Not One of Us #75
Published: July 2023
Theme: Music, Music, Music!
“Music, music, music! That’s the theme of our stories this time. We have a piece of classical music, once hidden behind a wall, that becomes an earworm for a violinist; three performers in the late 1970s getting plastic surgery to become better impersonators as their manager mourns the loss of his folksinger-girlfriend; a piano moving on from its longtime loving relationship; and a bizarro racetrack wedding, featuring an Elvis impersonator and someone even more special. Our poets speak of aging and loss of control, wake-up calls, steampunk, and a sister beyond the sea.”
Contents:
- Ohrwurm, by Steve Toase
- Senescence – When Cells Decide to Become Something Else (poem), by Alicia Hilton
- Dear Aunt Clara (poem), by Gwynne Garfinkle
- Beverly’s Sonata, by Jennifer Hudak
- Wake-up Call (poem), by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
- Steam Punk Steady (poem), by Gretchen Tessmer
- Plastic Elvis, by Leah Mueller
- The Afterlife of Stars, by Anne Baldo
- I Have a Sister Beyond the Sea (poem), by Sonya Taaffe
- Art: Flo and John Stanton (cover); John Stanton