| precious little fictions in 500 words (or less). |
| Table of Contents |
| Carried Away | Kevin Wilson |
| Hard Long Looks Under the Beds | Jeffrey Yamaguchi |
| Really Happy Day | Anthony Tognazzini |
| Party Favors | Nina Schneider |
| Joe Verdi | Steven Schrader |
| Timber | Jeff Reichman |
| Truncated | Andrew Michael Roberts |
| “I am not used to men crying...” | Fred Muratori |
| The Plane Goes Down | Sean McNally |
| #425 (Second Marriage) | Ben Miller |
| Mazda | Donald Mangum |
| Interstate Consolidated Telegraph Office | Dan Kaplan |
| Garfields | Elisabeth Frost |
| Good Nervous | Arielle Greenberg |
| The Mutted Basenji | James Grinwis |
| Strike | Pia Z. Ehrhardt |
| Spaghetti Western | Christopher Chambers |
| Piano | Kirby Congdon |
| Memoir of a Bookshelf | Leslie Busler |
| Goddess | Joel Best |
| Plot | Jack Anderson |
| Eat Grass | David Barringer |
| The Man Who Used to Be the Bishop | Steve Almond |
| A Visit of Affliction (full text) | Wayne Sullins |
| Cover Art |
“Guessing” by Valery Blinov

© 1999 Valery Blinov
Valery Blinov was born in Moscow in 1943. In 1962 he graduated from secondary art school. In 1972 he graduated from Moscow polygraph institute (art design faculty). Since 1990 Valery Blinov has been a member of the International Artist Federation. He has taken part in exhibitions since 1977. The artist defines his art style as lyrical and grotesque. His canvases are kept in the Russian Ministry of culture and also in private collections of Russia, Europe and USA. He can be reached at 19461943@mtu.ru.
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