Issue 26 Contributors

Perigee's 26th issue will be released this coming Thursday, October 15th. It will include all new fiction, non-fiction, and poetry—including the winners and honorable mentions from our 2009 Poetry Contest. Altogether we're publishing 41 phenomenal poems, short fiction from Brandon Cesmat, Walter Cummins, and Gavin Pate, an interview with Mich Cochrane, and much more.

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Fiction (9)

"The Insomniac and the Singer,” by Michael Bradburn-Ruster
“Aphasia,” by Brandon Cesmat
“Dreaded,” by Walter Cummins
“Fisher of Herms,” by Rosalie Freese
“The Swap,” by Marisa Labozzetta
“At the Twin Maples,” by Tim Myers
“All the Acid in the World,” by Gavin Pate
“Tractor Twang,” by Anna Sheaffer
“Angelina and Me,” by Tatjana Soli

Non-Fiction (9)

“Jack Marshall, The Steel Veil,” Reviewed by Duff Brenna (originally in South Carolina Review)
“End of the Sixties” Excerpts from an Autobiography, by Robert Gover
“Mick Cochrane on Baseball, ‘Butterflies’ and his New Book,” by Jean Westmoore (The Buffalo News)

“America/Armenia/Angelina,” by Nancy Agabian
“Four Generations of Men,” by David W. Berner
“Old School Bush,” by T. Nicole Cirone
“No Apology for Happiness,” by Steve Davenport
“Words Under the Sky,” by Thomas E. Kennedy
“The Blood of Children,” by Allen Learst
“Therapy,” by Richard Reiss

Poetry (41)

Contest winners:
First - “The Seed Jar,” by Corrie Williamson
Second - “Sweet Molasses,” by Ginny Lowe Connors
Third - “Yosemite,” by Peter Bolland
Honorable Mention – “The Last Battle of the Civil War,” by Peter Bolland
Honorable Mention – “Crossroads,” by Cameron Keller Scott

Standard submissions:
“Fourteen,” by Deborah Harding-Allbritain
“Molluska: Gastropoda,” by Deborah Harding-Allbritain
“Lure and Tryst,” by Deborah Harding-Allbritain
“Lost Dog,” by Brandon Cesmat
“Repo,” by T. Nicole Cirone (Editor’s Choice: T. Kennedy)
“Closing Up the Bungalow,” by T. Nicole Cirone (Editor’s Choice: T. Kennedy)
“Soldier of Fortune, 1969,” by Steve Davenport (Editor’s Choice: R.A.Rycraft)
“American Girl,” by Steve Davenport (Editor’s Choice: R.A.Rycraft)
“Shape,” by Steve Davenport (Editor’s Choice: R.A.Rycraft)
“Torch Song,” by Allison Elliott
“Loosestrife,” by Kathleen M. Kelley
“What Did She Read in the Grand Canyon,” by Ken Kibler
“Summer Turning,” by Jen Kindborn
“Confessions of an Ensenada Cruise,” by Clifton King
“A Woman with a Chameleon on her Hat,” by Suzanne Lummis
“You Will Visit a Far-Away Country that has been in Your Thoughts,” by Suzanne Lummis
“Setting Out,” by Jack Marshall
“Dimming,” by Jack Marshall
“Matter,” by Carolyn Miller
“Happiness,” by Carolyn Miller
“After Swimming in the Public Pool,” by Carolyn Miller
“Orange and Gray,” by Miguel Murillo
“The Kingdom of Six A.M.,” by Michael Nieman
“Road,” by Michael Nieman
“Before and After Tampico,” by Doren Robbins
“Alone Together,” by Doren Robbins
“Reaching for a Star,” by Madeline Sharples
“Demolition,” by Madeline Sharples
“Just South of Epinal,” by Lloyd A Stoller
“What You Don’t Know,” by Bill Sullivan
“Sculpting,” by Rebecca Tolin
“The Adjective Cellar,” by Archie Wilson
“The Zen of Housework,” by Al Zolynas
“A Nightmare Concerning Priests,” by Al Zolynas