht Dürer) [] Special Issue: Myths and Legends. Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · From the Whistler: Local Legends · Joel Van Valin · ed 2 · Bluebells · Alan Morrison · pm 3 · Pea-Frog: An Old Chinese Legend Retold · Michael Ramberg · vi 4-5 · The Movie · John S. Spaulding · ss 5 · Ionian Sea · Maria Cinanni · pm 6-8 · The Colonel · Elliott Fuxon · ss 8 · Photo Session · Arun Gaur · pm 9-11 · On Reading Henry James · Hugh Mahoney · ar 10 · Let Me Sleep in Petal Folds · Jefferson Hunt · pm 12 · 2 Curiosities _12 · (Well Dressed) Agents from Beyond · Tony Rauch · vi _12 · The Golden Eagle of Montenegro · Tony Rauch · ss 14-15 · Cool Dead People: Vachel as in Rachel · Suzanne Nielsen · bg [Ref. Vachel Lindsay] 15 · Inscription at the City of Brass · [uncredited] · pm from The Arabian Nights (r) 16 · Shady Dealings: Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Ridiculous · D. Garcia-Wahl · cl 16 · For Anne Sexton · David McLean · pm 17 · Fun Patrol: ’Ullo Love: Her Royal Highnesses’ Job Candidate Self Completed Background Study · Justin Teerlinck · cl 18-19 · An Interview with the Muse · Joel Van Valin · hu 19-23 · The Prince: a Retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s ’The Little Mermaid’ · Laura Owen · ss 20 · Soir Bleu · Gary Lehmann · pm 21 · Bells · Sharon Chmielarz · pm 23 · On the Eve of 8 Married Years · Zachary Stafford · pm 24-25 · Greek Myths _24 · From the Diary of Vesta (after Kay Steventon’s Spiral Tarot) · Susan Slaviero · pm _24 · Odysseus in Chains · E. Shaun Russell · pm _25 · The Nereids · Joyce Suthpen · pm _25 · A Clearing in a Windless, Shaded Wood · Matthew Nadelson · pm 26-27 · Literary Criticism from the Heartland · Bonnie Jo Campbell · ar 27-29 · Books · Various · rc _27 · Where the Wind Blew, by Bob Sommer · Kristin Johnson · br [Ref. Bob Sommer] _27 · Stardust and Fate: The Blueroad Reader · Jana Bauma · br _27-28 · Chapbook Reviews · Joel Van Valin · rc 29 · Listening to Boggy Creek · Barbara Ann Adams · pm 29 · About Our Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v8 #3, Fall 2008] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade, free, 30+2pp, 8½″ x 11″ newsprint, cover: View of St. Paul, 1874 by H. Ellsbury) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · From the Whistler: The River · Joel Van Valin · cl 2 · North Wind and Sound · Leslie D. Bohn · pm 3-7 · No Sad Moment · Justin Teerlinck · ss 5 · Green and Shadow · Nancy Burke · pm 7 · Approaching Seventy · A. D. Winans · pm 8-10 · Evenlyn Waugh: Satirist or Comic Genius? · Hugh Mahoney · ar 10 · The Suspension of a Season · Deborah Kuder · pm 11 · Shady Dealings: You Bet Your Life · D. Garcia-Wahl · cl 11 · A Raven Returns to the Salton Sea · Jeffrey Alfier · pm 12-15 · The River _12 · Monument to the ’91 Mill Fire · Gary Dop · pm _12 · where the river comes to confess · D. Garcia-Wahl · pm _13 · The Unrequited Muse · Michael Ramberg · pm _13 · Here, the River Haunt · Bryan Thao Worra · pm _13 · On the Mississippi River Flats · Thomas R. Smith · pm _14 · Walking Pine Island · Norita Dittberner-Jax · pm _14 · World War I Monument, East River Road · Joel Van Valin · pm _14 · Autumn Falls · Michael Gause · pm _15 · Down the Mississippi · Rhonda Niola · pm _15 · River Cop · Mary Kay Rummel · pm 16-23 · Rounding Sunium · Eric Stener Carlson · ss 18 · To Death, of His Lady · Francois Villon; translated by Dante Gabriel Rossetti · pm Poems by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Roberts Brothers, 1870 22 · Other Woman · Tim J. Brennan · pm 24 · Lost Writers: John Tanner · Joel Van Valin · ar [Ref. John Tanner] 26-27 · The Theater Machine · Eli Effinger-Weintraub · cl 27-28 · Interview—Tony Rauch · Joel Van Valin · iv [Ref. Tony Rauch] 28-29 · Books · Various · rc _28 · Eyes Full of Sky: Selected Works from the COMPAS Writers & Artists in the Schools Program · Jesmia Avery · br _29 · Northern Oracle, by Kirsten Dierking · Joel Van Valin · br [Ref. Kirsten Dierking] 29 · “I’ve already told you everything” · Karie Hoffman · pm 29 · About Our Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v8 #4, Winter 2008/2009] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade, free, 30+2pp, 8½″ x 11″ newsprint, cover: “We the People” by Howard Chandler Christy from 1936) [] “The Government Issue” Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · From the Whistler: Long Live the Monarchy · Joel Van Valin · cl 2 · Into a Winter Night · Michael P. McManus · pm 2 · Literary News · [uncredited] · cl 3-4 · Tromso · John C. Wright · ss 5-8 · Get Your Lips Off That Girl: Emergency Assistance Unit, Bronx, New York · Nanette Rayman Rivera · mm 7 · Concord Hymn · Ralph Waldo Emerson · pm self-published, 1837, as “Hymn: Sung at the Completion of the Concord Monument, April 19, 1836” 8 · Mourning · Elizabeth Meyers · pm 9 · The Day I Stared Down President Lyndon Johnson · John-Ivan Palmer · mm 9 · Fall Obscenities · Anthony Opal · pm 10 · A Visit · William Ricci · pm 11-16 · The United States Constitution · Misc. · ms 16 · Yet · Hanakia Zedek · pm 17 · Shady Dealings: Instead of Attending a Literary Event, I’m Sitting Home Alone Writing My Column · D. Garcia-Wahl · cl 18 · Cool Dead People: Bette Garber; the Lens Leading to Rosewood Steering Wheels · Suzanne Nielsen · cl 19-21 · Fun Patrol: A Delegate, Some Absinthe and a Falling Priest · Justin Teerlinck · cl 21-23 · Erich Maria Remarque: The Greatest War Novel Ever Written · Hugh Mahoney · ar 24-26 · Relationship Advice from the Poets · Joel Van Valin · ar 26-27 · The Theater Machine · Eli Effinger-Weintraub · cl; on Caligula, by Albert Camus. 27 · Memory of Election Day, 2004 · Stash Hempeck · pm 28-29 · Books · Various · rc _28 · Towards the Forest, by Holaday Mason · Michael Gause · br [Ref. Holaday Mason] _28 · Laredo, by Tony Rauch · Joel Van Valin · br [Ref. Tony Rauch] _29 · Edging Past Reality, by David Fingerman · Deanna Reiter · br [Ref. David Fingerman] 29 · About Our Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v9 #1, Spring/Summer 2009] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade, free, 45+3pp, 8½″ x 11″ newsprint, cover: Bird’s Eye View of St. Paul by Patricia Youker) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · From the Whistler: Shade and Shadow · Joel Van Valin · ed; announcing shift to twice-yearly publication and his impending move to California. 2 · Elin Viktoria Eriksson, First Cousin Twice Removed, 1883-99 · Rodney Nelson · pm 3 · Beggars · Jarda Cervenka · mm 4 · The Way Light Stays · Kai Hoffman-Krull · pm 5-12 · The Children’s Crusade · Elliott Fuxon · ss 8 · The Gravedigger’s Legacy · Robert S. King · pm 10 · From Isiah 4 · Karsten Piper · pm 13 · Poem of the Sun · Garbriela Mistral; translated by Langston Hughes · pm (r) 14-17 · Ezra Pound, the Writing Teacher: “One Can’t Criticize and Be Tactful All at Once” · Bob Blaisdell · ar 15 · Cherry Blossoms in Darkness · Lyn Lifshin · pm 17 · Water Feet · Rachel Lyon · pm 18 · Appliances · Craig Hartglass · ss 23 · The Origins of Mesmeric Death · John-Ivan Palmer · ar 27 · Shady Dealings: The Joys of Self-Stimulation · D. Garcia Wahl · cl; on Robert Bly’s self-promotional efforts. 28 · Fun Patrol: My Pet Unicorn · Justin Teerlinck · ss 32 · Redway Boulevard · Rachel Maizes · ss 36 · Sinclair Lewis: Defining America · Hugh Mahoney · ar 39 · Lost Writers of Minnesota: William C. Edgar · Joel Van Valin · cl 40-43 · The Chicle Boy · Jason R. Riley · ss 42 · Worlds in Us Once · David McLean · pm 43 · Books · Various · rc _43 · The Distance Between Two Hands, by Greg Watson · Michael Gause · br [Ref. Greg Watson] _44 · Some Ether, by Nick Flynn · Rick Marlatt · br [Ref. Nick Flynn] _45 · Chapbook Reviews · Joel Van Valin · rc 45 · About Our Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v10 #1, Winter 2010] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade, free, 29+3pp, 8½″ x 11″ newsprint, cover: Cafe Princess (photograph) by Joel Van Valin) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · From the Whistler: A Small, Quiet Place · Joel Van Valin · ed 2 · November · Chip Corwin · pm 3 · My Meeting with Mengele · Maryla Neuman; as told to Fred Amram · mm 4 · Hello · Maria Cinanni · pm 5-8 · The Relief Printer · Jessica Rae Hahn · ss 7 · The Wedding Room: Minnetonka Cave · Shanan Ballam · pm 8 · Near Harmony · John Abbott · pm 9 · Eating Your Words in a Prague Cafe · John-Ivan Palmer · ar; on Jaroslav Hasek. 10 · Cafe Literary: Whistling Shade’s Literary Cafe Review (of the Twin Cities) · Various · rv 12-15 · John Dos Passos: USA, a View from Left Field · Hugh Mahoney · ar 14 · Gerwin · Calvin White · pm 15 · The Dust of Timas · Sappho; translated by Edwin Arlington Robinson · pm (r) 16 · Shady Dealings: The White Man Apologizes · D. Garcia Wahl · cl 17-21 · Fun Patrol: I Never Promised You a Shit Garden (farming in Central America) · Justin Teerlinck · mm 19 · Marshland Dusk, for Grace Crowell · John Philip Johnson · pm 21 · There Is Always More Work to Be Done · Dave Barrett · ss 22 · Wasps · Scott Provence · pm 23 · Lost Writers of Minnesota: Clifford D. Simak · Joel Van Valin · cl 24 · Angle Side Angle · Mary Lynn Reed · ss 28 · Books · Various · rc _28 · Elisha’s Bones, by Don Hoesel · Beadrin Youngdahl · br [Ref. Don Hoesel] _28 · The Nine Scoundrels, by Deanna Reiter · Curtis West · br [Ref. Deanna Reiter] _29 · Poetry Readings · Joel Van Valin · br 29 · About Our Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v11 #1, Spring/Summer 2011] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade, free, 29+3pp, 8½″ x 11″ newsprint) [] “10-Year Anniversary Issue!” Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · From the Whistler: A Decade · Joel Van Valin · ed 2 · Air and the Seasons · Colin Graham · pm 3 · Necessity in the House of Illustion · John-Ivan Palmer · mm 5 · Don’t Bother Me · Mike Finley · mm 6-9 · Iconography · Alex Myers · ss 7 · Fracture 34 · William Ricci · pm 8 · At Battle Creek Park, Near Ruth Street · R. Lindsey Kelly · pm 9 · Ode · Hafiz; translated by Richard Le Gallienne · pm (r) 10 · Ten Masterpieces You’ve Never Heard Of · Various · ar 15 · Shady Dealings: Walking in the Long Slumber of Winter · D. Garcia Wahl · cl 16 · Fun Patrol: Letters to Monsters · Justin Teerlinck · hu 18 · Sally Went to the Well · Daniel Davis · ss 22 · W.G. Sebald: All Is Memory · Hugh Mahoney · ar 26 · Books · Various · rc _26 · Motels of Burning Madness, by John-Ivan Palmer · Joel Van Valin · br [Ref. John-Ivan Palmer] _27 · Landscape with Fragmented Figures, by Jeff Vande Zande · Charles White · br [Ref. Jeff Vande Zande] 27 · Tango by the Seine, or, The Old Man and the Seine · Andres Wilson · pm 28 · Literary Crossword · [uncredited] · pz 29 · About Our Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v11 #2, Fall/Winter 2011] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade, free, 29+3pp, 8½″ x 11″ newsprint) [] “The Song Lyrics Issue” Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · Sandy Denny: Photo from the album She Moves Through the Fair · [uncredited] · pt (r) 2 · From the Whistler: The Artist and the Entertainer · Joel Van Valin · ed 3-7 · Revolution: A Love Story · Nick Sansone · ss 5 · Morning Light in Saint Louis · N. Andreil Martin · pm 6 · reflect · Dave Migman · pm 7 · A Page from the Library: Song · William Congreve · pm (r) 8 · Parisian Macabre: Inside the Catacombes · Daniel Gabriel · ar 9 · Another Surprise at My House · Tony Rauch · ss 10 · Winter Poem · Michael P. McManus · pm 11 · Music & Lyrics: A Song Essay Miscellany · Joel Van Valin · ar 11 · Poor Kitty Popcorn: Lyrics by Henry Clay Work · Sten Johnson · ar 12 · Heartbreak Hotel: Lyrics by Tommy Durden and Mae Boren Axton · Britt · ar 13 · Waterloo Sunset: Lyrics by Ray Davies · Joel Van Valin · ar 13 · Song to the Siren: Lyrics by Jim Buckley and Larry Beckett · Iris Key · ar 14 · Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos: Lyrics by Carl Ridenhour (Chuck D.) · Justin Teerlinck · ar 15 · Hello My Name Is Your TV: Lyrics by Andrew Volpe · Julia Diaz-Perrish · ar 15 · Vapour Trail: Lyrics by Ride (Andy Bell, Mark Gardner, Stephan Querault, Loz Colbert) · Tony Rauch · ar 16 · Visions of Johanna: Lyrics by Bob Dylan · Joel Van Valin · ar 17 · Little Red Corvette: Lyrics by Prince · Deanna Reiter · ar 17 · Bomber: Lyrics by Ian Fraser “Lemmy” Kilmiser · Sten Johnson · ar 18 · Fun Patrol: How to Write a Centaur Rap Song · Justin Teerlinck · pm 19 · RIP Amy Winehouse · Neha Malhotra · ar 20 · Guilty Pleasures · Sandra Smith · ar 21 · Treatment Meditation · Rachel Kennedy · pm 23 · Perfectly Punctual Paula · Daniel Maclaine · ss 28 · Cinema: An American Werewolf in Retrospect · Joel Van Valin · mr 29 · Austin Nights, by herocious · Joel Van Valin · br [Ref. herocious] 29 · About Our Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v12 #1, Spring/Summer 2012] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade, free, 29+3pp, 8.5″ x 11″ newsprint) [] “The Fairy Tale Issue” Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · From the Whistler: Once upon a time… · Joel Van Valin · ed 2 · What I’ve Learned from Fairy Tales · Reva Rasmussen · ar 3 · Moonlight (Althea) · Tony Rauch · ss 4 · The Most Beautiful Voice · Beate Sigriddaughter · ss 5 · Gone Forever Dancing · John Breska · pm 6-8 · The Zettarella · John C. Wright · ss 7 · Dream of Harlequin · Marie Sheppard Williams · pm 8 · The Red Baseball Cap · Bernie Brown · ss 10 · The Good King · Mike Finley · ss 12 · The Rememberer · Marie Sheppard Williams · ss 13 · The Legend of July 7th · Michael Ramberg · ss 14 · Josia’s Tears · Jamie Lee · ss 16 · Meeting the Old Man at Last · David Bassano · ss 22 · Fun Patrol: The Hungry Little Faery · Justin Teelinck · ss 24 · Shiver · Eric Prochaska · ss 28 · Books · Various · rc _28 · History Thieves, by Zinovy Zinik · John-Ivan Palmer · br [Ref. Zinovy Zinik] _29 · Mothers and Daughters, by Rae Meadows · Kori Hennessy · br [Ref. Rae Meadows] 29 · About Our Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v12 #2, Fall/Winter 2012] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade, free, 29+3pp, 8.5″ x 11″ newsprint) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · Lancelot and Guinevere · Herbert Draper · il (r) 2 · From the Whistler: The Age of Paper · Joel Van Valin · ed 3-8 · Roses · Chuck Holmes · ss 5 · Winsome Spires · D. Sykes · pm 7 · Vice · Matthew P. Gallant · pm 8 · All That Is Left · Franca Pagnucci · pm 9 · Building Camelot: The Making of Arthur · Joel Van Valin · ar [Ref. King Arthur] 15 · La Belle Dame Sans Merci · John Keats · pm The Poetical Works of John Keats by John Keats, Edward Moxon, 1848 written in 1819. A somewhat different version was published in The Indicator, May 10, 1820. 15 · Though I Did · Alice Duggan · pm 16 · Iver’s Winter · Jane Beauchamp · ss 17-20 · The Orchard (Inspired by William Butler Yeats) · Abigail Droge · pm 20 · The Suppression of Savage Customs · Steve De France · pm 21 · Four Hawks · Mary Kay Rummel · pm 21 · Fun Patrol: Letters to Monsters: The Thing · Justin Teerlinck · hu 22 · Johnny Carson Poem · Jamie L. Buehner · pm 23-27 · Beta Male · Timothy Ziegenhagen · ss 24 · Adultery · Jacob M. Appel · pm 27 · Braiding Three Reports to Make One Fact · Sharon Chmielarz · pm 28 · Sons and Daughters of Nzinga · Ken Seide · pm 28 · Books · Various · rc _28 · Eyeballs Growing All Over Me… Again, by Tony Rauch · Joel Van Valin · br [Ref. Tony Rauch] 29 · Chapbook Reviews _29 · In Wait, by Rodney Nelson · Joel Van Valin · br [Ref. Rodney Nelson] _29 · I Can’t Say I’m Lost, by Laura Glenn · Joel Van Valin · br [Ref. Laura Glenn] 29 · About Our Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v13 #1, Spring/Summer 2013] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade, free, 29+3pp, 8½″ x 11″ newsprint, cover: photo: Sir Percival by Joel Van Valin) [] “The Pets Issue” Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · From the Whistler · Joel Van Valin · ed 3 · Dodging Bullets · Georgann Turner · mm 4-10 · Spencer’s Experience · Susan Morrissey · ss 5 · Syllabics · Phillip A. Ellis · pm 8 · New Work · John Flynn · pm 11 · I Got to Keep Him · Tony Rauch · vi 11 · What the Cat Taught Me · Sharon Chmielarz · pm 12 · Nancy the Death Bunny · John-Ivan Palmer · mm 13 · I Said, Lie Down · Mike Finley · mm 14 · Gunther and Sally the Squirrel · Naomy Caballero · mm 15 · The Dog from Malta · Tymnes; translated by Edmund Blunden · pm (r) from The Greek Anthology. 16 · The Great Pet Escape · C. B. Heinemann · mm 17 · Turbo Escapes · Robert Hendlish · vi 18-21 · Something to Cuddle · Justin Teerlinck · mm 19 · In Life I Was of Modest Size, in Death I Am the Garden · Norita Dittberner-Jax · pm 20 · Dog Day (for Maizie) · Joel Van Valin · pm 21 · The Dog Walkers of New York City · Philip Dacey · pm 22 · 137.34 (smarty pants) · Tony Rauch · vi 23 · Freedom Rider · J. P. Johnson · mm 23 · Penelope · Kelsey O’Kelley · pm 24 · The Million Miler · Haden Verble · ss 27 · On Needing Books · Emily Bernard · pm 28 · Books · Various · rc _28 · Twice a False Messiah, by Daniel Gabriel · Brian R. Bland · br [Ref. Daniel Gabriel] _28 · The Reindeer Camps, by Barton Sutter · Joel Van Valin · br [Ref. Barton Sutter] 29 · About Our Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v13 #2, Fall/Winter 2013] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade, free, 29+3pp, 8.5″ x 11″ newsprint, cover: photo: Mausoleum by Joel Van Valin) [] “The Ghost Issue”. Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · From the Whistler: Ghosts · Joel Van Valin · ed 3-7 · A Ride with Goran · William Blomdstedt · ss 5 · Reminders · Joanna M. Weston · pm 7 · Visitation · Daniel Gabriel · pm 8-13 · Between the Darkness and the Dawn · Paula Cappa · ss 10 · fanged vampire necklace · David McLean · pm 10 · “quietly the hard rock greens” · David McLean · pm 11 · The Visit · Sharon Chmielarz · pm 14 · A Page from the Library: Clerk Saunders · [uncredited] · pm (r) from Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, 1802. 16 · The Brown Lady—A True Ghost Story · Joel Van Valin · ar 17 · Pets Redux _17 · Wilbur the Second · Margaret Hosse · pm _17 · The Father’s Gift · Alice Dugan · pm _17 · Cat · Marie Sheppard Williams · pm _17 · my dog talking about man again · Kevin O’Rourke · pm 18-21 · Fun Patrol: I Want My Castle · Justin Teerlinck · ss 20 · My Dad Comes Back on Grand Avenue · Norita Dittberner-Jax · pm 21 · The End of Romance · Julian Bernick · pm 22-23 · Soft Floating Dream Machines · Tony Rauch · ss 23 · Recurrence · Mark J. Mitchell · pm 24-27 · Passing Along · Zeke Jarvis · ss 25 · he makes you awake aware · Cassandra Metcalfe · pm 27 · Afternoons with My Stepmother · Holly Day · pm 28 · Books · Various · rc _28 · Bring Up the Bodies, by Hilary Mantel · Norita Dittberner-Jax · br [Ref. Hilary Mantel] _28 · Chapbook Reviews · Joel Van Valin · rc 29 · About Our Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v14 #1, Spring/Summer 2014] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade, free, 29+3pp, 8.5″ x 11″ newsprint, cover by Michelle Campbell) [] “The Victorian Issue” Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · From the Whistler: The Victorians · Joel Van Valin · ed 2 · Two Pigeons in St. James’s Park · Sharon Chmielarz · pm 3 · “Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam” · Heinrich Heine; translated by Phillip A. Ellis · pm 3 · The White Horse · Kate Hallett Dayton · ss 4 · Spring Comes to Minnesota Security Hospital · Alixa Doom · pm 5 · Reading Dickens in the Second 19th Century · Thomas R. Smith · ar [Ref. Charles Dickens] 6 · Spring in Paris · Richard Donnelly · pm 7 · The Iron Balloon · Tony Rauch · ss 9 · Cain’s Perfecto · Paul Watsky · pm 10 · Hunting the Victorians: A Literary Field Guide · Joel Van Valin · ar 19 · Don’t Do It Oscar! What No Meant to Oscar Wilde · John-Ivan Palmer · ar [Ref. Oscar Wilde] 20 · Landscape · Greg Watson · pm 21-24 · Fun Patrol: Bingo in Bedlam · Justin Teerlinck · ss 22 · Angelology · Naomi Ruth Lowinsky · pm 25 · Lazy Ghosts · Tyler Yates · vi 26 · Cinema: Chasing the Black Rabbit: Big-Screen Memories of Watership Down · Sten Johnson · mr 28 · Books · Various · rc _28 · Earth’s Appetite, by Margaret Hasse · Joel Van Valin · br [Ref. Margaret Hasse] _28 · Tether, by Kirsten Dienking · Lauren Raheja · br [Ref. Kirsten Dienking] 29 · About Our Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v14 #2, Fall/Winter 2014] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade, free, 29+3pp, 8.5″ x 11″ newsprint, cover: [photo] by Joel Van Valin) [] “The Work Issue.” Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · From the Whistler: Vocation and Avocation · Joel Van Valin · ed 2 · During a Holiday Break from Hauling Wood · Kevin Casey · pm 3-12 · Life Frieze · Chuck Holmes · ss 5 · Helen, Business Casual · Julian Bernick · pm 12 · Uncollected · Daniel Wallock · pm 13-19 · A Roadie’s Lament · Daniel Gabriel · ar; a sequel to his article in the Summer 2006 issue. 15 · Job · Marie Sheppard Williams · pm 18 · So Much · Mary Logue · pm 19 · An Animal Soul Riding Shotgun · Rob Plath · pm 20 · When I Was · Ted King · ex 2013 from The Dishwasher, the Dancer and the Subatomic Particle. _20 · …a Bodyguard for Lawrence Welk · Ted King · vi (r) _20 · …a Ballerina · Ted King · vi (r) _20 · …a Gandy Dancer · Ted King · vi (r) _21 · …a Scientist · Ted King · vi (r) _21 · …a Philosopher · Ted King · vi (r) _21 · …an Abject Failure · Ted King · vi (r) 21-27 · Fun Patrol: Bingo in Bedlam, Part II · Justin Teerlinck · ss 24 · A&W Carhop · Margaret Hasse · pm 24 · Bulldozer war homes · Tom Pescatore · pm 25 · thread 24 · Charles Evans · pm 26 · Pelican Tale · Pamela Hammond · pm 27 · Books · Various · rc _27 · The Biology of Love, by Jacob M. Appel · Joel Van Valin · br [Ref. Jacob M. Appel] _28 · Chapbook Reviews: Birding, by Lois Welshon · Robert Richard Menge · br [Ref. Lois Welshun] _28 · Chapbook Reviews: Danger Falling Down, by Howie Good · Robert Richard Menge · br [Ref. Howard Good] 28 · Mill Creek at Plainville · Nancy Carol Moody · pm 29 · The Unexpected Fair · Christopher Barnes · pm 29 · About Our Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v15 #1, Spring/Summer 2015] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade, free, 29+3pp, 8½″ x 11″ newsprint s/s) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · The Enduring Colette · [uncredited] · cv; stock photo of Colette in 1906 performing in Le désir, la chimère et l’amour. 2 · From the Whistler: The Canon · Joel Van Valin · ed 2 · Walking Directions · Colin Dodds · pm 3-5 · Killing Warden Polda (With an Ax Handle) · Jarda Cervenka · ss 4 · Alone in a Theater · B. Z. Niditch · pm 5 · Science Program on NPR · Linda Voit · pm 6 · The Endearing Colette · Joel Van Valin · ar [Ref. Colette] 13 · Encountering Walt Whitman’s Illegitimate Great-Grandson · John-Ivan Palmer · ar [Ref. George Whitman] 15-19 · Culinary Travels · John C. Wright · ss 16 · In Athens · Ann Robinson · pm 19 · Ragged Ass Joy Excerpt #1 · Ben Weaver · pm 19 · Places I searched for you: Ragged Ass Joy Excerpt #2 · Ben Weaver · pm 20-23 · Fun Patrol: Bingo in Bedlam, Part III · Justin Teerlinck · ss 21 · Daylight Savings Time · John Flynn · pm 22 · Cinco de Mayo · Jane Blanchard · pm 23 · Plastic Bag Ballet · Melody Sage · pm 24-27 · The Orchard She Imagines · Evan Morgan Williams · ss 25 · Crossing the River · Sharon Chmielarz · pm 27 · Melanie Daniels Smokes a Cigarette in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds · Aaron Brame · pm 28-29 · Spring Poetry Reviews · Joel Van Valin · rc 28 · Woodstock · Thomas R. Smith · pm 29 · About Our Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v15 #2, Fall/Winter 2015] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade, free, 29+3pp, 8.5″ x 11″ newsprint, cover by Michelle Campbell) [] “The Horror Issue”. Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · From the Whistler · Joel Van Valin · ed 2 · The Ghost That Hides in My House · Irelyn Ruby Ozment · pm; age 6. 3-5 · Fresh Papers · Victor Robert Lee · ss 4 · Monkey No Monkey · Michael McCormick · pm 5 · Winter Chill · Joanna M. Weston · pm 5 · The Carpenter · Joanna M. Weston · pm 6-13 · The Lonely World of H.P. Lovecraft · Sten Johnson · ar [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft] 10 · The Well · Robbie Menge · pm 12 · Daydreamer · Andrey Gritsman · pm 14 · Dead Dog · Nicholas Ozment · ss 17 · Help Me · Tony Rauch · vi 18-20 · Once More Around the Bloch: The Man Behind the Fright Mask · Thomas R. Smith · ar [Ref. Robert Bloch] 19 · Out of Time · Patti Sullivan · pm 20 · Upon the Idea, a Chill · Ramon Faith Polak · pm 20 · On a Stroll · Kyle Anderson · pm 20 · By the Lake · Scott Hotaling · vi 21-23 · Fun Patrol: Bingo in Bedlam, Part IV · Justin Teerlinck · ss 23 · Snake Lady · Emily Densten · pm 24-27 · DreamMakers · David Fingerman · ss 25 · Death is not what we think · Hanakia Zedek · pm 28 · Picasso’s “Two Sleeping Peasants” · Marc Tretin · pm 28 · Books · Various · rc _28 · Maud’s Line, by Margaret Verble · Joel Van Valin · br [Ref. Margaret Verble] _28 · One of Us, by Tawni O’Dell · J. P. Johnson · br [Ref. Tawni O’Dell] 29 · Second Semester Hesiod · Sean Lause · pm 29 · About Our Contributors · Various · bg

Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v16 #1, Spring/Summer 2016] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade, free, 29+3pp, 8.5″ x 11″ newsprint, cover: [photo] by Joel Van Valin) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. “Nature Poetry” Issue. 2 · From the Whistler · Joel Van Valin · ed 2 · In Memoriam · [uncredited] · ob [Ref. Gary Shulze & Prince Rogers Nelson] 3 · José and Miriam in Bedlam · Heidi Vornbrock Roosa · ss 4 · Bagatelles · Philip Dacey · pm 6 · Jurors, There Is Absolutely No Smoking in This Building · Lauren Raheja · pm 7 · Paris Connection · Cliff Simon & Loren Stephens · ar 10 · Two Canoes · Joe Monfort · ss 13 · Nature Poetry _13 · Summer · Norita Dittberner-Jax · pm _13 · Sky · Erica Skug · pm _13 · We Go Out Early · Franco Pognucci · pm _13 · Week 20 · Cameron Berganek · pm _13 · Public Trout · Leisha Douglas · pm _14 · Three Short Poems · Lee Henschel · pm _14 · All Day It Was About Distance · Elizabeth Carothers Herron · pm _14 · I Was on Safari Once and Never Felt So Alive · Kimberly Nunes · pm _14 · Close Hearing · Joanna M. Weston · pm _14 · The In-Between · John Grey · pm _15 · Villanelle for the John Deere Implement Dealer · Joanna Lutz · pm _15 · That Summer · Marilyn Baszczynski · pm _15 · I, Rock · Ted King · pm _15 · Ghost Moose · Kate Hallett Dayton · pm 16 · The Joy of Joy of Cooking · Joel Van Valin · br; personal memoir/review of The Joy of Cooking, by Irma S. Rombauer (1931 and later editions). 17 · And All of Them Will Tell You About It · D. S. Maolalai · pm 18 · Drowning with Jackie Robinson · Jonah Smith-Bartlett · ss 20 · The Sisters · Richard Donnelly · pm 21 · Fun Patrol: Bingo in Bedlam, The Final Installment · Justin Teerlinck · ss; fantastic content; time travel, demonic robots, etc. 23 · Travel · Barbara Tramonte · pm 26 · Do Writers’ Workshops Really Work? · Margaret Hasse · ar; includes three poems from a workshop. _26 · French Kiss · Ann Schroeder · pm _27 · Frying an Egg in an All-Night Diner · Nancy Christensen · pm _27 · The Left Hand Speaks · Anne Curtin · pm 27 · Traffic Court · Ken Hass · pm 28 · To Paul Gruchow · Rodney Nelson · pm 28 · Books · Various · rc _28 · The Widow’s House, by Sharon Chmielarz · Joel Van Valin · br [Ref. Sharon Chmielarz] _28 · Wrestling with Angels, by Daniel Gabriel · Joel Van Valin · br [Ref. Daniel Gabriel] 29 · About Our Contributors · Various · bg

Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v16 #2, Fall/Winter 2016] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade, free, 29+3pp, 8.5″ x 11″ newsprint, cover: [photo of Wabasha Street, St. Paul, c.1908]) [] “The Historical Issue” Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · From the Whistler · Joel Van Valin · ed 2 · In Memoriam · Joel Van Valin · ob [Ref. Philip Dacey] 2 · Naughty Cat! · Joel Van Valin · cs 3-6 · The Earth Falls to the Apple · Saramanda Swigart · ss 4 · Temple Church · Ruth Holzer · pm 5 · Gravitas · Bruce McRae · pm 6 · Dame de Port Arthur · Bob Carlton · pm 6 · Hibbing · Merridawn Duckler · pm 7 · The Passenger · Lee Henschel, Jr. · ss 8 · For My Sister · C. W. Emerson · pm 9 · The Pedlar Fights for His Neighborhood · Patricia Barone · ss 11-14 · Hair Grows · Fred M. B. Amram · ss 12 · The Tsanna’s Tea Set · Sharon Chmielarz · pm 14 · A Page from the Library: The Eve of Crecy · William Morris · pm (r) 15 · Fun Patrol: Who Says Quack · Justin Teerlinck · ss 16 · Teaching My Dog to Read · Mike Finley · pm 17-20 · The Sound · Kate Maruyama · ss 18 · A Lifetime · John Sweet · pm 19 · In Remembrance of Her · Ivan de Monbrison · pm 20 · Dream Poem with a Bat and the Buddha · Margaret Hasse · pm 21 · New Details on the Heist of Giacometti’s “Seated Woman” · [uncredited] · ar [Ref. Alberto Giacometti] 22 · The Singers of Oradour-sur-Glane · Sharon Kennedy-Nolle · pm 23-24 · Water · Bleuzette La Feir · ar 23 · Orphan · Jim Butcher · pm 24 · Civilized · Jamie Lynn Heller · pm 24 · Luckily · Catharine Lucas · pm 25 · Nun Room · John C. Wright · ss 27 · Books · Various · rc _27 · The Sailing Master—Book One: Coming of Age · Joel Van Valin · br [Ref. Lee Henschel, Jr.] _28 · Walks Along the Ditch · Morgan Grayce Willow · br [Ref. Bill Tremblay] _28 · Firstborn · Joel Van Valin · br [Ref. Franco Pagnucci] 28 · Bags of Potting Soil · Mark Blaeuer · pm 29 · About Our Contributors · Various · bg

Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v17 #1, Spring/Summer 2017] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade, free, 29+3pp, 8½″ x 11″ newsprint, cover: “An old movie theateer, with some slight changes to the marquee”) [] “Whistling Shade’s Cinema Issue”. Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · From the Whistler · Joel Van Valin · ed 2 · I’ve Loved You · Conrad Geller · pm 2 · Naughty Cat! · Joel Van Valin · cs 3-5 · The Marlboro Man · Brian Howlett · ss 4 · Don’t Quit · Richard Donnelly · pm 5 · Under Brugmansia · Wulf Losee · pm 6-12 · Screenwritings: Brief Essays on Ten Films · Various · ar 7 · A Life with the Movies · Sharon Chmielarz · pm 12 · The Elevator and the Pants · Tom Pescatore · pm 13 · In Praise of Foreign Films · Thomas R. Smith · ar 14-21 · The Flip Side of This Side of Paradise · Chuck Holmes · ss 16 · Sisyphus · Morgan Grayce Willow · pm 18 · Irises · Betsy Martin · pm 20 · A Page from the Library: The Chestnut Casts His Flambeaux · A. E. Housman · pm (r) 22 · On Dying: Five Poems _22 · She Moved On · Eleanore Lee · pm _22 · When I Woke Up and Saw Them Both · Victor Altshul · pm _23 · The Question Posed by a Client from His Hospital · Abby Coplin · pm _23 · It Is a Fearful Thing · Gwendolyn Jensen · pm _23 · As for the Kiss · Doris Ferleger · pm 24 · Bonfires · Suzanne Nielsen · vi 24 · After the Ride · Holly Day · pm 25-27 · Fun Patrol: Ossibus Versus Lithorobotron [Part 1 of 2] · Justin Teerlinck · sl; fantastika content. 26 · Reincarnation · Bob Rice · pm 27 · Books · Joel Van Valin · rc _27 · Review of We’re in America Now: A Survivor’s Stories, by Fred Amram · Joel Van Valin · br _28 · Review of Muladona, by Eric Stener Carlson · Joel Van Valin · br 29 · About Our Contributors · Various · bg

Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v17 #2, Fall/Winter 2017] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade, free, 29+3pp, 8½″ x 11″ newsprint, cover: Back wall of the Palmer Hotel, Sauk Center by Joel Van Valin) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · From the Whistler: Welcome to the Retrograde · Joel Van Valin · ed 2 · Naughty Cat! · Joel Van Valin · cs 3-6 · The Projectionist · Ken O’Steen · ss 4 · State Fair · Norita Dittberner-Jax · pm 5 · The Snow That Fell on the House · Natalie Crick · pm 6 · Canada Lynx—Schoolcraft Game Refuge · Gina Marie Bernard · pm 6 · The Devil’s Real · Brian Beatty · pm 7 · A Stroll Down Main Street: A Hundred Years Later · Joel Van Valin · ar [Ref. Sinclair Lewis] 11 · Crossing Hyla Brook · Daniel Rattelle · pm 12-14 · Mushroom Cloud · Saramanda Swigart · ss 13 · [what blooms inside] · Kendra Tanacea · pm 14 · Trying to Write a Poem About Joan Blondell · Jim Zola · pm 15 · Haiku · Scott Helmes · il 16 · The Real Live Scandinavian Folk Dancer · John-Ivan Palmer · ar [Ref. Teddy Qualls]; “Teddy Qualls, Lost Freak from the Heart of Darkness”. 17 · At the Ballet · Robert Rothman · pm 18-21 · Waiting for the Carnival · Meghan D. S. Muchow · ss 19 · The Wingtip · Madelyn Camrud · pm 21 · A Page from the Library: To a Waterfowl · William Cullen Bryant · pm Poems by William Cullen Bryant, Russell, Odiorne, and Metcalf, 1834 22 · Best Books of the 21st Century (so far) · Various · ar 24 · Fun Patrol: Ossibus Versus Lithorobotron [Part 2 of 2] · Justin Teerlinck · sl 26 · Summer ¦ Fall ¦ Winter: Three Seasonal Poems _26 · Waterways · Cheryl Derby · pm _26 · Uncle Martin’s Leaves · J. M. McBirnie · pm _26 · Early Snow · Mark Belair · pm 27 · Books · Various · rc _27 · Review of Watershed, by Colin Dobbs · Rachel Hertzberg · br [Ref. Colin Dobbs] _28 · Review of Still Living in Town, by Kevin FitzPatrick · Joel Van Valin · br [Ref. Kevin FitzPatrick] 28 · Town · Margaret Young · pm 29 · Itinerary · Jane Blanchard · pm 29 · About Our Contributors · Various · bg

Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v18 #1, Spring/Summer 2018] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade, free, 29+3pp, 8½″ x 11″ newsprint, cover: Still Life with Grapes and Pomegranites by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin) [] “The Food & Drink Issue”. Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · From the Whistler: The Wedding Banquet · Joel Van Valin · ed 2 · Naughty Cat! · Joel Van Valin · cs 3-6 · The Legend of Zaramarouq · Alexandros Plasatis · ss 5 · Lefse · Matt Peckham · pm 6 · Food Indigo · F. J. Bergmann · pm 7 · 2.5 Almonds · Justin Hyde · pm 7 · Orchard · William Snyder, Jr. · pm 8 · Dining with the Breatharians · John-Ivan Palmer · ar; “Those Who Eat Only Air”. 9 · Manoomin · Jay Wilkinson · ar 9 · Dust and Hair · Matthew J. Spireng · pm 10 · Might I Ever Receive a Rose Again… · Mary Louise Kiernan Hagerdon · pm 10 · Little Song · Greg Watson · pm 10 · Forgive Me, Edith Södergram · Bart Sutter · pm 11-14 · Normandy Diary · Fred Farris · ss 14 · In Case the Wind Finds Life Again · Gannon Daniels · pm 15 · Rhine Wine · Fred Farris · ms 15 · Like a Deer · Laurie Sewall · pm 15 · Robin · Carol Rucks · pm 16-17 · Rome and John Keats · Lizzie Klaesges · ar; “Inside the Rome’s Piazza di Spagna where Keats spent his last three months”. 17 · Cycling Past Kamakura · Taylor Bond · pm 18-19 · Arthur Upson · Joel Van Valin · bg [Ref. Arthur Upson] 19 · Emily as the Harbor Knows · Darren C. Demaree · pm 20-24 · Fun Patrol: Big Mister Above, Smurf Tail Below · Justin Teerlinck · ss 22 · A Page from the Library _22 · Lines Inscribed Upon a Cup Formed from a Skull · Lord Byron · pm from Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage: Seventh Edition, John Murray, 1814 24 · Class Reunion · Chet Corey · pm 25 · The Beer and Cheese Soup Bowl · Chuck Boyer · ar 25 · Smallholdings · Gordon Ommen · pm 26 · Star · Mike Finley · pm 26 · I Captured a Flying Ant · Brenton Rossow · pm 27 · Books · Joel Van Valin · rc _27 · Review of The Long Passage, by Lee Henschel, Jr. · Joel Van Valin · br [Ref. Lee Henschel, Jr.] _27 · Review of Crossing the Waters, by Norita Dittberner-Jax · Joel Van Valin · br [Ref. Norita Dittberner-Jax] _28 · Review of little eternities, by Sharon Chmielarz · Joel Van Valin · br [Ref. Sharon Chmielarz] 28 · Refinishing · Mary Davini · pm 29 · Leftover · Jeff Burt · pm 29 · About Our Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v18 #2, Fall/Winter 2018] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade, free, 29+3pp, 8″ x 11″ newsprint, cover: [photo of the IDS Tower] by Joel Van Valin) [] Special issue on “The City”. Given as “Spring/Summer 2018” on the cover. Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · From the Whistler: The City · Joel Van Valin · ed 2 · Naughty Cat! · Joel Van Valin · cs 3-8 · The Fountain · Greg Girvan · ss 5 · 22 Degrees · James Croal Jackson · pm 6 · Elegy · Lana Bella · pm 8 · A Page from the Library: Song for Young Lovers in a City · Edna St. Vincent Millay · pm (r) 9-12 · In the Darkroom · Valerie Kinsey · bg 12 · Three Poems on Childhood _12 · The Stillness of the Days Before · Holly Day · pm _12 · The House as It Was · Dan Wiencek · pm _12 · Epicenter · Liz Bruno · pm 13 · My 1968 · Brian R. Bland · bg 15 · In the City · L. Caballero · ar 15 · Street Drugs · Ted King · pm 16 · The Schiller Statue in Como Park · Joel Van Valin · ar 16 · The Paint Factory Years · Julia Klatt Singer · pm 17 · Fun Patrol: The Glossy Knobs of Gübinsberg · Justin Teerlinck · vi 18 · Philando · Norita Dittberner-Jax · pm 18 · Burn (photo of a bedroom) · Sharon Chmielarz · pm 18 · Night on the Town · Margaret Hasse · pm 19 · Blackout · Mike Finley · pm 19 · Edinburgh · D. S. Maolalai · pm 20-25 · The Followers · Cécile Barlier · ss 23 · A Girl, a Palatial English Face · Hugo Simöes · pm 26 · Barrier Islands of the Sound · Richard Weaver · pm 26 · Coastal Birds · Carla Ann McGill · pm 26 · Slough · Daniel Bourne · pm 26 · untitled (“Every sound has become a word, by now”) · Simon Perchik · pm 27 · Books · Various · rc _27 · Virgil Wander · Jeffrey Wald · br [Ref. Leif Enger] _28 · Chimes · Joel Van Valin · br [Ref. Michael Dennis Browne] 29 · Happy Hour at the Paradise Bar & Grill · Joe Albanese · pm 29 · About Our Contributors · Various · bg

Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v19 #1, Spring/Summer 2019] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade, free, 29+3pp, 8″ x 11″ newsprint, cover: [still from 1948 Orson Welles movie The Stranger]) [] “The Relationship Issue”. Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · From the Whistler: The Publisher Is In · Joel Van Valin · ed 2 · Naughty Cat! · Joel Van Valin · cs 3-8 · Upstream · Charlene Koski · ss 5 · Spring Runoff · Ruth Berman · pm 7 · Sick in Bed · Gwendolyn Jensen · pm 8 · Water of Holme · Tim Taylor · pm 9 · The Team · Bob Chikos · ts 9 · Red String · Jon Fotch · pm 9 · The Rabbits Have Taken an Interest · Jon Fotch · pm 10-13 · The Woman · Delphine Hirsch · ss 11 · Dead Woodchuck · Matthew J. Spireng · pm 12 · Decathect · Diane DeCillis · pm 13 · The Flowage · Julia Klatt Singer · pm 14-17 · Fish and Chips · Steven Masterson · ts 16 · Ode to Charles Simic · Bray McDonald · pm 17 · Shadow Life · Evalyn Lee · pm 18-22 · Six Three Nine · Peter Barlow · ss 22 · It’s an Old Story · Greg Watson · pm 23-25 · Hardt’s Wars · Duane Hawkinson · ss 24 · This Kind of Humble Day · Carol Rucks · pm 26 · Fun Patrol: Tippy’s Reasonable Recommendations and Sound Suggestions for Gentledogs · Sir Tippy Browntrout, III, Dsq. · ms; footnote by Joel Van Valin claims this was dictated by the dog of a friend, Dr. Horace S. Browntrout, who transcribed it. 27 · Fishing at Lake Naconiche a Year After Your Father’s Death · Troy Varvel · pm 27 · Books · Various · rc _27 · History of Wolves · Courtney Rust · br [Ref. Emily Fridlund] _28 · Hitman-Baker-Casketmaker: Aftermath of an American’s Clash with ICE · Joel Van Valin · br [Ref. Danny Klecko]; the review is in the form of a 69-line poem. 28 · Aloha Station · Tom Cassidy · il 29 · A Page from the Library _29 · I Traveled with Them · Mu’tamid, King of Seville; translated by J. B. Trend · pm (r) 29 · Chance Encounter · Dan Wiencek · pm 29 · About Our Contributors · Various · br