Spark A Creative Anthology Vol 5 Author:Brian Lewis (Editor), James E. Lewis (Editor) In this fifth issue of Spark: A Creative Anthology we are confronted with cancer and loss, the art of disappearance, heartbreak, entropy, the wanderlust of gypsies, contradiction and chaos, death and decay, fear and anticipation, sacrifice, and the notion that people are the only monsters. What Brian Lewis has done with this par... more »ticular anthology, as well as past issues, is tap into the universal experiences that we all share, these humanizing moments of sympathy and empathy while still finding a way to do something unique, to charter unseen waters, to share the secrets that have been hidden for so long.
Contents:
Foreword (Spark: A Creative Anthology, Vol V) (April / May 2014) • essay by Richard Thomas. Illustrations by Paul Pederson
Storm Advisory / poem by Carolyn Martin
Kraken's Pond / short fiction by Richard Claycomb
Letter from Lara, Yuriatin / poem by Beatriz Fernandez
Chicago Without An Shoes On / poem by Moneta Goldsmith
Where Never Snows / poem by George Wells
Moonshine on the Mississip' / short fiction by Jaimie M. Engle
Disappearing / short fiction by P. Jo Anne Burgh
Needles / short fiction by Meredith Foster
The Astronaut / short fiction by Melissa Lee Shaw
Barstow / poem by Beth Cato
Spirit Flare / short fiction by Siobhan Gallagher
Gypsies / poem by Christopher Woods
Paper Thin / short fiction by Jeff Bowles
The Ferryman / short fiction byt Siarhey Bulyha [translated from Russian by Alex Shvartsman]
The Growing / short fiction by Sylvia Anna Hiven
Menudo Bay / short fiction by Renee Christine Ehle
The Burial / short fiction by Amy Locke
Listen / poem by Rowyn Cotter
Onchocerciasis / short fiction by Lauren Harsma
The Clock has Ceased its Ticking / short fiction by Alexis A. Hunter
The Fall / poem by Stephen Pera
White Space / short fiction by Crystal Bevers
Northland / poem by Rachel Bryson
Otters / poem by Ae Hee Lee
Distraction in the Afternoon / short fiction by J. H. Mae