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Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v13 #1, Spring/Summer 2013] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade; Santa Monica, CA, issn 1537-1859, free, 29+3pp, 8½" x 11" newsprint) “The Pets Issue” Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · photo: Sir Percival · Joel Van Valin · cv 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 _28 · The Reindeer Camps, by Barton Sutter · Joel Van Valin · br 29 · About Our Contributors · Anon. · bg

Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v13 #2, Fall/Winter 2013] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade; Santa Monica, CA, issn 1537-1859, free, 29+3pp, 8.5" x 11" newsprint) “The Ghost Issue”. Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · photo: Mausoleum · Joel Van Valin · cv 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 · Anon. · 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 _28 · Chapbook Reviews · Joel Van Valin · br 29 · About Our Contributors · Anon. · bg

Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v14 #1, Spring/Summer 2014] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade; St. Paul, MN, issn 1537-1859, 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 [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 [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 _28 · Tether, by Kirsten Dienking · Lauren Raheja · br 29 · About Our Contributors · Anon. · bg

Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v14 #2, Fall/Winter 2014] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade; St. Paul, MN, issn 1537-1859, free, 29+3pp, 8.5" x 11" newsprint) “The Work Issue.” Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · [photo] · Joel Van Valin · cv 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 _28 · Chapbook Reviews: Birding, by Lois Welshon [Lois Welshun] · Robert Richard Menge · br _28 · Chapbook Reviews: Danger Falling Down, by Howie Good [Howard Good] · Robert Richard Menge · br 28 · Mill Creek at Plainville · Nancy Carol Moody · pm 29 · The Unexpected Fair · Christopher Barnes · pm 29 · About Our Contributors · Anon. · bg

Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v15 #1, Spring/Summer 2015] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade; St. Paul, MN, issn 1537-1859, 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 [Colette] 13 · Encountering Walt Whitman’s Illegitimate Great-Grandson · John-Ivan Palmer · ar [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 · br 28 · Woodstock · Thomas R. Smith · pm 29 · About Our Contributors · Anon. · bg

Whistling Shade: Literary Journal [v15 #2, Fall/Winter 2015] ed. Joel Van Valin (Whistling Shade; St. Paul, MN, issn 1537-1859, 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 [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 [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 _28 · One of Us, by Tawni O’Dell · J. P. Johnson · br 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; St. Paul, MN, free, 29+3pp, 8.5" x 11" newsprint) Details supplied by Denny Lien. “Nature Poetry” Issue. fc. · [photo] · Joel Van Valin · cv 2 · From the Whistler · Joel Van Valin · ed 2 · In Memoriam [Gary Shulze; Prince Rogers Nelson] · Anon. · ob 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 _28 · Wrestling with Angels, by Daniel Gabriel · Joel Van Valin · br 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) “The Historical Issue” Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · [photo of Wabasha Street, St. Paul, c.1908] · Anon. · cv 2 · From the Whistler · Joel Van Valin · ed 2 · In Memoriam [Philip Dacey] · Joel Van Valin · ob 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” · Anon. · ar [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, by Lee Henschel, Jr. · Joel Van Valin · br _28 · Walks Along the Ditch, by Bill Tremblay · Morgan Grayce Willow · br _28 · Firstborn, by Franco Pagnucci · Joel Van Valin · br 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) “Whistling Shade’s Cinema Issue”. Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · “An old movie theateer, with some slight changes to the marquee” · Anon. · cv 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) Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · Back wall of the Palmer Hotel, Sauk Center · Joel Van Valin · cv 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 [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 [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, 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 _28 · Review of Still Living in Town, by Kevin FitzPatrick · Joel Van Valin · br 28 · Town · Margaret Young · pm 29 · Itinerary · Jane Blanchard · pm 29 · About Our Contributors · [Various] · bg