SNReview’s Summer 2006 Table of Contents

SNReview Summer 2006 ISSN: 1527-344X Volume 8 Issue 2

The Country Singer Wants to Die and That’s What I Life about Him by Ace Boggess In the two years after my first local-band feature, I wrote a hundred stories for the Life page on rockers, rappers, punks, alternakids, jazz acts, orchestras, gospel groups, and even a barbershop quartet. National acts stopped by to chat or their managers called me up with quotes… PDF Version

Sand Girl in Kinshasa by Mona de Vestel When I was five years old, I lived in a castle at the end of a road, on the side of a hill. Each day after my Tutsi mother had given me a bath and my Belgian father had kissed me goodnight, I would sneak out and go to the road… PDF Version

Such a Long Way to Fall, Nelson L. Eshleman You have such a long way to fall, from that blithe, sunny school girl, freckles dancing lightly on high cheekbones. Graduating valedictorian, voted by your teachers most likely to succeed.… PDF Version

Snowflake by Iris Green I was small. Small and skinny with legs like a chicken. My arms always floundered at my sides, two stick-figured poles. At times I would stand in the mirror and force my arms to behave like those of a ballerina. They looked awkward…. PDF Version

Inside Pitch by Kristin Kronstain In the evenings, my husband, Jack, would stand just outside the backdoor and stare at our yard. Some days it was only for a few minutes, some days an hour. He’d pull on his Pittsburgh Pirates hat and jacket … PDF Version

Gold’s by Kevin McAleer To get back into shape after months of inactivity, I joined Gold’s Gym. A Valley branch had opened up in downtown Reseda and the membership fees were reasonable. It was a serious place… PDF Version

Pergonal by Don McMillan Serena unwrapped a syringe, held it by the needle, handed it to Wade the way she would a pair of scissors. He jabbed the needle into the orange: a jet of juice sprayed onto the starched sheet.… PDF Version

Garage Cerbil by Peter Wild Late in the cold night. And early in the warm morning. Nawaz and Hermat sit upon stools with their backs against the outside wall of the otherwise bereft Garage Gerbil, a circular plastic table … PDF Version

The Boredom of Heaven by Christopher Woods Night fog descends from the surrounding hills and cloaks the lake with ghost quilts. Even if he cannot see the night water, he smells it, hears its waves moving rhythmically at the shore where the village begin…. PDF Version

Three Poems by Eric Bonholtzer Scales and Balance, Solace, Murals PDF Version

Four Poems by Harry Brown The Story of an Hour, Old Scratch Meets His Match, One Lovable, Mongrel Soul; Or, Buddy, Everything Its Opposite; Or, And I Ain’t Lyin’ PDF Version

Three Poems by Irish Jamahl Dunkle Jhnson; Cedars, Lilies, Stars; The View from Mercer Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA PDF Version

Three Poems by Theresa Edwards The Nurse on Percy, What Was Left, The Smell of Alcohol PDF Version

Three Poems by Stephen Gyllenhaal Excerpted from Claptrap Land of the Free, Communion, Enron in My Face PDF Version

Tantalus’ Lament – A Poem by Brooke Hardy PDF Version

Three Poems by Talia Lavin No More Love Songs, The Obnoxious Die Too, The Child: Tophet PDF Version

Three Poems by Barbara F. Lefcowitz Tea Kettle Requirem, Manhattan Marigolds, What the Round Things Mean PDF Version

Three Poems by Michelle McGrane Learning to skate, A sort of Valentine, the man upstairs PDF Version

Three Poems by JBMulligan the bride of autumn, the same wind, noise PDF Version

Three Poems by Amy Nawrocki The Disguise of Flowers, Reparations, Threads PDF Version

Three Poems by Charles Ramie A Starry Night, Glory: An Endless Loop, Liking Her Cupcakes PDF Version

Three Poems by Jennifer Weathers “Skinny Legs and All,” In Our House, Hunt for Sparrows PDF Version

Three Poems by Samantha Zighelboim Dream #1, Two Dreams about Emily Dickinson, I’m Not Saying PDF Version

Lists: A List by Leslie F. Miller A list of lists that fascinate the author. PDF Version