THE PEACE OF DOG (from “My Life with Dogs”), by Tod Davies.
We’re supposed to want to be famous . . .
THE CHRIST ULTIMATUM, by Peter Onelio.
We’re supposed to be good . . .
SIC ET NON, by Bruce E.R. Thompson.
We’re supposed to know the truth . . .
DEITIES OF LIVING LANDS AND SEAS, by Brian Griffith.
We’re supposed to worship one God . . .
BRIGHT VICIOUS PAST, by Mark Benedict.
We’re supposed to want to live forever . . .
TO FOLLOW BALDUR, by Tim J. Myers.
We’re supposed to despise the past . . .
PAST LOS ANGELES IS THE SEA, by Chris Farago.
We’re supposed to grow wiser . . .
WHEN MY GRANDDAUGHTER ASKED ME FOR AN ERASER, by donnarkevic.
We’re supposed to know more than children . . .
THE NEXT BIT (from the novel PATTERDALE), by Paul Jones.
We’re supposed to protect children . . .
MURDER HORNET MURDERED, by Barry Vitcov.
We’re supposed to condemn killing . . .
IF, by Peter Mladinic.
We’re supposed to only move forward . . .
THIS LATE NOVEMBER, by David Bolton.
We’re supposed to shun the dark and love the light . . .
THE OLD CITY, by James Croal Jackson.
We’re supposed to cast off the old and welcome the new . . .
YES TIME; BUT TIME, by Benjamin White.
We’re supposed to always know our destination . . .
MY CICADA CALENDAR, by Clarinda Harriss.
We’re supposed to fear the swarm . . .
DR. TOBY’S TV TIME, WASTED, by Jim Meirose.
We’re supposed to seek to define . . .
TESTING THE MEDICINE, by David D. Horowitz.
We’re supposed to only think for ourselves . . .
SIGHT WORDS by Marissa Bell Toffoli.
We’re supposed to think poetry is dead . . .
The TODBLOG takes heart at a gathering of the visionary literature clan . . . JAM TODAY realizes you can adapt one recipe to fit another, duh . . .
This issue’s picture of turkey buzzards courtesy of author and transgressive indie publisher CHRISTINA WARD of Feral House fame. . .
The next issue is 1 January, and it’s the Winter 2022: ORIGIN STORIES issue…contributions by 1 December, please…
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