Rose & Thorn Journal  -  Winter 2012


Table of Contents

Prose
 
 
Patricia Abbott
 The Bride
most girls dream of their wedding day, but this bride's dreams are fit for the Twilight Zone
 
Chris Castle

 Angelika's Silence
secrets smolder at the heart of a relationship in the light of conflagration
 
Karen S. Elliott
 From an Old Man's Valise
a collection of bittersweet memories are unlocked with the turn of a key
 
Michelle Morouse
 Departing
sometimes staying can be as difficult as leaving
 
Linda C. Peer
 Remedy Radio
a fed-up wife finds the cure for her marriage ailments
 
Brett Rosenblatt
Confetti
sometimes the currents of life and love are dangerously turbulent 
 
Beate Sigriddaughter
 A Moment at the Window
a fleeting look brings into focus the pain and reality of love
 
Barbara Jean Tannert
According to Eleanor Roosevelt
a Stanley Steamer man cleans out his client's confidence
 
Graham Tugwell
 I Am Your Special Dog
the bizarre tale of a boy who lives in a bog with his grotesque, talking dog
 
Jon Wesick
 Signal to Noise
the phrase "bored to death" takes on new meaning

 
 
 
 Poetry
 
 
L.N. Allen
Six Spells
 
Andrea Beltran
Affair
Flying Ant
 
Lisa Janice Cohen
Unsealing the Records 
 
 Nahshon Cook
A Classical Khon Dancer
The Flood
The God Elephant
 
 Darren DeMaree
Let the Body Sleep
Where the Red & Eyeless Dream
 
 Benjamin Isaac
Salvation
Where Do You See Yourself?
In the Voice of a Harley Motorcycle
 
 Jill Klein
Migraine
Midnight Music
 
 Kevin Mazzola
 The Story
 
 Amit Parmessur
 The Fool
 
 Peter L. Scacco
Et in Arcadia Ego
 
 Michael N. Thompson
Guitar Town
 
James Valvis
The Nazis at the Pool
Who the Hell Is Ernest Borgnine?