It's a crazy world out there (take it from a part-time New Yorker) - sometimes you just have to let the river take you, sit back and 'Revel In The View.' The new 50 to 1 features work by Sander Blome, Judy Samuels, Arthur D. Casciato, Robert E. Petras, James Kowalczyk, Jim Harrington and Jamie Loftus.
Paul frequently wonders why no one has invented teleportation yet. He's also totally insane, as evidenced by his participation in Not Without Poetry's poem-a-day challenge for the month of April.
Fiery Love by Sander Blome
Crying, she wipes frantically at a fallen cigarette ember. The burn hurts; the ruined thin white blouse hurts more. The new purchase was meant for my parents. She’s seeking their acceptance before we live together. Sobbing, she blurts out, “I’m a failure. Nothing ever works.” Immediately, I propose.
Sander Blome maintains his stability by writing poetry and fiction from his residence in Southwest Florida. A writing tutor by profession, Sander is adding to his engineering and law degrees this fall, entering the literature program at the University of South Florida. His credits are listed at Trim, http://sander-blome.blogspot.com.
Crying, she wipes frantically at a fallen cigarette ember. The burn hurts; the ruined thin white blouse hurts more. The new purchase was meant for my parents. She’s seeking their acceptance before we live together. Sobbing, she blurts out, “I’m a failure. Nothing ever works.” Immediately, I propose.
Sander Blome maintains his stability by writing poetry and fiction from his residence in Southwest Florida. A writing tutor by profession, Sander is adding to his engineering and law degrees this fall, entering the literature program at the University of South Florida. His credits are listed at Trim, http://sander-blome.blogspot.com.
1st Line by Judy Samuels
John didn't consider himself a junkie, preferring the term "pharmacuetical connoisseur" to describe his extracurricular activities - he only wished his parole officer had the same penchant for self delusion.
Judy Samuels lives in Maryland and watches way too much television. Her flash fiction has been published by Short, Fast and Deadly, Postcard Shorts and Thunderclap Press.
John didn't consider himself a junkie, preferring the term "pharmacuetical connoisseur" to describe his extracurricular activities - he only wished his parole officer had the same penchant for self delusion.
Judy Samuels lives in Maryland and watches way too much television. Her flash fiction has been published by Short, Fast and Deadly, Postcard Shorts and Thunderclap Press.
1st Line by Arthur D. Casciato
Zsa Zsa was late again — he always was — but this time it had nothing to do with marriage.
At an earlier time, Arthur D. Casciato was A-Rod’s doorman in Seattle. Nowadays his home race track is Monmouth in New Jersey. He is proud to have had two poems, “transversions” of Catullus, appear recently online at Poor Mojo’s Almanack, the first time he’s been published by a giant squid.
Zsa Zsa was late again — he always was — but this time it had nothing to do with marriage.
At an earlier time, Arthur D. Casciato was A-Rod’s doorman in Seattle. Nowadays his home race track is Monmouth in New Jersey. He is proud to have had two poems, “transversions” of Catullus, appear recently online at Poor Mojo’s Almanack, the first time he’s been published by a giant squid.
Without a Paddle by Robert E. Petras
Pender recalled a Chinese proverb: “The journey of 1000 miles starts with a single pair of Nikes.” He was wearing Reeboks, and they wouldn’t do much good, either, capsized in a lake, five miles from the nearest shore.
“Should have worn deck shoes,” he thought, one mile later, drowning.
Robert E. Petras is a graduate of West Liberty University, journalism major. His fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Flashshot, State of Imagination, Speech Bubble and Howls and Pushycats. More links to his work can be obtained at his blog site, The Flood Plain.
Pender recalled a Chinese proverb: “The journey of 1000 miles starts with a single pair of Nikes.” He was wearing Reeboks, and they wouldn’t do much good, either, capsized in a lake, five miles from the nearest shore.
“Should have worn deck shoes,” he thought, one mile later, drowning.
Robert E. Petras is a graduate of West Liberty University, journalism major. His fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Flashshot, State of Imagination, Speech Bubble and Howls and Pushycats. More links to his work can be obtained at his blog site, The Flood Plain.
1st Line by James Kowalczyk
Upon returning home he suddenly realized that while San Francisco is trying to change the world, New York thinks it is the world.
James Kowalczyk was born and raised in Brooklyn but now lives in Northern California with his wife and two daughters. His work has appeared in Waterways: Poetry in the Mainstream, First Leaves, Main Street Rag and Sleet Magazine.
Upon returning home he suddenly realized that while San Francisco is trying to change the world, New York thinks it is the world.
James Kowalczyk was born and raised in Brooklyn but now lives in Northern California with his wife and two daughters. His work has appeared in Waterways: Poetry in the Mainstream, First Leaves, Main Street Rag and Sleet Magazine.
The Foolish Art Lover by Jim Harrington
He carries the Eiffel Tower in his pocket, the steeple a pointed reminder of his folly. They met over coffee on the Rue Bonaparte, a meeting between art connoisseur and museum curator. His lasting image is of her wiping mascara from her cheek, the result of him remembering his wife.
Jim Harrington discovered flash fiction in 2007, and he’s read, written, studied, and agonized over the form since. Besides 50 to 1, his stories have appeared in A Twist of Noir, Every Day Fiction, Camroc Press Review, Weirdyear, Flashshot and others. Jim's Six Questions For blog provides editors and publishers a place to “tell it like it is.”
He carries the Eiffel Tower in his pocket, the steeple a pointed reminder of his folly. They met over coffee on the Rue Bonaparte, a meeting between art connoisseur and museum curator. His lasting image is of her wiping mascara from her cheek, the result of him remembering his wife.
Jim Harrington discovered flash fiction in 2007, and he’s read, written, studied, and agonized over the form since. Besides 50 to 1, his stories have appeared in A Twist of Noir, Every Day Fiction, Camroc Press Review, Weirdyear, Flashshot and others. Jim's Six Questions For blog provides editors and publishers a place to “tell it like it is.”
A For Effort by Jamie Loftus
She was the kind of beauty that implied excess work - the gadgets and lotions and starvation kind of beauty that hung there, and not because of anything God-given. The kind of beauty that one had to notice if only to say, “she’s really trying.”
Jamie Loftus is taller than the average man, but is not a man and, debatably, not average. She has a history of nasal congestion, and is generally referred to by people ten or more years older than her as "a good kid". If anyone has seen her iPod, please let her know.
She was the kind of beauty that implied excess work - the gadgets and lotions and starvation kind of beauty that hung there, and not because of anything God-given. The kind of beauty that one had to notice if only to say, “she’s really trying.”
Jamie Loftus is taller than the average man, but is not a man and, debatably, not average. She has a history of nasal congestion, and is generally referred to by people ten or more years older than her as "a good kid". If anyone has seen her iPod, please let her know.