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December 2011
Ten new stories, several of them on the theme for this issue - frontier/western.
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Finding The Other Spirit
by C Wagoner
According to
Journey, there is a Wheel in the Sky and it keeps on Turning. Even if
you've lost the way, the path will eventually find you.
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A Fine Piece of Meat
by Thomas Kearnes
Everyone knows gay
beauty contests are silly, but some pretty boys will do anything to
win.
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The
Frenchman
by Anel
Viz
Canada in the 1830s.
A clerk for the Hudson’s Bay Company takes an interest in a gruff
fur trapper and the half-breed boy who lives with him.
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Fresh Pencils
by
Chris Castle
A struggling young
writer finds fresh inspiration in very unlikely circumstances.
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Just As He Always Did
by
Nick Medina
A
man haunted by desires that might make him impure bows to compulsions
for perfection that force him into denial, ultimately presenting him
with a painful choice.
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Le Beau Soleil
by Nan Hawthorne
Debonair gambler
Frankie Deramus could lose his livelihood and his beloved riverboat
if rumors that he cheats at cards gain ground. He must find who is
spreading them, and he hopes to do that with the aid of a handsome
private detective.
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Mike's Pond
by Andrew Peters
In this
fictionalized memoir about growing up in Western New York in the
1980's, a twelve year old accepts a dare to go to an overgrown
suburban lot after dark, and discovers terrors even bigger than he
expected.
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by Brian Holliday
Lucas loves the
carnivals that visit his home town. Then one year a new show arrives
and brings him the man of his dreams.
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Three-Quarter Moon
by Richard Natale
When Richard hears
that his estranged friend Forrest is dying, he must reestablish
contact to thank him for changing his life.
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When the Rain Tumbles Down in July
(The Ballad of Johnny Sheehan) by Alex Hogan
Johnny Sheehan began
life as the son of the owner of a large sheep station in colonial New
South Wales, but ended life as a bushranger. Where did it all go
wrong?
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