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The Writing Disorder
Fall 2024

FICTION

If They Can’t See the Light
by L.L. Babb
No Toe in the Water
by Patricia Ann Bowen
Don’t Call the Sea ‘Cerulean’
by Megan Howell
The Everlasting Hour
by Chris Jalufka
One of the Guys
by Renee S. Jolivette
My Speedo
by T.B. Meek
Park Shitty
by Melissa Or
Free Termite Inspections
by Hillary Tiefer

POETRY

Bart Edelman Patrick Theron Erickson
Ariel Fábrega Robert Hill Long
Daye Phillippo Timothy Robbins
Jake Sheff Geoff White

NONFICTION

Book Review: Bright Eyed by Sarah Sarai
Review by Ed Go
Sam
by Rachel Moncada
D-Day at Eighty
by Nadine Revheim
Grandma Ward
by Jon Woolley

ART

The Art of Jaina Cipriano

The Writing Disorder
Summer 2024

FICTION

The Wedding Cake House
by Amy Cacciola
Broke Palace
by Joseph Ducato
Birth Day
by Rosie Hart
Homeomorphism
by Erik Harper Klass
A Single Blosson
by Laura Lambie
The Last Sticky Thing
by Sirong Li
When the Circus Came to Town
by Deepti Nalavade Mahule
Figments
by Abhishek Udaykumar

POETRY

Kenneth Johnson Michael Penny
Stella Vinitchi Radulescu Claudia M. Reder
Luke Sawczak Lisa Sultani
Laurier Tiernan

INTERVIEWS

Interview with Author, Deborah Holt Larkin Interview with Ben Fox of Shepherd

NONFICTION

Don’t Judge a Book by Its Happily Ever After
by Hannah Ackerman
Sleep Lab
by Joseph Bardin
For Jack and the Eagle
by D.S. Liggett

ART

The Art of Paul Torres

The Writing Disorder
Spring 2024

FICTION

The Death of Rhetta Brown
by Norman Belanger
Red and White
by L.S. Engler
The Shopping List
by P.A. Farrell
The Sinking
by Evelyn Herwitz
The Pond
by Hannah McIntyre
Charlotte, Damned by Waters
by Jacob Strunk
Gather Sainted Jellyfish, ’Tis The August Bloom
by Cor de Wulf

POETRY

Josh Humphrey J. A. Lane
Dana Roeser Nolo Segundo
Uzomah Ugwu Diane Webster

INTERVIEW

Interview with author, Sandra Niemi

NONFICTION

Sometimes it Takes Fifty Years to Repair a Friendship
by Kelsey Berryman
Minor League Authors
by Eric D. Lehman
Bat Summer
by Rachel Paz Ruggera
Review: Homelight by Lola Haskins
by Claire Hamner Matturo

ART

Gallery of Maila Nurmi – Vampira

The Writing Disorder
Winter 2023/24

FICTION

The Angels Are Leaving, The Angels Are Leaving
by Gaurav Bhalla
Embarrassment upon Humiliation upon Mortification in My Intern Year
by Christine Benton Criswell
Nothing Better to Do
by Tom Eubanks
Dad Stuff
by Toni Kochensparger
Self Portrait by the Thing Within
by Clayton McMIllan
The Longer View
by Patrick Parks
Puppy
by Ruth Rotkowkitz
Doomsday
by Anastasia White

POETRY

Duane Anderson Lawrence Bridges
Annette Gagliardi Elizabeth Morse
Frederick Pollack Charlotte Suttee
Michal Zielinski

NONFICTION

How to Read 100 Books in a Year
by CL Glanzing
Tangled by Blood: Book Review
by Lisa C. Peterson
Some Peace
by Rita Plush
Proper Posture
by Angela Townsend

ART

The Photography of Kevin Nance

The Writing Disorder
Fall 2023

FICTION

The Factory by Jessie Atkin What Cannot Remain by Tessa Case
Reach for the Stars by Courtney Chatellier On the Inside by R.A. Clarke
Henry Lack’s Lodger by Ben Coppin Real People by Jessica Hwang
Crossing Cattleskin Bridge by Mary Means Voltaire’s Toothache by Raymond Walker

POETRY

Wayne-Daniel Berard Elizabeth Crowell
James Iovino Cynthia Pratt
CLS Sandoval J.R. Solonche
Scott Waller

NONFICTION

Plums for Months: A Book Review by Deb DeBates Chicken Babies by Maza Guzmán
Empowering Despair by Liza Martin Water by Chetan Sankar

ART

The Art of Delia Ciccarelli

The Writing Disorder
Summer 2023

FICTION

The Mission Rooms by Jennifer Blake The Huntsman by Rozanne Charbonneau
resonant by amy g dahla Memories of Birds by Jonas David
The Hot Spring of Spetterhorn by Brad Gottschalk Apptitude Test by Tina Dolly Ilangoven
Getting Serious by Paul Perilli Forgiveness by Ellis Shuman

POETRY

George Capaccio Beatrice Feng
Sydney Fisher Ron Riekki
Mykyta Ryzhykh Scott Taylor

NONFICTION

The Weight of Black Hair by Sydney Hollins-Holloway The Box in the Closet by Eric Lee
I Am Autism by Jonathan Kruyer No Funeral: The True Story of Richard Petrowski by Steve Schecter
Too Late to Save the F-Word by Rita Stevens

ART

The Art of Maja Lindberg

The Writing Disorder
Spring 2023

FICTION

A Letter from the Batcave by Charles Joseph Albert The Best Detective There Was by Leila Alliu
A Cat in a Box for Mom by Joe Cappello The Best We Can by William Cass
Selling Out the Nation by Stephanie Daich The Sad Princess by Cara Diaconoff
Dream On by CL Glanzing The Scarecrow Cross by Erik Priedkalns

POETRY

Lorelei Bacht John Cullen
Shae Krispinsky James McKee
Sloan Porter David Sapp

NONFICTION

Zone Valves by Graeme Hunter Father’s Day by Kate E. Lore
What the F*ck is Going on? by Arlene Rosales

ART

The Art of Courtney Parsons

Winter 2022/23

FICTION

Chasing the Dragon by Vicki Addesso In the Faded Blue Light by Don Donato – Chapter 5, 6 & 7
Seeing Jean by Jenny Falloon Sundown by Lyle Hopwood
Geoffrey is Unraveling, In Episodes by Doug Jacquier Six Steps to Good Sleep by Ellie May Mandell
Next Steps for Monte by Ed Peaco Roy and the Poet by Andrew Plattner
Fruit Trees Sprouting in a Field of Ash by Judy Stanigar

POETRY

Phoebe Cragon Richard Dinges, Jr.
Kristen Hoggatt-Abader Arezou Mokhtarian
Jim Murdoch Christina E. Petrides
Brent Short

NONFICTION

The Scholar by Margaret King To My Son, Whose Name I Do Not Know… by Yolanda Wysocki
Book Review: Heaven’s Burning Porch Book Review: Nights of Plague
Book Review: The Other Mother

ART

Phantasm: The Art of Natalie Shou

The Writing Disorder
Fall 2022

FICTION

In the Faded Blue Light by Don Donato – Chapter 3 & 4 The Typewriter by Richard Evanoff
Poison by Stephanie Greene The Scarville Garnet by Christina Phillips
Rain by Em Platt Snookums by Richard Risemberg
Julia Somebody by Robert Sachs The Girl with the Song in Her Mouth by Dvora Wolff Rabino

POETRY

Gale Acuff C.L. Bledsoe
billy cancel DeWitt Clinton
Mark DeCarteret Megan Denese Mealor
Stephanie Russell

NONFICTION

Deconstructing Gertrude Stein by Stephen Abney The Peshaman Fragments by Greg Sendi
Book: The Land of Stone and River by Claudia Putnam – Review by Risa Denenberg

ART

The Art of R.S. Connett

The Writing Disorder
Summer 2022

FICTION
Man Is by Jennifer Benningfield
In the Faded Blue Light by Don Donato, Chapter 1& 2
Sliding by Jane Frances Gilles
Along the Lines of Improv by Cecilia Kennedy
The Adverb Factory by Steve Levandoski
Monte is Summoned to Building One by Ed Peaco
The Jeweler by Isabelle Stillman

POETRY
Ali Asadollahi
Christine Horner
Susan Jennifer Polese
RE DRUM cadre
M.A. Schaffner
Glen Vecchione

NONFICTION
Sports of Sorts by Thomas Backer
Mailable Motorcycle Art by Paul Garson
What’s In a Name? by Graeme Hunter
Putting the Laughter in Slaughter by Sara Watkins

ART
Derek Art

The Writing Disorder
Spring 2022

FICTION

Dr. Rocktopath’s Horror-Style by N.J. Banerjee The Collier Kids by Tetman Callis
The Secret Agent by Robert Collings The Advantages of Being a Lit Mag Editor by Lou Gaglia
Something, Somewhere Else by Margaret E. Helms Vanishing Pop-Tarts by Crystal McQueen
Orphans of the Savannah by Adam Matson The Third Floor by Nancy Machlis Rechtman

POETRY

Vandana Kumar John Maurer 
Stephen Mead Paul Rabinowitz
Juanita Rey Hoyt Rogers
Jason Visconti

NONFICTION

The Wild Child by Catherine Filloux Forged for Strength by Jean McDonough
Beautiful Things by William T. Vandegrift, Jr.

ART

The Photography of Paul Rabinowitz

REVIEW

Writing as Recovery: Melissa Febos’ Body Work by Kate Brandt

The Writing Disorder • Winter 2021/22

FICTION An Analysis
Robert Boucheron
Louise
Inez Hollander
Sandman
Kate H. Koch
 
Arrival
J.T. Neill
Three Footnotes from Henry-Louis de La Grange, Mahler, Volume 1
Clarissa Nemeth
Bradyphrenia
Justin Reamer
Better Late Than Ever
Jeff Underwood
Drive-up Christmas Eve
Stuart Watson
POETRY Holly Day Ash Ellison Jonah Meyer
Bruce Parker Frederick Pollack Kate Porter
NONFICTION Make It Go Away: Love, Loss and What I was Reading
Joan Frank
A Prequel to My Sister’s
Donna Talarico 
Thrice
Emilio Williams 
 
ART The Art of Nick Bryant    
INTERVIEW Aesthetic Transmissions: A Conversation with Robert Hass
George Guida 

The Writing Disorder • Fall 2021

FICTION On the Ground, Looking Up
Tori Bissonette
Devoir
Marcia Bradley 
Concerto de Aranjuez, Transcribed for the Ukulele
Paul Garson
 
New Mexico or Arizona
Ethan Klein
Tom Turkey
Justin Meckes
A Miraculous Takeover
Austin McLellan
Sleight of Hand
Sarah Terez Rosenblum
Whatever Happened to Mr. Saguaro?
Carolyn Weisbecker
POETRY Milton P. Ehrlich Maria Marrocchino Mikayla Schutte
Travis Stephens Jordyn Taylor Kim Zach
NONFICTION Hashbrowns and Termites
Jamie Good
The Arraghey Wander by Seven
Ruth Heilgeist 
Sportin’ Life
Graeme Hunter 
How to Break and Mend Your Mother’s Heart
JoAnne E. Lehman
ARTWORK The Art of Amy Earles    
INTERVIEW Freak Out! My Life
with Frank Zappa:
Pauline Butcher Bird 

The Writing Disorder • Summer 2021

FICTION Annual Rites
L. Shapley Bassen
An Artist’s Whore
Grace Ford 
The Two Missing Words
David Henson
 
The Langauge of Flowers
Jennifer Lorene Ritenoir
Hollywood, Guido Orlando, The Pope and The Mother
M.F. McAuliffe
Mohua
Maitreyee
Matters That Concern Me
Walter Weinschenk
POETRY Carolyn Adams Torri Hammonds James Croal Jackson
J.R. Solonche Elizabeth Train-Brown Matt Zachary
NONFICTION In the Houses of Others
Anita Kestin
Guide to the Ruins
Eve Müller 
Review: Dust Bowl Venus
Linda Scheller 
Marked
Deborah A. Lott
INTERVIEW Pauline Butcher Bird
Freak Out! My Life with Frank Zappa 
   
ARTWORK The Art of Ryan Heshka


The Writing Disorder – Spring 2021

The Writing Disorder • Fall 2020

FICTION
The Marginalia Game – Adam Anders
Great Spirits – Arun A.K.
Cabbage Night – T.B. Grennan
The Sins of Father Rickman – Catherine J. Link
The Snow Queen – Jennifer R. Lorene
The Woman Left Behind is Still Behind Him – Shea McCollum
Death Rattle – Kristen Roedel
Savior – Katy Van Sant
POETRY
Januário Esteves
Diana Ha
Ashley Inguanta
F.X. James
Steven M. Smith
Tim Suermondt
James Thurgood
NONFICTION
The Other Daughter – Lourdes Dolores Follins
Wonderful Vacation – J L Higgs
Amen Sure Thing – Mindela Ruby
California Fugue – Teresa Yang
INTERVIEW
Philip Cioffari by Bill Wolak
ARTWORK
Liz Brizzi

The Writing Disorder • Summer 2020

FICTION A Damsel in Bedlam
Kat Devitt
Three New Names
Masie Hollingsworth
The Woman in the Window
Flora Jardine
 
The Affair of the Bird
Harli James
Fishbowl Frenzy
Susie Potter
Pretty Boy
Nina Shevzov-Zebrun
The New Reality
Tom Whalen
The Poet Ray Brown
John Yohe
POETRY Daniel Aristi Christopher Barnes Donna Dallas
Téa Nicolae Keko Prijatelj Abasiama Udom
NONFICTION A Survival Guide to
Christian College

Rachel Belth
Save Me and I
Will Be Saved

Riley Winchester
Rejuvenation in
Fragments

Jennifer Worrell
INTERVIEW Judith Skillman
by Janée J. Baugher
   
 
ARTWORK Carl Lozada

The Writing Disorder • Spring 2020

FICTION
Words May Set You Free – Marco Etheridge
Five Questions for Thomas Pynchon – Nathaniel Heely
Separated by Glass – Kailyn Kausen
The Walker – Martin Keaveney
The UMAMI Museum Field Trip – Cecilia Kennedy
Reflections – Regan Kilkenny
Smitten to Spitten – Madeline McEwen
The New Girl in Our Office – Deepti Nalavade Mahule
Assumptions – James Mulhern

POETRY
Michele Alice
Terry Brinkman
Abigail George
Lance Lee
Charles J. March III
Juanita Rey

NONFICTION
Fasting – Cliff Morton
Smoke – Dennis Vannatta

INTERVIEW
Chryssa Nikolakis          

ARTWORK
Jessica Brilli

The Writing Disorder • Winter 2019-2020

FICTION 20/20
A.L. Bishop
The Art Collective
Robert Boucheron
A Better Parent
Alison Gadsby
 
Tito’s Descent
Marylee MacDonald
I as the being
Pawel Markiewicz
Natural Burial
J.L. Moultrie
Complicit
Jane Snyder
Tony Van Witsen
Dewey Defeats Truman
POETRY Natasha Deonarain Kevin R. Farrell, Jr. J.A. Staisey
John Wiley Mark Young
NONFICTION Sozzled
Hannah Green
Painters and Poets
John C. Krieg
Temporary Cat Lady
Caitlin Sellnow
Head of the Ulna
Tessa Vroom
   
COMIC ART Karl Stephan
Mary Boys

The Writing Disorder • Fall 2019

FICTION Gray Yogurt
Cecilia Kennedy
My GWOT, Annotated
Paul D. Mooney
The Garden
Leslie Boudreaux Tidwell
 
A Semblance
Mateusz Tobola
Hung from a Mitzvah Cross
Mark Tulin
Where the Street Learns Its Curve
Donna D. Vitucci
POETRY Dilantha Gunawardana Casey Killingsworth George Cassidy Payne
Steven Ratiner Jerry Tyler John Zedolik
NONFICTION I’m No More Rabid Than Usual
Catherine Moscatt
My Most Constant Lover
Miriam Edelson
 
ARTWORK Leigh Anita
Photography
   
INTERVIEW Mallory O’Meara
Author

Summer 2019 Issue

FICTION
A Clean Break – Vince Barry
Georgey-Dear – Tetman Callis
Offing Buck – Victoria Forester
Sore Throat – Carolyn Geduld
The Two Potters – Norbert Kovacs
Everyone Smile – Douglas Ogurek
Recovery – Paul Rosenblatt
Thick Skin, Locked Jaw, Yes Ma’am – Rina Sclove

POETRY
Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal
John Califano
R.T. Castleberry
Laurinda Lind
Nanette Rayman
Roger Singer

NONFICTION
Historic(!) Rugby – Tim Miller
Cochina de Mierda – Jennifer Jordán Schaller

ARTWORK
Katarina Zuder – Artwork

INTERVIEW
Author, Mallory O’Meara

Spring 2019 Issue

FICTION
The River Kent – Annie Blake
As I Lay Scratching – AN Block
Little Nell Answers the Bell – James R. Kincaid
Not a Seamless Lunch – Anna Linetskaya
Day Hike – Priscilla Mainardi
Herman Loves Brooke – Anthony J. Mohr
Gail – Lily Tierney

POETRY
Holly Day
Chris Fox
Mary Kasimor
Jared Pearce
Marvin Rosel
Zach Trebino
Guinotte Wise

NONFICTION
Listening to the Voice – Eve Dobbins
Who is Jackie Brown? – Rachel Scott

ARTWORK
Natalie Shau – Illustration/Photography

Winter 2018-19 Issue

FICTION
The Ultra Injustice – Scott Bassis
Surprise – William Cass
Suit Yourself – Lindsey Godfrey Eccles
José María Writes a Story – Annette Freeman
Snit’s Wife – Phil Gallos
Meetings – Margaret Karmazin
Nothing Comes Back – Susan Lloy
The Harmacy – Stephanie Mataya

POETRY
Adrian Cretu
E.G. Ted Davis
M.A. Istvan, Jr.
A.C. O’Dell
Lauren Sartor
Alex Schmidt
J.A. Staisey
Garrison Alecsaunder

NONFICTION
In the Eye – Deborah Morris
How to Change Your Name – Jayelle Seeley
Book Review: The Night Ocean

ARTWORK
Anna Angrick Illustration

INTERVIEW
Kathryn Harrison

Fall 2018 Issue

FICTION
Linda Boroff – Let That Be a Lesson
Laura Fletcher – I Know
Zachary Ginsburg – Disposal
John Mandelberg – The Plagiarist
Evelyn Somers – Mr. Whiskey, the Greatest of All
Kobina Wright – Invitations

POETRY
Judy Shepps Battle
Mary Bone
Zoë Christopher
Jim Farfaglia
DS Maolalai
Amber Wilkinson

NONFICTION
Eimile Bowden – Female, Age Twenty
Jeffrey James Higgins – An Uncommon Hero
Ana Vidosavljevic – A Turkish Coffee Reader

ARTWORK
Leigh Anita – Illustration

Spring 2018 Issue

FICTION
Shamar English – KETCHUP SANDWICH
Joe Fortunato – A MARVELOUS PEACE
Rosemary Harp – IN THE KELP FOREST
Maggie Herlocker – THE CAROUSEL
Robert Klose – THE TABLE
Michael McCormick – PINK LEMONADE
Megan Parker – THE SWAMP WITCH
Trish Perrault – THE BRIDGE

POETRY
Brad Garber
Ricky Garni
Susan Richardson
Deborah Saltman
Kimberly White

NONFICTION
Emmie Barron – GHOST GIRL
Linda Leigh – UP ABOVE and the DOWN BELOW
Rick White – STITCHES

ARTWORK
Stephanie Garber
Blythe Smith

SKID ROW ZINE
Introduction by Ivy Pochoda

The Writing Disorder • Winter 2017-18

FICTION Jessica Bonder
HAPPY HOME
Alexander Carver
THE WINE SNIFFER
J L Higgs
FINDING JESUS
 
Patrick Legay
SOUNDS OF THE ALLEYWAY
Rae Monroe
FREE AS THE OCEAN
Patrick Moser
THE MINISTRY OF BROOMS
Richard Thomas
HOW NOT TO COME UNDONE
 
POETRY Ruth Bavetta Joe Gianotti Sergio A. Ortiz
Garth Pavell Cliff Saunders Sara Truuvert
NONFICTION Brett Horton
Dogs of Katmandu
Anika Gupta
An Intercourse with Ghosts
Pam Munter
Sparky
 
ARTWORK MISS FLUFF ANNELISA LEINBACH  

The Writing Disorder • Spring 2017

FICTION

Mark Budman
SUPER
JOHN

Cameron
THE PINNACLE OF FREE-WHEELING
PARTICLES

Brian Conlon
SAFE HAVEN: A ROMANTIC COMEDY IN ELEVEN UNEQUAL PARTS
 
Joshua Dull
THE ART OF LETTING GO
Beth Goldner
FLINT AND SHANNON
Anthony Ilacqua
THE END OF IDYLLIC DAYS

Anna Keeler
HALLUCINOGENIC GIRLFRIEND

Leah Holbrook Sackett
MAN IN BLACK
Katie Strine
MEDITATE AND WAIT
POETRY Gayane M. Haroutyunyan
TS Hidalgo
Kasandra Larsen
E.M. Schorb
Tara Isabel Zambrano
 J4
NONFICTION Rene Diedrich
A VALENTINE FOR THE WIDOW OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL
Barbara J. Campbell
I WAS THE DEAN OF FUTURES STUDIES
Anthony J. Mohr
WE’VE GOT
SWEATERS

 
ARTWORK Sequoia Emmanuelle
PHOTOGRAPHY

J4
CARD POEMS

   

The Writing Disorder • Winter 2016-17

FICTION

Christopher Branson
The Astronaut

Emma Fuhs
Jaguar Smiles
Joe Giordano
Car Crash
Shalen Lowell
Revolutions and Revelations
Mona Leigh Rose
The Crossing
Noelle Schrock
Someone Has to Heckle the Rhinos

Katie Schwartz
Six

POETRY Natalie Crick Joseph Farley Dustin Lowman
Tamer Mostafa Melissa Watt
NONFICTION Edd Jennings
Lost Time
Mira Martin-Parker
I’m Not Afraid Anymore
Book Review
Apocalypse All the Time
Lynne Blumberg
Learning From My Past
ARTWORK Cameron Bliss
Paintings

Michelle Vella
Paintings

The Strand
Photography

The Writing Disorder • Fall 2016

FICTION

Jacqueline Berkman
Slush

J. L. Higgs
Lee’s Funeral,
Emmy’s Wedding

Martin Keaveney
Flash Fiction
 
M. F. McAuliffe
Warner
Jac Smith
Mother
Jennifer Vanderheyeden
Cogito(e)

Tessa Yang
The Spoiled Child

Victoria-Elizabeth Panks
Pikkake Peaks
 
POETRY Christina Bavone Sarah Blumrich Seth King
Maria Marrocchino Judy Roitman Rasool Yoonan
NONFICTION Rachel Croskrey
On Why I’m Not
a Hypochondriac
K. B. Dixon
Lucida and Me
Kym Cunningham
Making Space
ARTWORK Jenny Mörtsell
Illustrations

Blythe Smith
Paintings

   

The Writing Disorder • Summer 2016

FICTION

Robert Boucheron
Very Good English

Mitchell Grabois
Art | Climate Change
Stephanie Renae Johnson
Straw
Paisley Kauffmann
The Adults

Tom Miller
Furniture Store

Bethany Pope
A Pretty Smile
Claire Tollefsrud
Obligatory Silence
T.E. Winningham
i, Clouded
POETRY Lana Bella Janet Buck D.G. Geis Ashley Inguanta
Oliver Timken Perrin Brad Rose Lucas Shepherd
NONFICTION Shay Siegel
Don’t Quiet Down Please
Janet Damaske
Bloodline
Jennifer Elizabeth Johnson
Chartwell Manor
Ruby Cowling
Vertigo book review
ARTWORK Angelo Deleon
Paintings

Letisia Cruz
Artwork

John Tavares
Photography

Brad Gottschalk
Comic Art

INTERVIEW Jon Wilkman

The Writing Disorder • Spring 2016

FICTION

Patrick Burr
Pushing Michaelmas

Larry Fronk
Bad Soldiers
Taylor García
Monica in Georgetown
Jill Jepson
Drowning Time

Bryce Johle
Indiana

Matt McGowan
The Bridge
P.M. Neist
The Oracle
Janice Rodriguez
Ground Control
Billy Sauls
Words in Red
POETRY Abigail George adam l. Michael Penny
Belinda Subraman John Sweet
NONFICTION Stephanie Dickinson
Maximum Compound
Paul Garson
The Y Factor
Kristian Hoffman
Bowie Diary
ARTWORK Giada Cattaneo
Harumi Hironaka
WAXenVINE

THE WRITING DISORDER • WINTER 2015-16 ISSUE

FICTION

Eric Brittingham
Gin Fizz

Tera Joy Cole
Coyotes Don’t Litter
Thomas Elson
Midnight Mass
Vincent Mannings
Not Always Easy

Jennifer Porter
Army Mom

Jude Roy
Last of the Cowboys
Mary Taugher
Crow on the Cradle
Chris Vanjonack
After You
POETRY Marcella Benton Sean Howard Kjell Nykvist
Josey Parker Elizabeth Perdomo Domenic James Scopa
NONFICTION Rebecca Brill
On Texting a Guy…
Michael Filas
Galileo’s Wake
Denis Mulroony
Sucking Air
John Spencer Walters
On Casket Readinesss
Kyle Mustain
Opposite of Suicide II
ARTWORK Claudia Pomowski Howard Skrill Alina Zamanova
INTERVIEW Alan Hess
Writing Architecture
FALL 2015 ISSUE Robert Cesaretti (F) Tad Bartlett (N) Michael Brownstein (P) Nuta Istrate Gangan (P)
Jacqueline Bridges (F) Tara Vanflower (N) Tommy Dean (F) Daniele Serra (A) Dan Darling (F)
René Ostberg (P) James Lipnickas (A) Karen Corinne Herceg (P) Pat Hart (F) Franklin Klavon (F)
Bruce McRae (P) Sara Regezi (F) Alan Reese (P) Sarah Parris (N) Liz Gilmore Williams (N)
Susan Lloy (F) Charles Lowe (F) Allen Forrest (A) Paul Garson (N) Lauren Vargas (P)
 
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SUMMER 2015 ISSUE Richard Thomas (F) Dimitris Lyacos (N) Robin Wyatt Dunn (P) Emily Strauss (P)
Daniel Mueller (F) Sarah Sarai (N) Virginia Luck (F) Daniele Serra (A) Joseph De Quattro (F)
René Ostberg (P) James Lipnickas (A) Hannah Frishberg (P) Tim Boiteau (F) Michael Davis (F)
Charles Brice (P) Ron Yates (F) Jon Riccio (P) L.D. Zane (N) Audrey Iredale (N)
Dawn-Michelle Baude (F) David Haight (F) Allen Forrest (A) Paul Garson (N)
 
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SPRING 2015 ISSUE
Mary van Balgooy (N) Evelyn Levine (F) Lauren Martino (A) John Tavares (F) Marina Carreira (P)
Carmen Firan (F) Natalia Jheté (A) Mitchell Garbois (F) Anna Boorstin (F) A.A. Weiss (F)
Linda Tillman (A) Kelly Thompson (P) Sandra Rokoff-Lizut (P) Laura Wang (N) Susan Petersen Avitzour (N)
Jon Fried (F) Claudia Putnam (P) J Hudson (F) Paul Garson (N) Kent Kosack (P)
Gerard Sarnat (P) John Lowther (P) Walter Thompson (F) Veronica O’Halloran (F) James Gallant (F)
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WINTER 2014-15 ISSUE
Kyle R. Mustain (CN) Lou Gaglia (F) Ninon Schubert (F) Robert O’Rourke (F) Tim Roberts (P)
Samantha Eliot Stier (F) Hudson Marquez (A) Norman Waksler (F) Suzanne Ushie (F) Clarissa Nemeth (F)
Sarah Katharina Kayß (A) Kevin McCoy (P) Colin Dodds (P) Eddie Argauer (N)
John Oliver Hodges (F) John McKernan (P) Larena Nawrocki (CN) Paul Garson (CN)
Ho Cheung (Peter) Lee (P) Tamer Mostafa (P) Jacqueline Berkman (F) Charlie Brown (F)
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FALL 2014 ISSUE Suzanne Hyman (F) Christopher Suda (P) Hilda Daniel(A)
Paula Panich (F) JJ Anselmi (N) Jessie Aufiery (F) Anna Isaacson (F) Scott Stambach (F)
David Hicks (F) Cheryl Diane Kidder (F) Bruno Barbosa (F) Amita Murray (F) Joshua Sidley (F)
John Ronan (P) Robert Lavett Smith (P) Daniel Carbone (P) Kim Suttell (P) R.A. Allen (P)
Dixon Hearne (I) Aurora Brackett (F) Richard Hartshorn (I) Eric Vasallo(I) Ellen Mulholland (F)
Melissa Palmer (N) Zamar (N) Allen Forrest (A) David Armand (I)
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SUMMER 2014 ISSUE Pamela Langley (F) Adefisayo Adeyeye (P) Margo Herr (A)
David J Ballenger (F) Ruth Gila Berger (N) RV Branham (F) Beth Castrodale (F) Ruth Deming (F)
Melissa Grunow (N) Cassie Kellogg (F) Sarah Kruel (F) Joshua Michael Johnson (F) Jake Teeny (F)
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SPRING 2014

FICTION
Jacqueline Friedland – Just Allowance
John Bach – Letter No. 8 — Gunslinger in the Church
Sayuri Yamada – Dancers
Leonard Kress – Evooshkoo
John Richmond – The Hill
Bobby Fischer – Three Wolves
David Starnes – Sagging Crown
Erin Lebacqz – Sustenance
David S. Atkinson – Turndown Service
Emily Topper – Something Better

POETRY
RAY GONZALEZ
RISA DENENBERG
CLYDE KESSLER
PAUL HOSTOVSKY
DOUG DRAIME

INTERVIEW
Sam Rosenthal, Author and Musician

NONFICTION
The Treatment by Xijing “Patricia” Sun
God’s Junkyard by Margaret Ackerman
Ghosts by Christine Barcellona

BOOK REVIEWs
J.C. Elkin’s World Class by Juliana Woodhead
Richard Powers’ Orfeo by Sarah Sarai

ARTWORK
The Artist’s Window: The Work of Katerina R. Kovatcheva
The Sundial Bridge: The Photography of Keith Moul
The Life of an Artist: The Work of W. Jack Savage

WINTER 2013-14

FICTION
Michael Andreoni
Sean Croft
April Dávila
Gale Deitch
Ceri Eagling
Brittany Lynn Goss
Mark Hollock
Mercedes Lucero
Gary Noland
Danny Olea
Melissa Palmer
David Vardeman
Shanna Yetman

POETRY
Angela Hibbs
Jeffrey Lee Owens
Patty Seyburn
Gray Tolhurst
Joseph Trombatore

NONFICTION
Stephanie Flood
Jessica Caudill
Elizabeth Bales Frank
J.D. Lynn
Elen Rochlin

ART
Kayla Roseclere & Ashley Inguanta
Alexndra Straton
Laura Watson

INTERVIEW
Chang-rae Lee

REVIEW
David Letzler on Thomas Pynchon

FALL 2013

FICTION
Brian Conlon
Catherine Nicholas
Kelly Jacobson
Adeline Hauber
R.V. Branham
C.D. Mitchell
Darlene Campos
Lynn Stansbury
Molly Gillcrist
John Tavares

POETRY
B.Z. Niditch
Eleni Erikson
Simon Perchik
Sarah Sarai
Aunia Kahn

NONFICTION
Pamela Langley
J.J. Anselmi
Elizabeth Dobbin

ART
Mable Song
Lisa Wilde
Vineet Radhakrishnan
Aunia Kahn
Christine Robakidze

INTERVIEWS
Ivy Pochoda
Martin Aston

SUMMER 2013

FICTION
Sophie Monatte
Emma Bohmann
G.D. McFetridge
Tana Young
Janae Green
Lydia Lambrou
Linda Bilodeau
Nick Brennan
Keith Laufenberg
Ruby Cowling
Rami Ungar

POETRY
Niall Rasputin
Joanna Valente
R.T. Castleberry
Kristen Hoggatt
Sam Alper
Jennifer Firestone

NONFICTION
Krista Carlson
Brenda Rankin
Jacqueline Doyle
Dorene O’Brien
C.A. Stamidis

ART
Michael Vincent Manalo
Jasmine Worth
Van Saro
Ira Joel Haber

INTERVIEWS
Steph Cha

SPRING 2013

FICTION
Kate LaDew
Robert Scott
Samuel Snoek-Brown
Ruby Cowling
Valerie Lewis
Scott Stambach
Charles West
Alexandra Gilwit
Stefanie Trout
James Lewelling

POETRY
Mary Bast
Lisa J. Cihlar
Darren Demaree
Chris Crittenden
Pramila Venkateswaran
Desmond Kon
Jenny Morse

NONFICTION
Rachael Goetzke
Christine Ritenis
R.R. Gwaltney
Laura Callanan

ART
Cecile Poulain
Janet Culbertson
Tom Block
Chuck Hodi

INTERVIEWS
Manuel Gonzales
Isis Aquarian
Arthur Tulee

WINTER 2012-2013

FICTION
Radha Bharadwaj
Barrie Walsh
Emil DeAndreis
Brett Burba
Maui Holcomb
David S. Atkinson
Shannon McMahon
Frances O’Brien
Shae Krispinsky

POETRY
Judith Taylor
Dorothy Chan
A.J. Huffman
Amy Sprague
H. Alexander Shafer
Amit Parmessur
Rinzu Rajan
Robert P. Hansen

NONFICTION
David B. Comfort
Chase Wilkinson

ART
Joe Biel
Fletcher Crossman
Natasha Stanton
Peter Colquhoun

INTERVIEWS
Alexandra Styron
Steven Weissman

FALL 2012

FICTION
Caroline Rozell
Lorraine Comanor
Marc Simon
Len Joy
Priscilla Mainardi
Harvey Spurlock
Max Sheridan
Katja Zurcher
Linda Nordquist
Steven Miller

POETRY
Jasmine Smith
Lowell Jaeger
Jose Flores
Corey Mingura
Katherine MacCue
Calvero

NONFICTION
Colleen Corcoran
Chelsey Clammor
Alia Volz

ART
Eric Rodriguez
Loren Kantor
Keith Moul
Eric Rodriguez

INTERVIEWS
Amelia Gray
Ruth Clampett

SUMMER 2012

FICTION
Brian S. Hart
Jessica Caudill
Amanda McTigue
Leslie Johnson
Brandon Bell
Marija Stajic
Rachel Bentley
Rebecca Wright
Orlin Oroschakoff

POETRY
Gretchen Mattox
Mike Donaldson
Lucie Winborne
David Russomano
Jess Minkert

NONFICTION
J.J. Anselmi
Melanie Henderson
S.M.B.
Annette Renee

ART
Judith Taylor
Yi Gao
Dallas Paterson
Elias Duchowny

INTERVIEW
David Cowart, Part II

SPRING 2012

FICTION
Eliezra Schaffzin
Melissa Palmer
Pamela Dreizen
Claire Noonan
Ben Orlando
Joe Kilgore
Francis Chung
Kevin Ridgeway
Karoline Barrett
G.L. Williams

POETRY
Gale Acuff
Susan King
Ivy Page
Sonali Gurpur
Holly Day

NONFICTION
Henry F. Tonn
Lily Murphy

ART
Leonard Kogan
Orlin Oroschakoff
Chad Kaplan

INTERVIEW
David Cowart, Part I

WINTER 2011-2012

FICTION
Greg November
Ashley Inguanta
Brooke Kwikkel
Tegan Webb
Ruth Webb
Edward Wells
Tantra Bensko
Keith Laufenberg
Robert Sachs

POETRY
Geordie de Boer
Amanda Hempel
Lisa Sisler
Garth Pavell

NONFICTION
Shay Belisle
Emily-Jane Hills Orford

ART
Soey Milk
Ashley Inguanta
Brett Stout

INTERVIEW
Howard Junker
Emily Kiernan

FALL 2011

FICTION
Patrick T. Henry
Matt Thomas
Tracy Auerbach
Marko Fong
A. Lazakis
Gina Goldblatt
M.E. McMullen
Sarah Sarai

POETRY
Aaron Poller
Purdey Kreiden
C. Derick Varn

NONFICTION
William Henderson
Henry F. Tonn

ART
Karl Wills
Eleanor Bennett
Carl Lozada

INTERVIEW
TINA MAY HALL

SUMMER 2011

FICTION
Avi Wrobel
Taryn Hook
San Rafi
Jennifer Fenn
Robert J. Miller
Susan Dale
John Staley
William J. Fedigan
Alice Charles

POETRY
Kathryn Zurlo
Thompson Boling
Felino Soriano

NONFICTION
G.S. Payne
William Boyle

ART
Mari Inukai
Nicole Bruckman
Luke Ritta

INTERVIEW
Francesca Lia Block
Rudy Ratzinger

SPRING 2011

FICTION
Liam Connolly
Katie Lattari
Karen Wodke
Sudha Balagopal
Eliza Snelling
Rebecca Shepard
Ron Koppelberger

POETRY
Mark DeCarteret
Margaux Griffith
Erica Ostergaard
Sara Swanson

NONFICTION
Shorsha Sullivan
Chelsea Wolfe
Michael Burns
Yu-Han Chao

ART
Heather Watts
John Oliver Hodges
Luke Ritta

INTERVIEW
Musician, Chelsea Wolfe

WINTER 2010

FICTION
Joe Kilgore
John Oliver Hodges
Dust, Marianne Villanueva
The Great Emptying of the Three Triangles, Marianne Villanueva
Jesse Aufiery
Michael Burns
Brett Biebel
Tetman Callis

POETRY
Lauren Nicole Nixon
Michael Fessler
David McLean
Jill Wright

NONFICTION
MIchael Campino
Deanna Ong
Sy Rosen
Weisberg & Gousios

ART
Michael Knight
Joseph Bowman
Coloring Book Art

INTERVIEW
Author, Davis Schneiderman

FALL 2010

FICTION
John Bruce
Jim Meirose
Sarah Smith
Elizabeth Dunphey
Gregg Williard
Elizabeth Blandon

POETRY
Lana Rakhman
Samantha Zimbler
Ricky Garni
Robert HIll Long

NONFICTION
MIchael Campino
Leigh Gaston
Sy Rosen
Karen Joyce Williams

ART
Ela Boyd
JT Steiny
MIchael Jonathan
Ernest Williamson

INTERVIEW
The Beautiful World of Pieter Nooten

SUMMER 2010

FICTION
Emily Kiernan
Joan Connor
Stephen Meyer
Desmond Kon
Joel Cox

POETRY
Judith Taylor
Gretchen Mattox
Ashley Shivar
Jesse DeLong

NONFICTION
Stuart Dybek
Deborah Bradford
Joseph Smith

ART
Osker Jimenez
Steve Bartlett
Richard Lange
C.W. Moss

REVIEW
The Lava Lady by Joanne Levine & Paul Monroe

SPRING 2010

FICTION
Miranda McLeod
Heather Genovese
DC Curtis & Bones Kendall

POETRY
Michael Moeller
Steve Abee
Aimee Brooks

NONFICTION
Paul Garson
Teddie-Joy Remhild

ART
Alexia Pilat
Carl Lozada
Carly Mizzou

REVIEW
Burton Pressboard