Contributors

D. E. Steward

Contributor History

Marso, Online 04-17-2001
Oktombro, Online 02-29-2008
Augustino, Online 01-28-2009
Woolley’s Pool, Online 09-22-2015

Biography

“With many hundreds of credits I’m beyond what I hoped to do as an independent writer. The only thing I’ve ever taught is swimming, I’ve never studied writing, and I didn’t even major in English. I’ve never had a pedestrian job since college, and never published anything I’m not proud of.” —D. E. Steward

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In Print

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Grendel’s Kin: The Monsters Issue

Spring 2020
Edited by Bradford Morrow

Online

The Tungsten Record

by Tim Horvath

October 21, 2020

Send more Chuck Berry, went the joke—how the aliens would reply when they got their first spin of the Golden Record on the Voyager. Sweet, friendly aliens with toe-tapping rhythm (whether or not they had feet), an appreciation for sweat and guitar riffs pooling together even if they had no first-hand experience with either.

Two Poems

by William Archila

October 14, 2020

I like the black & white. I like
the mirage they create. I like
planes. I like stray dogs
who never forget where I come from.

Lockdown

(Ashram, North India)

by Mary Marbourg

October 7, 2020

The woman knocking on my door has a dilemma. She only has x-amount of time per day to dedicate to prayer. So, on whom should she focus her prayers? The migrants who are starving, the people with the virus, or those of us stuck here? If us, which one of us? How much should self-interest factor in? Should she pray the most for the woman with the slight heart condition or the woman she most wants to leave the ashram?