Winter 2022-23 Issue #23
See Mill Valley rare snow photos here.
Featuring:
Excerpt from Bernard Meisler’s hilarious neo-noir satire novel, There’s Never Been a Better Time to Buy Die. “Meisler hits Marin County’s quirky nails smack in the head with his hard-boiled real estate agent’s noir-cynicism.”—Mill Valley Literary Review.
“Mad Men Revisited.” J.Macon King’s essay explores the cast and careers of one of the best television shows ever. “Why was Jon Hamm, the nonchalantly magnetic Don Draper, never cast as James Bond? Or Cary Grant?”
Interview with Connie Strycker, archetype for Mad Men? “Oh my God, I thought, that’s my life and it’s on TV and I’m watching my life in my house in my clothes.”
“Down to Peru” prize-winning surf\travel story by Tom Fitzmorris. “On a big south swell the sets virtually never stop. Fortune goes to the prepared. Disaster hunts the others.”
“Jack Kerouac Recuerdo” essay by k.k. mills. Contemplating “…Kerouac during the pandemic and his style as both poetic and influenced by Zen, referencing The Dharma Bums and Visions of Cody.”
With Every Step I Take 2, a collection of poetry and prose by Avotcja, well-loved Bay Area Bay Area icon Poet/Playwright/Multi-Percussionist/Photographer/Teacher Avotcja. Review by Poetry Editor Jeff Kaliss.
Note: We have retired our long-time seasonal “issue format” and will be publishing a new story, poem or other work about every 4-8 weeks. Please bookmark us and check back regularly for more literary treasures and treats. If you like the variety we’ve brought you for 10 years, keep us going—SUBSCRIBE or DONATE NOW. And writers, Submissions are now open.
Cover photo: Lake Tahoe, Incline Village, 2023, by Nick King.
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