SPOT, by Tod Davies.
The western gods err in pretending there are no dogs in the afterlife . . .
THE LION IN LOVE, by Rose Jermusyk.
And in denying love where love so obviously is found . . .
HIMMLER’S FIRST BLASPHEMY, by Sean Murphy.
But it may be even gods become tragically distracted . . .
IN THE GRASS, WHETHER TALL OR SHORT, by Chris Farago.
Leaving humans to take the rough with the smooth . . .
NAZCA, by Robin Wyatt Dunn.
As humans imitate the distracted gods . . .
WIRES CROSSED, by Ron Singer.
Even the phone company gets above itself . . .
HOW THE GODS BROKE THE SKY, by Bruce E.R. Thompson.
But for the really big errors, the gods win every time . . .
MR. SATURN, by T.C. Eisele.
Check out a dinner party on Mt Olympus and see . . .
THE SINS OF GOD, by Benjamin White.
Or a less comic god closer to home, alas . . .
I SLEEP WITH SMOKE, by Barry Vitcov.
And the errors in a human landscape . . .
THE NEW KING, by Mark Robinson.
An error letting humans choose their own god . . .
OBSERVATIONS O’ALL THE OBSERVERS OBSERVED, by Jim Meirose.
Until the error becomes tangled beyond saving . . .
ROSEBUD, by David Selzer .
With rich men imagining they are gods . . .
THE FORCED UNVEILING, by Brian Griffith .
Leaders too . . .
A SUBWAY MUSICIAN, by John Grey.
Just when you think hope is lost, a song erases an error . . .
THE YEAR OF NO EMPERORS, by David D. Horowitz.
Hope lifts its head even in winter. . .
FALLEN REDWOOD, by Marissa Bell Toffoli.
And Nature redresses the errors of the gods. . .
The TODBLOG says Forward March and time for all contributors to consider what comes next . . . JAM TODAY is very into feeding our dogs. . .
This issue’s picture courtesy of EAP’s own Mike Madrid. Perfect as usual, Mike.
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