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The carrier pigeons we sent out to deliver our June, July and August newsletters appear to have got lost somewhere. (We think they were just winging it, anyway.) So we’ve had a rethink and decided to gather up our newsletters into bumper seasonal editions instead.

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1/5/24

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Fiction. Oedipus Rex Walks Into A Bar, by Paul Lewellan. Image, a man in a hat and dark glasses leans against the inside of a bottle.

Paul Lewellan

Paul Lewellan retired from education after fifty years of teaching. He lives, writes, and gardens on the banks of the Mississippi River.

 

His recent fiction can be found in BarBar, Close to the Bone, and Coffee Ring Review. 

“I found him at the bar. ‘May I join you, Your Highness?’

 

‘Glad to have the company.’ He motioned vaguely to the stool beside him. ‘I’m not the king anymore, so you can skip the formalities. Call me Ed.’”

Fiction. The Tale of the Trossachs, by Claire Jaggard. Image: a stony beach looking out over some distant hills. In silhouette, standing on the words, one small person is off-balance with spears pointing in the ground near his feet. On the other side, a small emale figure stands with her hands on her hips and spear strapped to her back.

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Poetry. Bookmarks, by Colin Dardis. Image: the silhouette of a book with a variety of bookmarks poking out the top, including a pen, a feather, a ticket, a pair of scissors and a comb.

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Flash fiction. Better Things, by Harry Dobbs. Image: A man looks out of a cafe window with his head in his hands. On the street outside the cafe, there is a tree, a man, and a woman walking oast with some dogs.

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Flash fiction. Weather Proverbs Explained, by Ingrid Jendrzejewski. Image: on the left half of the picture is the silhouette profile of a man shouting; on the right is the white silhouette profile of a young woman. In the background, the sun, clouds and the moon, cut into stripes.

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Poetry. In That Life by Phoebe Gilmore. Image: the silhouette head of a woman looks out, while behind her a second, lighter shadow looks out.

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Flash fiction. Weather Proverbs Explained, by Ingrid Jendrzejewski. Image: on the left half of the picture is the silhouette profile of a man shouting; on the right is the white silhouette profile of a young woman. In the background, the sun, clouds and the moon, cut into stripes.

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