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Spirit’s Tincture [#2, November 2016] ed. A. A. Robinson, C. Ashing & S. Brown ($9.40, 42pp, quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 3 · Editorial · A. A. Robinson, C. Ashing & S. Brown · ed 5 · Marsh · Sheelonee Banerjee · pm 6 · Yolanda’s Research · Sandra J. Lindow · pm 7 · Mermaid · Colleen Anderson · pm Polu Texni Oct 8 2012 8 · How to Bake a Child · Melanie Rees · pm 9 · Yard Sale · Changming Yuan · pm 10 · Monoceros · Richard King Perkins, II · pm 12 · Counting Corpses · Karl El-Koura · vi Shadow Box, ed. Shane Jiraiya Cummings & Angela Challis, Brimstone Press 2005 12 · Sun Moon Night · Erin Lale · vi 13 · The Bargain · Charity Tahmaseb · vi 13 · Carnivorous Dinosaurs Beget Vegetarian Kin · JoAnn Chang · vi 14 · The Thunder and the Blood · Gerri Leen · vi 16 · Gaming · Hannah Lackoff · vi 18 · How to Flense a Dragon in Five Easy Steps · Rati Mehrotra · vi 20 · Waiting to Burn · Michelle Ann King · vi Chrome Baby Sep 2014 22 · The Death Sentence · Sarina Dorie · vi 24 · Witches · Catherine Schaff-Stump · vi 28 · Peace, a Triptych · Daniel Ausema · vi 30 · The Tides · Verna Jayne Zafra · vi 32 · Alone with the Muttonbird’s Call · Carmen Tudor · ss 39 · Aswang Love: Clara’s Rhapsody · Vince Gotera · pm 39 · Aswang Peril: Santiago’s Rescue · Vince Gotera · pm 40 · Aswang Honeymoon at the Golden Gate · Vince Gotera · pm 41 · Expanded Description of Aswang Novel-in-Poems · Vince Gotera · ar

Spirit’s Tincture [#3, February 2017] ed. A. A. Robinson, Sage Brown & Cara Ashing (Spirit’s Tincture, $7.80, 24pp, quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 3 · Editor’s Letter · A. A. Robinson, C. Ashing & S. Brown · ar 5 · Sight · Robert Beveridge · pm 6 · Vegetative State · Deborah L. Davitt · pm 7 · Wizard · Anna Cates · pm 9 · Weird · Julia Patt · vi 10 · Writing Materials · Renuka Raghavan · vi 11 · All the [noun] Disappeared Last Night · Buzz Dixon · vi 12 · The Thing in the Lake · Jackie Bee · vi 13 · The Twisty Path · Alan Meyrowitz · vi 15 · False Advertising · Clinton Lawrence · vi 18 · Ghost of the Shoals · Sandra M. Odell · vi 20 · Moth King · Phylicia Bridges · ss

Spirit’s Tincture [#4, May 2017] ed. A. A. Robinson, Sage Brown & Cara Ashing (Spirit’s Tincture, $7.80, 24pp, quarto) Subtitled “Resistance”. Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · Raging Cassandra · Gretchen Tessmer · pm 6 · From Graves · Annaliese Wagner · pm 7 · From Graves II · Annaliese Wagner · pm 9 · Living Water · Kati Waldrop · vi 10 · Refuge · Catherine Moore · vi 11 · The Monologue · Nadia Hutton · vi 12 · After the Empress Burned Our Cities · Sarah Tytler · vi 14 · Shelled Locusts · Hannah Warren · vi 16 · Mirage of Astronomical Objects · Meredith Rose Schorr · vi 18 · The Final Flight of Wives and Mothers · Alexandra Grunberg · vi 20 · The Benevolence of Sibling Leth’s Heart · Patricia Lowther · vi 22 · Mother’s Love · Kit Campbell · vi

Spirit’s Tincture [#5, November 2017] ed. A. A. Robinson, C. Ashing & S. Brown ($7.40, 12pp, quarto) Subtitled “The Poetry Issue”; given as May 2017 in the Table of Contents. Details taken from Table of Contents. 3 · Editorial · A. A. Robinson, C. Ashing & S. Brown · ed 4 · Grimoires Shouldn’t Be Sold on Amazon · Juleigh Howard-Hobson · pm 5 · Black Trees · Francis DiClemente · pm 6 · Next Big Adventure · Sueda Bolukoglu · pm 8 · At the Edge of Ever · Deborah Davitt · pm 9 · The Keener · Wendy Howe · pm 10 · Call Me Home Again, Child · Beth Cato · pm

Spit in the Ocean    (about)

Spit in the Ocean [v1 #1, 1974] ed. Ken Kesey (SITO, $2.00, 128pp, quarto s/b) Details supplied by Ned Brooks. 5 · Remember Me · Nella Novak · ss 8 · Oldtricks · Margo St. James · ss 11 · Dream for a Quarter · Ray Andrews · ss 15 · Exile · Wendell Berry · ss 31 · Hold Your Horses · Walt Curtis · ss 34 · Fables · Lee Quarnstrom · ss 37 · Tranny-man · Ken Kesey · ss 55 · How to Grow Old · Margaret Burgin · ss 57 · Augustin · Laurence Gonzales · ss 64 · Last Treaty · Henry Crow Dog · ss 67 · To a Friend · John Weigel · ss 69 · A.C. · Ken Babbs · ss 81 · Cry Me a Woman · Mary Woods · ss 83 · Until Death · Paul Sawyer · ss 87 · Septuagenary Wag · Gene Detro · ss 90 · Gum Job · Paul Krassner · ss 98 · Toward the Time · Eve Merriam · ss 102 · Seven Prayers · Grandma Whittier · ss

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine    (about)

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#1, Spring 1981] Details supplied by Bill Seabrook. 4 · Beyond Left Field · John Corrigan · pm 5 · Change-up · John Corrigan · pm 6 · Gerty & the Extry Inning · Earl Butler · pm 7 · On Her Way to Work Today... · Earl Butler · pm 8 · The Poem Addressed to Shoeless Joe Jackson... · Arthur Mann Kaye · pm 9 · Reading Olson on a Monday Night, June 1977 · Arthur Mann Kaye · pm 10 · One Thinks of Willie Mays · Arthur Mann Kaye · pm 11 · Highlight of the ’54 World Series · Mike Shannon · pm 13 · Playing Ball · Jim Bourke · pm 14 · The Mantle/Mays Controversy Solved · Mike Shannon · pm 15 · Generation Gap · T. K. Splake · pm 15 · World Series, 1962, Game Seven · T. K. Splake · pm 16 · October Series · Roland Flint · pm 17 · Ground Rule Double · W. J. Harrison · pm 18 · 1946: Bill Kennedy’s Fabulous Year · Terry Smith · ar

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#2, Winter 1982] Details supplied by Bill Seabrook. 4 · With the Go-ahead Run at the Plate · Bill Shively · pm 5 · The Rookie · Jim Palana · pm 6 · From Fields Where Glory Does Not Stay · David Craig · pm 7 · Spring Practice · William Vernon · pm 8 · Batting Practice at Sundown · Kathleen Kirk · pm 9 · November at the Playground · Lester Logan · pm 10 · The Perfect Man for the Job · Mike Shannon · ss 17 · Hitting the Wall · Michael Capek · pm 18 · Backyard Glory · Gene Fehler · pm 19 · Left-handed Poetry · Gene Fehler · pm 20 · Summer Accountants · Wayne Welch · pm 21 · Fast Ball · Wayne Welch · pm 22 · Still-life · David Holdt · pm 23 · In the Minor Leagues · David Holdt · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#3, Spring 1982] Details supplied by Bill Seabrook. 4 · Old-Timers · Jim Palana · ss 12 · Old Man Parker’s Vacant Lot · Gene Fehler · pm 13 · Two Found Poems · Virgil Smith · pm 14 · Hungry Ballplayers · David Sanders · pm 15 · On the Passing of the Polo Grounds · Ralph S. Graber · pm 16 · The Dome and the Hall of Famer · Gene Fehler · ss

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#4, Fall 1982] Details supplied by Bill Seabrook. 4 · Baseball Card Futures · Earl Butler · pm 7 · Flyhawk · Gene Fehler · ss 12 · In December, the Fan Looks Forward to Spring · Mark O’Brien · pm 14 · Halicki on the Way Out · Mike Shannon · pm 15 · The Last Days of Forber Field... · Mike Shannon · pm 16 · Around a Bald Cypress Tree · Milton Jordan · ss 18 · Dream of Jackie Robinson’s Last at Bat · Robert Fox · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#5, Winter 1983] Details supplied by Bill Seabrook. 3 · The Difference Between Quad Cities and Anaheim · Merritt Clifton · pm 4 · Sammy Cayson, Cucumbers, and Me · Gene Fehler · pm 5 · The Spitball Interview · Gene Fehler · iv 13 · Contest Winner, July 1955 · Gene Fehler · pm 14 · Elroy Face · Jim Palana · pm 15 · Wilbur Wood · Gene Fehler · pm 16 · Dick Radatz · Tom Sheehan · pm 17 · Cleveland Slide · Major Ragain · pm 18 · Wichita Braves Baseball · Sheryl Nelms · pm 19 · Home on a Sacrifice · David Feela · pm 25 · The Poem When It Comes · Jack Lent · pm 27 · The Vegetable League · R. Gerry Fabian · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#6, Spring 1983] Details supplied by Bill Seabrook. 5 · Casey and the Agent · Gene Fehler · pm 8 · I Was Once Henry Aaron · Ken Lazebnik · pm 9 · The Basestealer · Tom Blessing · pm 10 · In Cold Fields · Tom Sheehan · pm 11 · Another Strikeout for Mel Parnell · Tom Sheehan · pm 12 · For Bobby Bonds, Remembering Cleveland, 1979 · Milton Jordan · pm 13 · The Crack of the Bat: Adirondack · Peter Cooper · ss 23 · A Day in the Bleachers · D. Roger Martin · pm 24 · Vada Pinson · Virgil Smith · pm 25 · Margaret · T. K. Splake · pm 26 · Ted Williams · Tom Sheehan · pm 27 · Ted Williams—Age 63—Takes Batting Practice · Merritt Clifton · pm 28 · 1983: A Year for Milestones · Tom Miller · ar

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#7, Summer 1983] Details supplied by Bill Seabrook. 3 · Retiring the Uniform · Merritt Clifton · pm 5 · Ozzie Smith · Terry O’Toole · pm 6 · Baseball Manager: Five Variations... · Gene Fehler · pm 7 · Speed & Polygon · D. Blakely · pm 8 · The Art of Baseball Poetry · Mike Shannon · pm 9 · The Utility of Mike Shannon · Joseph Stanton · pm 10 · A Time to Rise, A Time to Fall · Gene Fehler · ss 23 · Ballet · S. P. Goldstein · pm 25 · Like Saturday Night in Caracas · Earl Butler · pm 26 · Battery Mates · William Vernon · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#8, Fall 1983] Details supplied by Bill Seabrook. 3 · The Ghost of Edd Roush Visits Johnny Bench in a Dream · Jim Palana · pm 4 · Johnny Bench: On the Occasion of His Retirement · Mike Shannon · ar 14 · Devotion · Nancy Breen · pm 15 · Candlestick Park · Robert Rinehart · pm 16 · If Robert Frost Were Billy Martin · Gene Fehler · pm 17 · Recalling Vic Wertz · Jim Palana · pm 18 · Trivia Hotline · Terry O’Toole · pm 19 · Touching All the Bases · Tim Peeler · pm 20 · How I Got My Nickname · W. P. Kinsella · ss

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#9, Winter 1984] Details supplied by Bill Seabrook. 3 · Campy · Charles McAnulla · pm 4 · Metamorphosis · David Sanders · pm 5 · Fernando · David Sanders · pm 9 · George Orwell’s Appraisals of the 1984 Redleg Baseball Season · Earl Butler · pm 12 · Not Comfortable in a Necktie Crowd · Arthur Mann Kaye · pm 13 · In Your Face: Teddy Ballgame... · Arthur Mann Kaye · pm 14 · Goodbye Crosley Field—Again · Mike Shannon · ar 16 · Five Baseball Haiku · Tim Peeler · pm 17 · Milt Wilcox Joins the Almost Perfect · Jan Brodt · pm 17 · Uncle Enos · Jan Brodt · pm 19 · At a Baseball Game · John Pyros · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#10, Spring 1984] Details supplied by Bill Seabrook. 2 · In the Bigs the Fastball Always Wins · W. J. Harrison · pm 4 · Live · C. Brooke Rothwell · pm 6 · I Heard a Wise Coach Say · Gene Fehler · pm 6 · Timelock · Gene Fehler · pm 7 · The Bench-warmer · Gene Fehler · pm 8 · To Bunt or Not to Bunt · Gene Fehler · pm 9 · I Keep the Sabbath on the Mound · Gene Fehler · pm 10 · The Chickenwirefence Behind My House · Gene Fehler · pm 30 · Heading for Home: The Movie Version of the Natural · L. L. Dickson · ar 32 · The Natural: Once and Future Outfielder · Bill Knight · ar

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#11, Summer 1984] Details supplied by Bill Seabrook. 3 · The Indianapolis Orioles, the Hooiser Dome, and the Indiana Dream · Mike Shannon · ar 25 · Teddy Boy · Tom Sheehan · pm 26 · Junior Leaguer · Debbi Miller-Gutierrez · pm 28 · Tribe Thumpers · Stephen Bodnar · pm 29 · Old Detroit · Stephen Bodnar · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#12, Fall 1984] Details supplied by Bill Seabrook. 3 · Curt Flood · Tim Peeler · pm 4 · Mickey Lolich After the Fact · Jan Brodt · pm 7 · If God Were a Baseball Pitcher... · Gene Fehler · pm 8 · In a Sporting Goods Factory · Tony Cosier · pm 9 · Josh Gibson’s Advice for Negro Catchers · Mike Shannon · pm 10 · Short Beer · James Maxwell · ss 19 · Tigers, Tigers, Burning Bright: The World Series Report · Mike Shannon · ar 23 · At Nemo’s · Mike Shannon · pm 24 · The Broken Wrist · Mike Shannon · pm 26 · Heard Poem by a Street Vendor... · Mike Shannon · pm 28 · The Left Out · Mike Shannon · pm 30 · Goose Busters! · Mike Shannon · pm 32 · Rain Check · Mike Shannon · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#13, Winter 1985] Details supplied by Bill Seabrook. 5 · Writing Baseball Poems in Winter... · Tim Peeler · pm 6 · Doubleheaders · Alan Catlin · pm 10 · Sparky Anderson, Salesman · Jan Brodt · pm 11 · Kent Hadley · Alan Catlin · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#14, Spring 1985] Details supplied by Bill Seabrook. 2 · The Spitball Interview · Jim Brosnan · iv 2 · Bambi’s Bombers · Don Olson · ex 9 · Hero · Gene Fehler · pm 12 · Opening Day/Hot Stove League... · James Perkins · pm 13 · Pop Foul/Croley Field, 1949 · James Perkins · pm 27 · Stopping to Watch the Ballgame · Steven Schmidt · pm 29 · The Wall · Jim Palana · ss 32 · Charlie Pitchback · Tim Peeler · pm 33 · Baseball Angel · Tim Peeler · pm 34 · The Babe Ruth Syndrome · Tim Peeler · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#15, Summer 1985] Details supplied by Bill Seabrook. 3 · Blyleven’s Fourth Shutout... · Major Ragain · pm 4 · Henry Louis · Tim Peeler · pm 5 · The Man Who Knew Lou Gehrig, An Epiphany · William Hilton · pm 5 · The National Pastime: A Fenway Melodrama · David Holdt · pm 6 · Generation Gap · Tom Sheehan · pm 7 · Distractions for a Little-League Parent · Charles Darling · pm 8 · Fenway Park · Mike McCormick · pm 10 · Cobb on Rose · Charles Alexander · iv 17 · Untitled · Eugenia Hauber · pm 17 · Untitled · Robert Swartzel · pm 18 · Pete’s Dad Starts Him Off · Nancy Breen · pm 19 · Untitled · Denise Newbolt · pm 20 · He Makes It New · Joan Halpin · pm 22 · The Never Before Collected Works of Babe Ruth · C. Brooke Rothwell · ss 28 · Rose News from Abroad · Terry Southall, et al. · cl 32 · Pete Rose Addresses the United Nations General Assembly · Jim Palana · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#16, Winter 1985] Details supplied by Bill Seabrook. 4 · Rose News from Abroad · John K. Branner, et al. · cl 9 · Monday Night · Dan Sicoli · pm 10 · The Blind Man at the Ballpark · James Ford · pm 12 · Standing Stones of Ancient America · R. L. Keyes · pm 13 · Dreaming Paulina · Mark Lukeman · pm 14 · Fly Ball · Bob Bibbo · pm 15 · What We Need · Steven Goldleaf · pm 16 · The Charlie Pepper Letters · Mike Shannon · ss 29 · Summer of ’85 · Tim Peeler · pm 30 · Baseball: The Songwriter’s Game · Don Johnson · ar