Rose & Thorn Journal - Fall 2011
Table
of Contents
| Prose |
| N.T. Arevalo |
Shangri-la a woman's visceral encounter with the Hawaiian landscape at a dark time in her life |
| Kim Bond |
Courtesy Kiss sometimes a kiss (or a kiss-off) is worth a thousand words |
| David Coffman |
Jayber Wislir Meets the Devil a man's life is forever changed when his path crosses with the devil |
| John S. Fields |
Painting a husband honors his wife's memory |
| Lou Gaglia |
Rescue who needs saving? the knight or the damsel? |
| Linda Leschak |
Returning a lonely woman's final embrace of the sea |
| Julianne McCullagh |
Between the Notes one odd sibling forever rips the family fabric apart |
| E. M. Sole |
The Dissolution of Mr. Smith what if strangers stole everything you owned, even your house, right before your eyes? |
| Daniel Wallace |
I Heart Monkeys strange, phantasmal monkey business pulls a middle-aged woman away from sanity |
| Laura Grace Weldon |
Family Architecture the tangled ends of the apron string can reach a thousand miles when stretched |
| Poetry |
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| Vanessa Blakeslee |
On Shoes |
| Jessie Carty |
(Parent)hetical |
| Chris Crittenden |
In the Philosopher's Condo |
| Steve De France |
This Call Is For You |
| Patricia Esposito |
Because He Went Unshaven |
| John Grey |
Silent Bells |
| Ruth Hill |
Tug And Pull |
| Peycho Kanev |
Bivalent |
| W. F. Lantry |
Rosarian |
| Sharanya Manivannan |
Architecture |
| John C. Mannone |
Promiscuous Saxophone |
| Ben Parker |
Description of Some Early Experiments |