Published September 1997
Theme: Bondage
“Welcome to our bondage issue. No, not that kind of bondage: what do you take me for? I mean the psychological ties that bind us in ways we often provoke, but don’t intend. We have a duty-bound brother whose sister is fit to be tied; a gambler who can change the future, but can’t escape his past; a mother trying to overcome her fear and failure; an abused wife getting a grip on self-destruction in a relative way; and a man drawn home by twin pasts.”
- Kurt Newton, “Bound”
- W. Gregory Stewart, “Vespers” (poem)
- Thomas Deja, “Butterfly Wings”
- Richard Reeve, “Twisting Fear” (poem)
- Mary Winters, “Today’s the Day?” (poem)
- Julie R. Good, “Jigsaw”
- Gerard Daniel Houarner, “The Shape”
- John Grey, “Artiste” (poem)
- Kate Riedel, “Kindred Spirits”
- Susan Spilecki, “Cool-Down at the Bar Downstairs” (poem)
- s.c. virtes, “Steamroller”
- Mark McLaughlin, “Lipstick on Your Straightjacket Collar” (poem)
- C. D. Wendig, “Bourbon Street Lullaby”
- Cindy Main, “Strait Jacket” (poem)
- Artists: Augie Wiedemann (cover), Karl Benson, Alan Casey, Mark McLaughlin, Joseph C. Booth