The Dark Marks by Cortney Davis
Third Shift by Amy Simonson
Drawing Blood by David Yost
Your Test Is Positive by Lisa Rutledge
Last of the Richardsons by Peggy Duffy
The Kiss by Bill Fullerton
You Lose a Few by Anna Sykora
A Voice in the Room by River Adams
Tests and Measurements by Dory Adams
There Are No Poems at Hospital Management Meetings by
Cortney Davis
Melon by Lewis K. Schrager
Near-Death Experience by Bruce Hillman
The Call of the Rain Crow by John Sparks
The Notebook by Carol Scott-Conner
The Thirteenth Floor by Davi Walders
A note about the cover: Danielle Hughson
provided the cover photo for this issue. Danielle is a veterinarian
at a clinic near Portland, Oregon. It is not uncommon for her
to see, diagnose, and treat five to seven different species of
animals during the course of one day. She has one cat, five cameras,
and a dream of one day writing a book. She can be found online
at: www.flickr.com/photos/manyfires.