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Whispers from the Shattered Forum [#12, 2003] ed. Cullen Bunn (Undaunted Press, $3.50, 48pp+, quarto, cover by Roxell Edward Karr) []

1 · The Editor’s View · Cullen Bunn · ed

2 · Mrs. Fronberger’s Garden · Scott Standridge · ss

5 · The Laboratory · Julie Shiel · pm

6 · Victims · Karen Ann Carpenter · ss

18 · Grim Man · Paul Melniczek · ss

26 · The Living Dead Society · Jason M. Light · ss

34 · Beyond the Nile · Christina Sng · pm

35 · Hear No Evil · Jason Brannon · ss

43 · Vision · Christina Sng · pm

44 · Something · Jack Fisher · ss Fables Autumn 2000

47 · Funeral Bitch · Octavio Ramos, Jr. · pm

Whispers from the Shattered Forum [#13, 2003] ed. Cullen Bunn (Undaunted Press, $3.50, 64pp+, quarto, cover by Marcia Borrell) []

1 · Triskadekaphobia · Cullen Bunn · ed

2 · October’s Gift · Christopher Fulbright · ss

11 · Endless · Marina Lee Sable · pm

12 · The Black Pond · Lee Clark Zumpe · pm Mindmares #5, Winter 1999, as by Lee Clark

14 · Snake Oil · Tracy S. Morris · ss

24 · The Dream Eater · Marina Lee Sable · pm

25 · The Book of Hastur · Lee Clark Zumpe · pm

26 · The Apprentice · Jack Skillingstead · ss

36 · The Lost · Regina Mitchell · ss

45 · Melissa’s Wagon · John Grover · ss

50 · A Love Haiku · John Garrett · pm

51 · Haunted · Marina Lee Sable · pm

52 · What Really Happened to Charlie Widders · James Futch · ss

63 · Law of the Jungle · Christina Sng · pm

Whispers of Wickedness (about)
Small press fantasy/horror magazine.

Whispers of Wickedness [#1, Spring/Summer 2003] ed. Peter Tennant (D-Press, free, 20pp+, A5) []
“A selection of some of the stories currently online at Whispers of Wickedness www.ookami.co.uk”.

· [interior illustrations] · Carole Humphreys · il

1 · The Short Unhappy Reign of Slugbug the Seventh · Steve Redwood · ss

4 · Jubilee · Zali Krishna · ss

7 · Strawberry Hill · Andy Humphrey · ss

19 · Esmerelda · Nelson Stanley · ss

Whispers of Wickedness [#2, Autumn 2003] ed. Peter Tennant (D-Press, free, 20pp+, A5) []

· [interior illustrations] · Carole Humphreys · il

· [interior illustrations] · Marcia Borell · il

1 · The Sculptor · James Cain · ss

4 · Troubadours of Perception · Rhys Hughes · ss

9 · Decay Syndrome · Dan McNeil · ss

13 · Awakenings · Adrian Fry · pm

14 · Wired · Peter Tennant · ss

16 · Brandy for Breakfast · Adrian Fry · pm

17 · Thankyou for Your Submission · Steve Redwood · ss

Whispers of Wickedness [#3, Winter 2003] ed. Peter Tennant (D-Press, free, 24pp, A5, cover by Chris Friend) []

2 · A Little Snack · Tim Johnson · ss; illustrated by Carole Humphreys

7 · Insight to Insanity · Jeremy Ewing · pm; illustrated by Carole Humphreys

8 · Kitty · Brian Rosenberger · pm; illustrated by Carole Humphreys

10 · Blue Moods · David Price · ss; illustrated by Carole Humphreys

17 · Wisp · Shawn P. Madison · ss; illustrated by DeVico

20 · Office Castaway · Rhys Hughes · ss; illustrated by Marcia Borell; subtitled “A Reverse Ballardian Ballad”.

Whispers of Wickedness [#4, Spring 2004] ed. Peter Tennant (D-Press, free, 24pp, A5, cover by Emily Veinglory) []

3 · The Lab · Charles Richard Laing · vi [Ref. Emily Veinglory]

5 · Murderers Anonymous · Tim Johnson · ss; illustrated by Carole Humphreys

7 · Coffee Shop Eichman · Brian Newman · pm; illustrated by Carole Humphreys

8 · The Same Sad Routine · Tim Lieder · ss; illustrated by Carole Humphreys

14 · The End of Easter · Jonathan Oliver · ss; illustrated by Rabidwire

21 · Screwnose · Donald Sullivan · ss; illustrated by S. R. Greenfield

Whispers of Wickedness [#5, Summer 2004] ed. Peter Tennant (D-Press, free, iv+24pp, A5, cover by Marcia Borell) []

2 · Monsoon Warning · Gary McMahon · vi; illustrated by Rabidwire

4 · The Eye of the Beholder · John Saxton · ss; illustrated by Marcia Borell

7 · The Faceless Boy · Adrian Fry · pm; illustrated by Zakas

8 · Milk and Ladders · Rhys Hughes · ss; illustrated by Carole Humphreys

13 · The Literary Career of Nancy Sullivan · Tim Lieder · ss; illustrated by Rabidwire

18 · Dirty Stop Out · Terry Gates-Grimwood · ss; illustrated by Carole Humphreys

20 · Dead Love · Gavin Salisbury · pm; illustrated by Carole Humphreys

21 · Evan · Charles Richard Laing · ss; illustrated by Zakas

· The Centrefold · Peter Tennant · ed; 4-page unnumbered insert.

Whispers of Wickedness [#6, Autumn 2004] ed. Peter Tennant (D-Press, free, 28pp+, A5, cover by Rabidwire) []

2 · Bob, Claire, and the Meaning of Life · Steven Pirie · ss

7 · Bluebeard and His Bride · Jack Salling · ss

11 · Family Unit · Gary McMahon · ss

15 · Skulls and Masks · Jack Salling · ss

20 · Deadline · Robert Spalding · ss

27 · Nevermind · Weaver · pm

Whispers of Wickedness [#7, Winter 2004] ed. Peter Tennant (D-Press, free, iv+24pp, A5, cover by Zakas) []

2 · A Cat’s Life · Steve Davies & Christopher C. Teague · vi; illustrated by Sheridan Morgan

5 · Parental Instincts · Terry Gates-Grimwood · ss; illustrated by Zakas

9 · Chianti’s Inferno · Rhys Hughes · ss; illustrated by Rabidwire

15 · All I Needed Was the Love She Gave · Brian Newman · vi; illustrated by Sheridan Morgan

17 · Twisted Distaff · Liza Granville · ss; illustrated by Carole Humphreys

23 · The Editor, Dear Sir · Steve Redwood · vi; illustrated by Carole Humphreys

· The Centrefold · Peter Tennant · ed; 4-page unnumbered insert.

· How to Write Genre Fiction While Keeping Your Hands Clean · Terry Gates-Grimwood · ar

Whispers of Wickedness [#8, Spring 2005] ed. Peter Tennant (D-Press, free, iv+32pp, A5, cover by Sheridan Morgan) []

2 · The Hard Sell · Peter Tennant · ss; illustrated by Sheridan Morgan

9 · Tim · Charles Richard Laing · ss; illustrated by Carole Humphreys

11 · Mikki · Terry Gates-Grimwood · ss; illustrated by Rabidwire

23 · Lament for Gaia · Liza Granville · pm; illustrated by Sheridan Morgan

24 · Swimming Parasite · Aliya Whiteley · ss; illustrated by Zakas

30 · The Meteor and the Strawberry · Stephen Melling · ss; illustrated by Sheridan Morgan

ins. · The Centrefold · Peter Tennant · ed; 4-page unnumbered insert.

ins. · Giving Silence a Voice · Neil Ayres · ar

Whispers of Wickedness [#9, Summer 2005] ed. Peter Tennant (D-Press, free, iv+36pp, A5, cover by Chris Cartwright) []

3 · The Two Funeral Urns of Mrs Tate from Number Three · Steven Pirie · ss; illustrated by Chris Cartwright

8 · Sending Freedom Far Away · Rhys Hughes · ss; illustrated by Chris Cartwright

13 · The Demon Eater · Alexis Child · pm; illustrated by Sheridan Morgan

15 · Black Man Stands · John Saxton · ss; illustrated by Rabidwire

19 · Maternal Whispers · James Harris · ss; illustrated by Carole Humphreys

25 · Number-Crunching · Steve Redwood · ss; illustrated by Chris Cartwright

32 · The Legacy · Liza Granville · ss; illustrated by Carole Humphreys

· The Centrefold · Peter Tennant · ed; 4-page unnumbered insert.

Whispers of Wickedness [Issue 10, Autumn 2005] ed. Peter Tennant (D-Press, free, iv+28pp, A5, cover by Carole Humphreys) []

3 · Now We Are Ten · Peter Tennant · ed

5 · Dream of Death · Gavin Salisbury · pm; illustrated by Carole Humphreys

6 · She Came in the Night · Stephen Lee Cummings · ss; illustrated by Carole Humphreys

12 · Success… and How to Achieve It · Peter Tennant · vi; illustrated by Chris Cartwright

15 · Making Room · Gary McMahon · ss; illustrated by Chris Cartwright

20 · Scarecrow · Colin O’Sullivan · pm; illustrated by Carole Humphreys

23 · What’s in the Box, Fox? · Neil Ayres · ss; illustrated by Rabidwire

· The Centrefold · Peter Tennant · ed; 4-page unnumbered insert.

· Scary Monsters · Terry Gates-Grimwood · ar

Whispers of Wickedness [Issue 11, Winter 2005] ed. D & Peter Tennant (D-Press, £3.00, 60pp, A5, cover by Zakas) []
First print edition, formerly online only.

2 · Atoner · Terry Gates-Grimwood · ss; illustrated by Zakas

11 · The Blue Pootle Column: On a Losing Streak · Aliya Whiteley · cl

13 · You Threw Me a Dinner Party When I Needed a Life Jacket · Liam Davies · pm; illustrated by Carole Humphreys

14 · A Mother’s Pride · Peter Tennant · ss; illustrated by Marcia Borell

22 · Ghostwritten · Neil Ayres · ar

25 · Dead Animals · Leo Siren · ss; illustrated by Marcia Borell

33 · Blade of Desecration · Alexis Child · pm; illustrated by Chris Cartwright

34 · Pretend That We’re Dead · Alison J. Littlewood · ss; illustrated by Marcia Borell

40 · Obsidian Heart · Florence Stanton · pm; illustrated by Gavin Salisbury

41 · The Reality Mechanic · Sarah Dobbs · ss; illustrated by Carole Humphreys

51 · The Candid Slyness of Scurrility Forepaws · Rhys Hughes · ss; illustrated by Rabidwire

Whispers of Wickedness [Issue 12, Spring 2006] ed. D & Peter Tennant (D-Press, £3.00, 60pp, A5) []

3 · Two Legs Bad · Steve Redwood · ss; illustrated by Marcia Borell

12 · The Blue Pootle Column: On the Improbable Yet Avoidable · Aliya Whiteley · cl

15 · Deliver Us · Aaron Callow · ss; illustrated by Carole Humphreys

25 · Free · Jon Brown · pm; illustrated by Carole Humphreys

26 · Pieces of Pirie: Steven Pirie Interviewed · Peter Tennant · iv [Ref. Steven Pirie]

35 · Epilogue · Stephen Melling · ss; illustrated by Marcia Borell

39 · Prague: A City of Ghosts · Rachel Kendall · ar

44 · Guilty as Charged: The Contributors to #12 · [uncredited] · bg

47 · A Tale of the Supermarket · Jim Steel · ss; illustrated by Sheridan Morgan

51 · Did I? · Garry Charles · ss; illustrated by Carole Humphreys

59 · The Hokkaido Exit · Dan McNeil · vi

Whispers of Wickedness [Issue 13, Summer 2006] ed. D & Peter Tennant (D-Press, £3.00, 60pp, A5) []

2 · Soft Flesh, Cold Steel · John Saxton · ss; illustrated by Viève Forward

7 · The Dead Which Were in It · Barry J. House · ss; illustrated by Viève Forward

16 · The Blue Pootle Column: On Screen, Mr Spock · Aliya Whiteley · cl

19 · The Dead Have Ears · Greg Schwartz · pm; illustrated by Carole Humphreys

20 · Where Science and Magic Meet: Steven Pirie interviews Storm Constantine · Steven Pirie · iv [Ref. Storm Constantine]

27 · The Therapist · Jason Gaskell · ss; illustrated by Bob Veon

37 · Pyewacket and Vinegar Tom: The Story of the Witchfinder General · Terry Grimwood · ar

41 · But It Pours · Rhys Hughes · ss; illustrated by Viève Forward

46 · Devil in the Clock · Alexis Child · pm; illustrated by Carole Humphreys

47 · An A to Z of This Issue’s Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

51 · Pretty Much Damn Near Perfect · Alison J. Littlewood · ss; illustrated by Marcia Borell

57 · The Way to a Man’s Heart: Ask Dr. Lippman · Kristine Ong Muslim · vi

59 · The Tower Struck by Lightning · Peter Tennant · vi

Whispers of Wickedness [Issue 14, Winter 2006/07] ed. D & Peter Tennant (D-Press, £3.00, 60pp, A5, cover by Bob Veon) []

3 · Monomorium Destructor · David Penn · ss; illustrated by Bob Veon

13 · Version iii · Frank Burton · ss; illustrated by Marcia Borell

21 · The Blue Pootle Column: On the Unimaginable Extra-Terrestrial · Aliya Whiteley · cl

24 · Dead Love Is Jazz · Emma Lee · pm; illustrated by Bob Veon

25 · Becoming Phoenix · Emma Lee · pm; illustrated by Bob Veon

27 · The Fog Catcher · Jim Steel · ss; illustrated by Marcia Borell

36 · Creation of the Humanoids · David Tamarin · mr

39 · A Spirit’s Best Friend · Lawrence R. Dagstine · ss; illustrated by Chris Cartwright

47 · An Indescribable Horror · Terry Grimwood · ar

49 · Flight Crew: And the First Shall Be Last · [uncredited] · bg

52 · In the Water · Gavin Salisbury · vi

53 · The Calibrated Angel · Gavin Salisbury · pm

55 · The Great Shave · Jason Gaskell · ss; illustrated by Bob Veon

Whispers of Wickedness [Issue 15, Summer 2007] ed. D & Peter Tennant (D-Press, £3.00, 62pp, A5, cover by Marcia Borell) []
Small press fantasy/horror magazine.

2 · Portrait of the Artist as a Good Host · R. J. Barker · ss; illustrated by Marcia Borell

13 · Her Eyes · Greg Schwartz · pm

14 · Teeth · Sean Parker · ss; illustrated by Bob Veon

21 · The Blue Pootle Column · Aliya Whiteley · cl

24 · The Lodger · J. R. Salling · pm

25 · The Grapes of Wrath · Bob Lock · pm

26 · Ding-Dong-Ditch · Charles A. Muir · ss; illustrated by Marcia Borell

34 · A Desire for Despair · Stephen Bacon · ss; illustrated by Marcia Borell

45 · The Doubtful Guests: A Report from the World Horror Convention, Toronto, 2007 · Gary McMahon · ar

52 · A Fascination with Knives · Colin Ingram · pm

57 · The View from Mrs Mote · Dan McNeil · ss

Whispers of Wickedness [Issue 16, 2009] ed. D & Peter Tennant (D-Press, £3.00, 87pp, A5, cover by Marcia Borell) []
This is the last issue.

2 · Editorial · Peter Tennant · ed

5 · On the Cusp · Jennifer Rachel Baumer · ss

14 · Still Time · Rupert Merkin · ss

20 · The Devil’s Bones · Lee Moan · ss

30 · The Room of Dolls · Emma Lee · pm

31 · Angels on Pins · Tom Pollock · pm

32 · The Blue Pootle Column: On Squares and Circles · Aliya Whiteley · cl

35 · Glimpsed Between the Trees · Malcolm Laughton · ss

40 · The Seventh Chamber · William H. Wandless · ss

47 · Moth · Janie Hofmann · pm

48 · Dead Message Drop · Peter Tennant · vi

49 · Glamour Girl · Benjamin Bussey · ss HELP! An anthology of horror, fantasy and SF benefiting Predators & Editors, 2008

59 · Three Things and More About Aliya Whiteley · Peter Tennant · iv [Ref. Aliya Whiteley]

64 · The Pumpkin Man’s Return · Mike Driver · ss

70 · Old Soldiers · Mike Gallagher · ss

75 · Late Developer · Steve Redwood · ss

85 · The Boys (and Girls) in the Band · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade: A Twin Cities Literary Journal (about)
This is a “free quarterly literary journal,” approximately 11″ x 14″ tabloid on newsprint (actually eight 22″ x 14″ sheets folded to make sixteen pages; no staples or other form of binding).
Editor and publisher: Joel Van Valin.
Webmaster: Robert Wozniak.
PO Box 7084 / Saint Paul MN 55107.
website: www.whistlingshade.com

Whistling Shade: A Twin Cities Literary Journal [Vol. I No. 1, Summer 2001] ed. Joel Van Valin (free, 16pp, tabloid, cover by photo) []
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · From the Editor · Joel Van Valin · ed

3- 7 · Skyark · Allison Whittenberg · ss

4 · Cafe Society · Dan Rice · pm

6 · The Sound Was the Sea · Sandy Carlson · pm

6 · Walk in the Garden · Sandy Carlson · pm

6 · Song · Sandy Carlson · pm

7 · [cartoon] · [uncredited] · ct

8-11 · Jackpot · Braxton Younts · ss

9 · Eulogy for Gravel · Ben Carr · pm

9 · Because It Made Sense · Ben Carr · pm

10 · Sensation Unfinished · Allison Whittenberg · pm

10 · The Outside Player · Allison Whittenberg · pm

11-13 · Kay Boyle: Saint Paul’s Other Writer · Joel Van Valin · ar

13 · Cancer · Daryl Gobey · pm

13 · About the Writers · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade: A Twin Cities Literary Journal [Vol. I No. 2, Fall 2001] ed. Joel Van Valin (free, 16pp, tabloid, cover by Lisa Van Valin) []
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · From the Editor · Joel Van Valin · ed

2-4 · Burning Leaves · Michael Ramberg · ss

3 · Fixer Upper · Dan May · pm

3 · The Cut-Across Lady · Dan May · pm

4 · Learning to Spell My Name · Shelly Reed · pm

4 · We Interrupt This Station · Shelly Reed · pm

5-6 · The Deer · Sandy Carlson · ss

6 · A Tuscan Romance · Michael Pracht · pm

7-8 · Showdown in Yellow Sky · Henrik Paaske · ss

8 · The Way They Talk · Christopher Jones · pm

9-11 · Knock at the Door: A Personal Reaction · Judd Spicer · ss; listed on contents page as “essay” but described as “fictional essay”--it’s a story by my definition: premise is author’s friend Osama bin Laden drops by to chat.

10 · Sweet Anger for the War Horse · Brooke Noble · pm

10 · Jostle · Brooke Noble · pm

11 · Answering Machine · Weston Cutter · pm

11-12 · Archangel Protocol Brings Angels to Cyberland · Joel Van Valin · br; book review of L. Morehouse’s novel.

12 · Another Express · Christopher Jones · pm

12 · [cartoon strip] · [uncredited] · cs

13 · About the Writers · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade: A Twin Cities Literary Journal [Vol. I No. 3, Winter 2001] ed. Joel Van Valin (free, 20pp, tabloid, cover by photo) []
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

2 · From the Editor · Joel Van Valin · ed

2 · In Minnesota, Even God Has a Cold · Scott Helmes · ar

3-6 · Yellowstone · Tom Brennan · ss

4 · Lamia Bathing · Shelly Reed · pm

4 · Hunger Feast · Shelly Reed · pm

5 · Ala Cest Ce Pas Olympus · B. Somnouk Thao Warra · pm

6 · Ancestry · Maria Cinanni · pm

7-8 · The Usual · Braxton Younts · ss

8 · Cycle · Kellie Lyn Foumier · pm

8 · To Ben in Colorado · ? · pm

9-10 · Three Alarms · ? · ss

9 · Too Late / Too Drunk / Too Dark · Weston Cutter · pm

10 · An Absent Priest Rings a Silent Bell · Rick Lewis · pm

10 · Byros Has Returned · Joel Van Valin · pm

11-14 · The Devil and Denny Hocking: A Fictional Essay · Joel Spicer · ss

13 · Devils Lakes and Contradiction · Tom Garcia · pm

14 · Morning Colours · Maria Cinanni · pm

14 · The Skies of Saint Laurence · Maria Cinanni · pm

15-17 · Books · Joel Van Valin & Weston Cutter · rc

17 · About the Writers · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade: A Twin Cities Literary Journal [Vol. II No. 1, Spring 2002] []

· The Free Zone · Joyce Yarrow · ss

· The Square Root of Bull Hollow · Barry Simms · ss

· The Legend of Robin Hood · Joel Van Valin · ar

· Profile—Paula Fox · Weston Cutter · bg [Ref. Paula Fox]

· Mostly Water · Sandy Carlson · pm

· Two Crows · Sandy Carlson · pm

· Derby Day · Sandy Carlson · pm

· What Ms. Nin Might Have Said · Anthony Telschow · pm

· Decembrist · Kate Zangrilli · pm

· Doughnut Sonnet No. 43 · Stephanie Scarborough · pm

· Forever I’ll Love You (Perhaps) · Stephanie Scarborough · pm

· Self Government Group Meeting · Neil Cunningham · pm

· Bombing Merzbau · Scott Helmes · pm

· Aftermath · Nikole Williams · pm

· Peripheral Vision · Ian Randall Wilson · pm

· Instructions for Opening a Door · Ian Randall Wilson · pm

· Scrabble · Shelly Reed · pm

· Story Time · Rhonda Dahl · pm

Whistling Shade: A Twin Cities Literary Journal [Vol. II No. 2, Summer 2002] ed. Joel Van Valin (free, 22pp, tabloid, cover by photo) []
“The Science Fiction Issue”
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

2 · From the Editor · Joel Van Valin · ed

2 · July · Amber Shields · pm

3 · Memo to Saint Peter · Mic Hunter · hu

3 · Genesis 2020 · B. Somnouk Thao Worra · pm

4 · High Stakes · Jeff Strand · vi (r)
reprint from website Planet Relish, www.planetrelish.com.

5 · Purple · Shawn P. Madison · ss Alien Worlds #21, December 2001

6 · Never Want to Let You Go · Stephanie Scarborough · pm

8 · Optical Orifice of the Beholder · K. G. McAbee · ss Challenging Destiny #7, August 1999

10 · Snakestail · Colleen Drippé · ss Double Danger Tales #46, September 2001

14 · The Mirage · Daniel Karasik · vi

15 · A Glimpse · Joel Van Valin · ss

17 · Lounge Lizards · Sandra O’Briant · vi

18 · Filmruleto Esperanto: William Shatner and the Curse of ’Incubus’ · Sten Johnson · mr

18 · Little Casino, by Gilbert Sorrentino · Weston Cutter · br

19 · In Our Strange Gardens, by Michel Quint · Sandy Carlson · br

20 · Everything Is Illuminated, by Jonathan Safran Foer · Weston Cutter · br

20 · The Life Before Her Eyes, by Laura Kasischke · Joel Van Valin · br

21 · About the Writers · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade: A Twin Cities Literary Journal [Vol. II No. 3, Fall 2002] ed. Joel Van Valin (free, 20pp, tabloid, cover: [photo] by Joel Van Valin) []
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

2 · From the Whistler · Joel Van Valin · ed

2 · In Distrust of Merits · Marianna Moore · pm (r)
reprinted from Nevertheless, 1944.

3 · Celebrity Death Watch · Michael Fedo · ss

3 · A Bouquet of Triolets for Bridget Bishop · Judy Stainer · pm

4 · Fake Hand · Dave Fromm · ss

4 · The Disappearance of Strangers · Duane Locke · pm

5 · Driving to Take the Ferry to Cadiz · Greg McNellie · pm

5 · Indigo · Joyce Yarrow · vi

6 · From Momentum—Four Excerpts · Jesse Glass · pm

7 · “I Hold the Stick” · Jeff Strand · ss (r)
from Absinthe Literary Review.

7 · Mouse · Jesse Glass · pm

8 · For the Blood of It: The Poetry of Jennifer Boyden · Weston Cutter · nf

· Showcase: Poetry

_9 · Running the Bulls · Jennifer Boyden · pm

_9 · Flag · Jennifer Boyden · pm

_9 · Regret · Jennifer Boyden · pm

10 · Scout · Pam Manthey · ss

13 · The Making of Hiawatha · Joel Van Valin · nf

14 · Charles Wright May Have Said · Shelly Reed · pm

14 · Cinema: Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ’Fando and Lis’: An Anti-Review · Stan Johnson · nf

15 · Books · Various · rc

_15 · July, July, by Tim O’Brien · Weston Cutter · br

_16 · Bringing Down the House, by Ben Mezrich · Weston Cutter · br

_16 · The Potato Professor: A Fictional Review · Ed Teja · hu

17 · About the Writers · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade: The Twin Cities Literary Journal [Vol. II No. 4, Winter 2002] ed. Joel Van Valin (free, 24pp, tabloid, cover: [photo] by Andrew Ryan) []
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

2 · From the Whistler · Joel Van Valin · ed

2 · Letters · The Readers · lc

2 · How Society Values Writers · [uncredited] · ct

3 · The Uptown Lit · Neil Haugerud · vi

3 · Like the Very Mold on My Bread Is He (in parody of Sappho) · Stephanie Scarborough · pm

4 · Lovely Traditions · Judd Hampton · vi

4 · Farewell, Adieu, Dear Nagging Wife · Stephanie Scarborough · pm

5 · Art in the Valley · J. K. Mason · ss

5 · Of the Sky · Janie Shelton Whisenhutn · pm

7 · Transcript · Dave Fromm · ss; in q & a format, ends on p.11.

10 · In the Cold · Jesse Glass · pm

12 · The Beautiful Strength of Richard Powers · Weston Cutter · br; of THE TIME OF OUR SINGING, by Powers.

13 · Happy Hour · Braxton Younts · vi

13 · Please Mind the Gap · Jennifer Mack · pm

13 · Sand · Jennifer Mack · pm

14 · The Old & the Cheap: Whistling Shade’s Used Book Store Tour · Misc. · nf

16 · Cinema: The Burden of Fitzcarraldo · Sten Johnson · mr

17 · Remembering: Tribute to Paul Wellstone · Larry McDonough · nf

17 · Mourn Him · Jesse Glass · pm

18 · For Raymond Carver · Ed Teja · pm

18 · Bingo Under the Crucifix by Laurie Foos · Joel Van Valin · br

18 · Faces in the Crowds: A Tokyo International Anthology edited by Hillel Wright · Joel Van Valin · br

19 · Godcountry by Colleen Drippe · Joel Van Valin · br

19 · Get Your War On by David Rees · Weston Cutter · br

20 · American Studies by Louis Menand · Weston Cutter · br

20 · Call Me Kick! by John Osader · Joel Van Valin · br

21 · A Few Words with John Oander · Joel Van Valin · iv [Ref. John Oander]

21 · About the Writers · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade: The Twin Cities Literary Journal [Vol. III No. 1, Spring 2003] ed. Joel Van Valin (free, 24pp, tabloid, cover: [photo] by Jennifer Roggenbuck) []
“The Sports Issue”
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

2 · From the Whistler · Joel Van Valin · ed

2 · The Consequences of Man · Judd Hampton · vi

3-4 · Millionaire · Dave Fromm · ss

4 · Excerpt from the Bleeding Horse Opus (Middle) · John Sweet · pm

4 · For Dali, with Regrets That It Couldn’t Be More · John Sweet · pm

5 · I’ll Be Fine · P. D. Sunderland · ss

6-9 · The Old Linemen · Judd Spicer · ss

7 · Hunger Erupts · Jesmia Avery · pm

8 · Cotton and Bone · Anne Fraser · pm

9-11 · The Last Battle of My Water-Gun Years · Eric Mein · ss

10 · The Connectedness of All Things · Chet Corey · pm

11 · Man on the Sidewalk · William Woolfitt · pm

12 · Bottom of the Twelfth · Shawn P. Madison · vi

13 · The Other Tom Baxton · Michael Ramberg · vi

13 · Ghost Town Visitor—Off of US 66, West of Kingman, Arizona · Jeffrey C. Alfier · pm

14 · Cinema—2002: The Top 10 Films · Sten Johnson · mr

14 · Of Dark, of Wychwood · D. Garcia-Wahl · pm

15-16 · Joe Di Maggio Turns His Lonely Eyes Toward the Girl at 2833 West Third Street · Michael Fedo · nf

16 · The Tooth Fairy · Lauran G. Strait · ss

18 · Books · Various · rc

_18 · Spies, by Michael Frayn · Eli Weintraub · br [Ref. Michael Frayn]

_18 · A Memoir of No One in Particular, by Daniel Harris · James Beach · br [Ref. Daniel Harris]

_19 · Bellocq’s Ophelia, by Natasha Trethewey · Mercer Bufter · br [Ref. Natasha Trethewey]

_19 · The Porcelain Apes of Moses Mendelssohn, by Jean Nordhaus · Mercer Bufter · br [Ref. Jean Nordhaus]

20 · Inversion · Janis Riehl · pm

21 · Three Ways of Waking · Danny C. Knestaut · pm

21 · [cartoon] · A. J. Mason · ct

21 · About the Writers · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade: The Twin Cities Literary Journal [Vol. III No. 2, Summer 2003] []

· When the World Becomes New Again · Tony Rauch · ss

· At Les Baux · Ken Warner · ss

· Beyond the Reef · John B. Rosenman · ss

· Just Like Home · Allen McGill · ss

· Book-Crawling in Bangkok · B. Somnouk Thao Worra · ar

· On Not Speaking English · Curtis West · ar

· Even Here We Are—Rabindranath Tagore and Why Art Anyway? · Weston Cutter · ar [Ref. Rabindranath Tagore]

· Song of the Guatemalan Street Seller · Marcia Mascolini · pm

· African Eternity · Maureen M. Smith · pm

· Hari-ki-Pairi—Bathing at the Footsteps of God · Melinda L. Alderman-Vajaria · pm

· Guards in the Pushkin Museum · Sharon Chmielarz · pm

· Why She Likes It · Amber Shields · pm

· Outside Port-au-Prince · John Grey · pm

· The Highlands of Sulawesi · John Grey · pm

· What I Have Learned in the Jungles of Guatemala · Kelly Westhoff · pm

· Collecting Stamps · Jeff Leong · pm

· Lake Trasimeno · Maria Cinanni · pm

· Summer—A Pantoum · Sreedhar Balagapal · pm

· A Terrorist in Words Alone · Corey Mesler · pm

· A Few Words with Ed Teja · [uncredited] · iv [Ref. Ed Teja]

Whistling Shade: The Twin Cities Literary Journal [Vol. III No. 3, Fall 2003] ed. Joel Van Valin (free, 24pp, tabloid, cover: [photo] by Joel Van Valin) []
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

2 · From the Whistler · Joel Van Valin · ed

2 · First Patrol · Jim Colley · pm

3- 4 · I’m Dead, Now What? · Michael Fedo · ss

3 · Utah · Garry Nordenstern · pm

4 · Sparse Music · Sharon Chmielarz · pm

4 · Haiku · Carly Svamvour · pm

5- 8 · Dope, Discipline, Derangement · Justin Teerlinck · ss

6 · That’s What Cell Phones Are For · T. Robert Torkildson · pm

8 · Red and Its Biographer · Steve Mueske · pm

9-10 · Thirteen · Nick Padron · ss

9 · Lyric · Patrick Erickson · pm

10 · Cinema: Leni Riefenstahl’s Divide Legacy · Sten Johnson · nf

11-14 · Edna St. Vincent Millay - a Pilgrimage · Joel Van Valin · nf

12 · God’s World · Edna St. Vincent Millay · pm (r)
from Renascence, 1917.

12 · Song of a Second April · Edna St. Vincent Millay · pm Ainslee’s February 1920

13 · Recuerdo · Edna St. Vincent Millay · pm Poetry May 1919

13 · Passer Mortuus Est · Edna St. Vincent Millay · pm (r)
from Second April, 1921.

13 · I Shall Go Back Again to That Bleak Shore · Edna St. Vincent Millay · pm (r)
from The Harp-Weaver, 1923.

14 · The Return from Town · Edna St. Vincent Millay · pm (r)
from The Harp-Weaver, 1923.

14 · To Ask Her (For Prashant) · Neha Malhotra · pm

15 · Heat Stroke · Karen Kleiman · ss

15 · The Custodian · Danny P. Barbare · pm

16-17 · Cool Dead People: Forking Through Edgar Lee Master’s (sic) River of Souls · [uncredited] · nf

17 · Profile—C.D. Wright · Weston Cutter · nf

18-19 · Rise and Fall · Michael Davidson · ss

_20-21 · Books · Various · rc

_20 · Twelve Branches—Stories from St. Paul, by Nora Murphy et al · Joel Van Valin · br [Ref. Nora Murphy]

_20-21 · Sin of Omission, by David Evans Katz · Mike Terrell · br [Ref. David Evans Katz]

_21 · Indians in the Arborvitae, by Michael Fedo · Joel Van Valin · br [Ref. Michael Fedo]

21 · About the Writers · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade [Vol. III No. 4, Winter 2003-2004] ed. Joel Van Valin (free, 20pp, tabloid, cover: [photo] by Joel Van Valin) []
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2 · From the Whistler · Joel Van Valin · ed

2 · Short Vacations · Lee Clark Zumpe · pm

3 · Dr. Talbot’s Cider · Patricia Tompkins · vi The Copperfield Review

4-5 · Squeeze · Michael Cocchiarale · ss

5 · Inconsequential · Michael McManus · pm

6-7 · The Bright Light at 50K · Eli Jean Weintraub · nf

7 · Poetry Readings Around the Twin Cities · Jesmia Avery · nf

8-9 · The Chain · Elizabeth Schambacher · ss

9 · Housesitter · Kenneth Pobo · pm

10 · Cinema: Noir Recherche: Jean-Pierre Melville’s “Le Cercle Rouge” · Sten Johnson · mr

10 · Third Week in the Desert · John Grey · pm

11 · Bob Hope Still Owes Russia $1200 · Joel Van Valin · br; review of Hope’s I Owe Russia $1200.

11 · Ayers Rock Sunset · Ross Plovnick · pm

12 · Explode—Olena K. Davis and Your Reset Button · Weston Cutter · nf; review of her poetry, mostly Shattered Sonnets.

13 · Cool Dead People: Bruce Chatwin, He’s a Real Nomad Man · Suzanne Nielsen · nf

14-15 · The Allure of Mima Shura’s Knishes · David Evans Katz · ss

15-17 · Books · Various · rc

_15 · What Narcissism Means to Me, by Tony Hoagland · Weston Cutter · br [Ref. Tony Hoagland]

_15-16 · The Compassionate Rebel, ed. Burt F. Berlowe et al · Eli Weintraub · br [Ref. Burt F. Berlowe]

_16 · It Was Today, by Andrei Codrescu · Jesmia Avery · br [Ref. Andrei Codrescu]

_17 · A Journal of a Mississippi River Canoe Adventure, by Jime and Carol Otremba · Joel Van Valin · br [Ref. Jime & Carol Otremba]

17 · About the Writers · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade [v4 #1, Spring 2004] ed. Joel Van Valin (free, 24pp, tabloid, cover: [photo] by Joel Van Valin) []
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

2 · From the Whistler · Joel Van Valin · ed

2-4 · The Musician’s Corner in Purgatory · Michael Fedo · ss

3 · Floors · Steve Price · pm

5-6 · Don’t Kill Mother! · Stoyan Valev; translated by Nevena Pascaleva · ss
translated from the Bulgarian.

6-9 · Two Patriots, Six Counties · Sean Dent · ss

8 · A New World · Van Anderson · pm

9-10 · Daphne Du Maurier’s Ordinary People · Joel Van Valin · nf

10 · 12:50 PM in the Ant Museum · Georgie Lee Blalock, III · pm

11 · Cool Dead People—Repetition in a Name: The Soul of Jerome K. Jerome, 1859-1927 · Suzanne Nielsen · nf

12 · Whistling’s Shade’s Gallery of Limericks

_12 · New York · Timothy Torildson · pm

_12 · Dear Martha · Timothy Torildson · pm

_12 · Jesse at Harvard · Timothy Torkildson · pm

_12 · Latest Terrorist Alert · Timothy Torkildson · pm

_12 · First Date · Michael Ramberg · pm

_12 · Possible Futures for the Bush Administration · Joel Van Valin · pm

12-17 · There Is Only Noise · Christo Oosthulzen · ss

16 · Maiden Voyage · Naomi Kamimura · pm; (in English and Japanese).

17-18 · Where Are You Now, Charming Billy? · Wayne Scheer · ss

19 · Lyrics: Underneath the Stars, by Kate Rusby · Joel Van Valin · ms; music review.

19 · Cinema: 2003: The Top 10 Films · Sten Johnson · mr

20-21 · Books · Various · rc

_ · Human Cathedrals, by John Sweet · Shelly Reed · br [Ref. John Sweet]

_ · Trawler: A Journey Through the North Atlantic, by Redmond O’Hanlon · Sten Johnson · br [Ref. Redmond O’Hanlon]

_ · Wild Hands Toward the Sky, by Ray Elliott · Rhonda Niola · br [Ref. Ray Elliott]

21 · About the Writers · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade [v4 #2, Summer 2004] ed. Joel Van Valin (free, 18pp+, tabloid, cover: [photo] by Anne Lies) []
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2 · From the Whistler: Three Years · Joel Van Valin · ed

2 · Literary Crossword · Misc. · pz

3-4 · Bambi Sabatini, Inc. · Michael Fowler · ss

4 · How He Became Known as Daddy · Braxton Younts · pm

5-7 · The Journey Out · Michael Ramberg · ss

5 · Sea Satori · Akin Olatidoye · pm

6 · Mediation of Psalm 23 · Sharon Chmielarz · pm

6 · The Sun Is Square: Dakota Proverbs · Sharon Chmielarz · pm

7 · Cool Dead People: Dawn Powell’s Life: A Series of Allez Oops! · Suzanne Nielsen · nf

7 · Communicating with a Larger Body of Water · Suzanne Nielsen · pm

8-11 · The Bar Stories; all supposedly true anecdotes, vignette length.

__8 · A Trip to Burdick’s · Nelson Inz · ts

__8 · On Wisconsin · Jesmia Avery · ts

__9 · The Joke’s on Bertelli · Jim Cooley · ts

__9 · Conflict of Interests · as told to Rhonda Niola · ts

__10 · Gene · Sharon Chmielarz · ts

__10-11 · Shakespeare, House Keys, and Drinking with the MP · Joel Van Valin · ts

11 · Elders of the Village · Curtis M. Urness · ss

12-15 · Evan Went to Heaven · Daniel Maclaine · ss

13 · Strong Horses · Jack Conway · pm

15 · About Town: Poetry at the Artists Quarter and the Blue Nile · Jesmia Avery · nf

16 · Cinema: Hell Is Full: The Unwelcome Return of ’Dawn of the Dead’ · Sten Johnson · mr

16-17 · Books · Various · rc

__16 · Oblivion, by David Foster Wallace · Weston Cutter · br [Ref. David Foster Wallace]

__16-17 · Sad Little Breathing Machine, by Matthea Harvey · Weston Cutter · br [Ref. Matthea Harvey]

__17 · Sweet Bells Jangled, by Laura Redden Searing · Joel Van Valin · br [Ref. Laura Redden Searing]

17 · About the Writers · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade [v4 #3, Fall 2004] ed. Joel Van Valin (free, 22pp+, tabloid, cover: [photo] by Adrian Rimbu) []
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2 · From the Whistler: Ruminator Farewell · Joel Van Valin · ed

2 · Dog Satire: Adventures of a Dog Poet · A. J. & J. K. Mason · cs

2 · Literary Crossword · [uncredited] · pz

3-6 · Behind the Yellow Line · Justin Teerlinck · ss

5 · Transtromer Imagines an Amish Electrician After Reading Maxwell · Gregory Clark · pm

7-8 · Anna Karenina’s Children’s Novel · Bob Blaisdell · nf

8 · About Town: Literary E-zines · Jesmia Avery · ms; website reviews of: three candles / Unarmed: Adventurous Poetry Journal / The Wayfarer / Double Dare Press.

9-10 · Far Star · Chuck Brown · ss

10 · Cinema: Eye on the Rabbit—The Saga of Vincent Gallo’s “The Brown Bunny” · Sten Johnson · mr

11 · Cool Dead People: The Mortality of Lineage—Janet’s Come and Gone · Suzanne Nielsen · nf [Ref. Taylor Caldwell]; on Taylor Caldwell.

11 · A High-Up Town in Italy · Duane Locke · pm

12-14 · New Book Store Tour · Various · nf; reviews of seventeen book stores in the Twin Cities metro area; a followup to the “Used Book Store Tour” article in the winter 2002 issue.

15-19 · Whitewater · Laurie Suomala · ss

16 · An Eisenhower Affair · Melanie Faith · pm

· Books · Various · rc

_19-20 · Up Above the World: Revisiting Paul Bowles · Sten Johnson · br [Ref. Paul Bowles]

_20 · The Saint’s Bones (The Gang, Book 1) by Mark Edwards · Joel Van Valin · br [Ref. Mark Edwards]

_20 · Civil Disobedience - Poetics and Politics in Action ed. by Anne Waldman and Lisa Birman · Joel Van Valin · br [Ref. Anne Waldman & Lisa Birman]

21 · Backyard Writer: Brian Lutterman · Joel Van Valin · iv [Ref. Brian Lutterman]

21 · About the Writers · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v4 #4, Winter 2004/2005] ed. Joel Van Valin (free, 22pp+, tabloid) []
Cover is a reproduction of etching “Flora MacIvor at the Waterfall”).
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

2 · From the Whistler: When Poetry Is a Crime · Joel Van Valin · ed

2 · An African Outhouse After a Hurricane, Dec. 1983 · Apryl Fox · pm

2 · Dog Satire: Adventures of a Dog Poet · A. J. & K. J. Mason · cs

3-4 · Jaw · Heather Goodman · ss

4 · Against the Graine · Michelle Burke · pm

5-6 · Snatch Up Cookies · Beadrin Youngdahl · ss

6 · Whistling Shade’s Poetry Survey · Joel Van Valin · ms

7 · About Town: Local Publishers · Jeanne Avery · ms; descriptions of Coffee House Press; Milkweed Editions; Graywolf Press; Llewellyn Worldwide; j-Press Publishing; University of Minnesota Press.

8 · Cool Dead People: Charlotte Mew—A Back Alley Journey · Suzanne Nielsen · nf

9 · Shady Dealings · D. Garcia Wahl · cl

9 · Funny Halo · Maurice Oliver · pm

10-12 · Walter Scott’s Femme Fatale · Joel Van Valin · nf

13-18 · Interred with the Bones · Eric Prochaska · ss

14 · The Dark Night of the Body · Duane Locke · pm

19-21 · Books · Various · rc

_19 · Millard Fillmore, Mon Amour by John Blumenthal · Melanie Faith · br [Ref. John Blumenthal]

_19 · Deja Vu and the Phone Sex Queen by Michael McIrvin · Michael Ramberg · br [Ref. Michael McIrvin]

_19 · The Egg Lady and Other Neighbors by Tricia Currana-Sheehan · Joel Van Valin · br [Ref. Tricia Currana-Sheehan]

_19-20 · The Crowded Room by Michael Maupin · Sten Johnson · br [Ref. Michael Maupin]

_20 · Earthling by Steve Healey · Gregory Clark · br [Ref. Steve Healey]

_20-21 · Chapbooks! · Joel Van Valin · br; brief notes on four chapbooks.

21 · Backyard Writer: Jack Koblas : Interview · Joel Van Valin · iv [Ref. Jack Koblas]

21 · About the Writers · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v5 #1, Spring 2005] ed. Joel Van Valin (free, 20pp, tabloid) []
cover is a reproduction of seventeenth century painting, “The Muses,” by Eustache Le Sueur
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

2 · From the Whistler: Aprille with His Shoures Sote · Joel Van Valin · ed

2 · Letter to My Brain Surgeon · Michelle Barnette · pm

2 · Dog Satire: Adventures of a Dog Poet · A. J. & K. J. Mason · cs

3 · Gigantic · Tony Rauch · vi

3 · Hands · Greg Watson · pm

4 · Pine Log on the Gunflint · Luke Hinrichs · pm

4-5 · This Is Duluth! · Michael Fedo · nf

6 · About Town: Literary Cafes · Jesmia Avery · ms

6 · First Born · Liza Porter · pm

7 · Shady Dealings · D. Garcia Wahl · cl; humor re types of poets heard at open readings.

7 · Good-bye Again · Liza Porter · pm

8 · Cool Dead People: Frida Uhl’s Veins of Ink · Suzanne Nielsen · ar

8 · Houdini’s Women · Cheryl Snell · pm

9 · An Essay Betraying My Love · Lisa Zaran · ar; on Bob Dylan.

9 · Auschwitz-Birkenau · Sharon Chmielarz · pm

10 · Sunset Swim · John Grey · pm

10-12 · Drinking in Iranduba · Jarda Cervenka · ss

12 · Sacred · Yume Chung Martinez · pm

12 · Hopper’s Summer Interior · Pj Nights · pm

13 · Twofers · Suzanne Nielsen · ss

14 · Profile—Eiji Yoshikawa · Joel Van Valin · ar

15-16 · Books · Various · rc

__ · Shadowplay, by Jeffrey Burton · Sten Johnson · br [Ref. Jeffrey Burton]

__ · If Nothing Else, by Harold Bowes · Tony Telschow · br [Ref. Harold Bowes]

__ · All the Way Home, by Ann Tatlock · Deanna Reiter · br [Ref. Ann Tatlock]

__ · The Lady and the Unicorn, by Tracy Chevalier · Kristin Johnson · br [Ref. Tracy Chevalier]

16-17 · Backyard Writer: A Medieval Interview with Margaret Frazer · Joel Van Valin · iv [Ref. Gail Frazer]

17 · About the Writers · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v5 #2, Summer 2005] ed. Joel Van Valin (free, 24pp, tabloid) []
“The Travel Issue”
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2 · From the Whistler: Traveler’s Tales · Joel Van Valin · ed

2 · From Arthur Young’s “On the Revolution in France” (1792) · Misc. · ms

3-4 · Driving Around Beijing · Michael Glassman · ss

4 · That Girl Running · Liza Porter · pm

5 · Prophylactica? · Wayne Scheer · ar

5 · At the Beach on a Cloudy Day · Amber Shields · pm

5 · At the Temple of Aphrodite: Aphrodisias, Turkey · James P. Lenfestey · pm

6 · Menaka · Neha Malhotra · pm

6-7 · Alias Bob Seger and the Little Bear Bar · Mark Garcia · ar

7 · Three Sisters · Katrina Guarascio · pm

8 · The Romance of Paris · Sandra Clough · vi

8-9 · Shady Dealings: Poetry—How Novel · D. Garcia Wahl · cl

9 · Manikarnika Ghat · D. Garcia-Wahl · pm

9 · Opinion: Can Pawlenty Negotiate Better Than Ramsey Did? · Elizabeth Dorsey Hatle · ar

10 · Cool Dead People: Annie, Ad Alta! · Suzanne Nielsen · cl; on Annie Smith Peck.

11 · About Town: Literary Cafes, Part II · Jesmia Avery · ar

11 · Nostalgia · Heather Goodman · ar

12-13 · Losing, I Think · Erin T. Pringle · ss

13 · Casting Nets Along the Guadalquiver · Rhonda Niola · pm

14 · For the Love of Goat · Jennifer Mueller · ar

14 · Hospital in the Himalayas · Ashok Niyogi · pm

15 · Rocketships · Curtis Urness · vi

15 · Time Zones · Chet Carey · pm

16 · Kapuna Wahine · Niomi Rohn Phillips · ar

17-18 · Malcolm Lowry’s Neverending Voyage · Sten Johnson · ar

18-20 · Books · Various · rc

__ · A Century of November, by W.D. Wetherell · Kristin Johnson · br [Ref. W. D. Wetherell]

__ · In the Seasons of My Mind, by Marty Matz · Michael Ramberg · br [Ref. Marty Matz]

__ · Shut Up/Shut Down, by Mark Nowak · Beadrin (Pixie) Youngdahl · br [Ref. Mark Nowak]

__ · I Am Spam, by Larry O. Dean · Rhonda Niola · br [Ref. Larry O. Dean]

20-21 · Backyard Writer: Jude Nutter · Joel Van Valin · iv [Ref. Jude Nutter]

21 · Dog Satire: Adventures of a Dog Poet · A. J. & J. K. Mason · cs

21 · About the Writers · [uncredited] · bg

Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v5 #3, Fall 2005] ed. Joel Van Valin (free, 17+3pp, tabloid, cover: Memories of Edgar by Stephanie Rodriguez) []
“The Mystery and Crime Issue”.
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2 · From the Whistler: The Mystery · Joel Van Valin · ed

2 · The Alley · Rosemarie Crisafi · pm

2 · Then There Were Six · Moira Richards · vi

2-3 · Bandit Blood · Joyce Yarrow · ss

4 · The Mystery of the Missing Mrs. Corn · Bob Iles · ss

4 · I Think I Have Succeeded · Jenna Cardinale · pm

5 · Franklyn at the Window · John Grey · pm

5-6 · Tahlium Apple Pie · Jarda Cervenka · ss

6 · Dionysus in the Glass Shop · Carol Carpenter · pm

7 · Shady Dealing: Webzine - Leaving the Christmas Lights Up Year Round · D. Garcia Wahl · cl; webzine reviews.

7 · Happily Ever After · Beadrin (Pixie) Youngdahl · vi

7 · A Mend in the Road · Morgan Grayce Willow · pm

8 · Cool Dead People: Henry Darger’s Realms of the Unreal: A Life Contained in Script and Image · Suzanne Nielsen · nf

9 · Spectral Cinders · Joanna M. Weston · pm

9-10 · War Story · Richard A. Thompson · ss

10 · Midnight: July · Heather Helene Hooper · pm

11-14 · Summer of Corn · Ellen Dworsky · ss

12 · She Says Timothy · Jason Wesco · pm

13 · Time Lag · Louisa Howerow · pm

14 · We Shall Wear Orange Scarves · Vladimir Orlov · pm

15 · The Dover of Mondezibar · Brian Reynolds · vi

15-16 · Backyard Writer: William Kent Krueger · Kristin Johnson · iv

16-17 · Books · Various · rc

_16 · We’re in Trouble, by Christopher Coake · Joel Van Valin · br [Ref. Christopher Coake]

_16 · Poison Heart, by Mary Logue · Kristin Johnson · br [Ref. Mary Logue]

_17 · I’ll Watch the Moon, by Ann Tatlock · Rhonda Niola · br [Ref. Ann Tatlock]

_17 · Making Her Way—The Search for Helga, by Nancy Frederiksen · Joel Van Valin · br [Ref. Nancy Frederiksen]

17 · About the Writers · [uncredited] · bg

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