Fall 2018: Things That Go Bump.

#261, by Chris Farago.
Another number, this one going bump in the atmos and in the third stanza…
KISS ME NOW AND LET IT BEGIN, by Sylvi(a) Temple.
Mysteries…
WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS, by Bruce Thompson.
Better not to worry things are more frightening than they are…
WHAT DID YOU PUT IN OUR GARAGE?, by Darren Payne.
On the other hand, better not take a lack of monsters for granted…
IN THE NIGHT, by K. Marvin Bruce.
Or even the good faith of those very close indeed…
FROM “BONELINES,” by Tony Whitehead and Phil Smith.
At what can kill an angel, among other surprising things…
THE MAGIC CIRCLE, by Tim J. Myers.
But also a surprise: bumping along to the happy ending is not out of the question…
MICHELENE’S BEAUTY, by Rose Jermusyk.
Better not to bump up against a woman who doesn’t want you bumping…
THING, Clarinda Harriss.
You might be also pleasantly surprised by what women like to bump with…
ONE STORY OF REALITY, by Stephen Mead.
When Love is protection from things that go bump…
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY, by Marie Davis and Margaret Hultz.
Not an example of Marie and Margaret’s usual magical realism, more like magical nihilism…
EAST GERMANY, by Benjamin White.
So to counteract that, an act of revelation…
THE SPOT, by Ron Singer.
Although sometimes a revelation can bump eerily too…
LION BY LION, by Marissa Bell Toffoli.
Where the spot haunting is lion shaped…
EDEN, by Robert Johnson.
Sometimes the thing going bump is a loved one, worse luck.
POEM no.8, by Jon Ferguson.
Or worse, something that might stop going bump…
PUSH BACK, by David D. Horowitz.
Bump back at it, anyway…
4. ARCADIA, by K.J. Kindling.
Growing into Arcadia is just the right place for us to start…

The TODBLOG urges contributors to think wild and free, because, man, do we ever need some wild free thinking these days…and JAM TODAY  figures there are few things more joy making than learning a new way to cook salmon…

This issue’s picture contributed by Alex Cox, who has an eye for the creepy…

The next issue is 1 January, and it’s the WINTER 2019: TRIGGERS issue…contributions by 1 December, please…
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