Published March 1998
Theme: Skeletons in the Closet
“Welcome to our skeletons in the closet issue. We have a woman with a grisly past she can’t escape, gnasty monsters freed from the asshole of the earth, a couple closeted by fear of loss, a parody of its creator’s past, a dim boy in a world of shadows and mist, a psychic and a psycho, a man doomed to hear hidden secrets, a woman with a dog and a bone to pick, and some recycled bones with a mission.”
- Stefano Donati, “So Much to Answer For”
- Ladonna King, “Saint” (poem)
- S. Lawrence Parrish, “Gnarlets and Gorslings”
- Kiel Stuart, “Explaining the Nature of the Universe to a Friend” (poem)
- Bob Cook, “Departure” (poem)
- Steve Eller, “Tear Us Apart”
- Karen R. Porter, “Wastrel Lords” (poem)
- James Lecky, “Beloved Son”
- Kurt Newton, “The Abduction of Kenny G.”
- Brian Maycock, “Map-Maker” (poem)
- Jeff Hufford, “Find Your God”
- Stepan Chapman, “The Berry-Wriggles” (poem)
- David Price, “Deathbed Confessor”
- W. Gregory Stewart, “Urban Messiah” (poem)
- Dave Eisenstark, “Curtain Time”
- Elisabeth Perrin, “Recycling Day”
- John Grey, “Bone Man” (poem)
- Artists: Augie Wiedemann (cover), Karl Benson, Terry Campbell, Brian Coundiff