Neon Literary Magazine #38 Read online

   

  And in my dream, I feel so unspeakably relieved.

   

  Phew, I think.

   

  It's only a cat.

   

  Contributors

   

  Image by “mattguddat”

   

  Steve Subrizi is a poet and singer-songwriter who lives in Massachusetts and has performed his work in lecture halls and dive bars across America. He is the author of one e-chapbook, Newly Wild Hedgehog (NAP 2011), and his poems have appeared in such other places as Neon, Muzzle, PANK, and OVS. His first studio album, Home Alone Forever, came out in June 2013. For further reading and listening, visit www.stevesubrizi.com.

   

  Peter Branson’s poetry has been published in Britain, USA, Canada, Ireland, Australasia and South Africa, including Acumen, Agenda, Ambit, Anon, Envoi, The London Magazine, North, The Warwick Review, Iota, Frogmore Papers, Prole, South, Crannog, The sHOP, Rattle, The Raintown Review, The Columbia Review, Huston Poetry Review, Barnwood, The Able Muse, The New Writer and Other Poetry. His latest book, Red Hill, Selected poems, 2000-2012  (Lapwing, Ireland), came out May 2013.

   

  Ian Mullins is still firmly anchored to the rotting hull of Liverpool, England. He has recently had poetry published by The Journal, Message In A Bottle, Mastodon Dentist, Mad Swirl and My Favorite Bullet, amongst others. He has also had stories published by Hellfire Crossroads and Black Petals. He is still nowhere near getting a book published.

   

  Holly Day was born in Hereford, Texas, also known as “The Town Without a Toothache.” She and her family currently live in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she teaches at the Loft Literary Center. Her published books include Music Theory for Dummies, Music Composition for Dummies, and Guitar All-in-One for Dummies.

   

  Claire Joanne Huxham is from the UK and when she grows up she wants to join Starfleet.  Her fiction and poetry can be found in places like Metazen, Necessary Fiction, Jersey Devil Press and Danse Macabre, while she writes about all things film for The Hollywood News.

   

  Jonathan Greenhause is the recipient of a 2014 Willow Review Award, won Prism Review’s 2012-2013 Poetry Prize, and was a finalist in The Southeast Review’s 2013 Gearhart Poetry Contest. His poetry has recently appeared or is forthcoming in Brittle Star, The Dark Horse, Literal Latté, The Malahat Review, New Millennium Writings, and The Next Review. He and his wife live with their ridiculously-cute infant son in New Jersey.

   

  Mark Vanner was born in Nottingham, UK. His poetry and short stories have appeared in magazines and anthologies worldwide including Pearl Magazine, Poetry Nottingham, PN Review, Poetry Monthly, Swill Magazine, Skive, 3AM, Remark Magazine, Zygote In My Coffee, Laura Hird's Showcase, The Paris Bitter Hearts Pit, Dogmatika and many more. Visit him at www.markvanner.com.

   

  Karen Heuler’s stories have appeared in over seventy literary and speculative magazines and anthologies. She has published four novels and two story collections, and her last collection was chosen for Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of 2013 list. She has received an O Henry award, been shortlisted for a Pushcart prize, the Bellwether award and the Shirley Jackson award for short fiction. Permuted Press just published her novel, Glorious Plague, about a beautiful apocalypse. Visit her at www.karenheuler.com.

   

  Alina Rios grew up in St. Petersburg, Russia, and now lives in Seattle, Washington. In 2013, she was shortlisted for the Gulliver Travel Grant. Her poetry has appeared in Rust & Moth and is forthcoming in StarLine and Camroc Press Review. Her fiction is forthcoming in Beorh Quarterly. She edits technical documentation for Tableau. To learn more or say hello, visit www.alinarios.com.

   

  Sam Preminger would rather have been born a moth, even if it meant drowning in your kitchen sink. He lives in Albany, NY, is afraid of his basement, and often imagines himself lost at sea. His writing can be found in The Blue Route, Gandy Dancer, Perspective Magazine, and scribbled on napkins throughout New York State.

   

  Huang Kaishan is a communications graduate from the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore, working as a freelance video copywriter while writing short stories. She's mad about books and films and pop culture. You can read her other published work, "D is for Discipline", in The Quarterly Literary Review of Singapore.

   

  Farkas Diána Fruzsina was born in Hungary, Budapest, in 1997. Her first goal in photography was a small exhibition in her district, where the famous photographer, Martin Szipál said: "Yes, she's got eyes!" Diána is also writing novels and poems; six of her poems will be displayed in an anthology at the end of the summer. Visit her at dianavvolf.deviantart.com.

   

  Supporters

   

  This issue of Neon would not have been possible without the generous support of:

   

  Andrea Stephenson

   

  Matthew Di Paoli (matthewdipaoli.com)

   

  David Bumpus

   

  Ben Larner

   

  Dee Gordon (www.deegordon-writer.com)

   

  Gilbert Masie

   

  Craig Finlay

   

  Nigel Collins

   

  Brian Mateo

   

  Lindsay Waller-Wilkinson (poemstorydreamreality.com)

   

  Gustaf Berger

   

  Fran Harvey

   

  Andrea Baldwin

   

  Tamsin Hopkins

   

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  Terry Quinn

   

  Anton Rose

   

  Rita Ciresi, Fiction Editor, 2 Bridges Review (2bridgesreview.blogspot.com)

   

  Rachel Andrews (www.rachelandrews.org)

   

  Michael Nicholson

   

  Eugene H Bales

   

  Sally Oliver

   

  Kayla Candrilli

   

  Craig Jordan-Baker

   

  Nat Newman

   

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