PULP LITERATURE SPRING 2020 IBD

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In this issue: The stunning Queen of Swords by cover artist Tais Teng guards the gates to this issue&rsquo,s brave new worlds and words. In &lsquo,The Bicolour Spiral&rsquo, by Matthew Hughes, the ever-popular Erm Kaslo explores hostile planets, tracks treasure hunters, and seeks stolen fortune. Matt&rsquo,s futuristic Sam Spade leaves no bloodstained stone unturned in this space opera of mystery and murder. Life itself spirals with being and absence in &lsquo,Watershakers&rsquo, by Christi Nogle and &lsquo,The Birthday Party&rsquo, by Melisa Gregorio as children witness the ephemeral made real &mdash, and the real made memory. And words themselves whirl and twirl &mdash, and crack open secrets &mdash, as poets Patti Pangborn and Sarah Summerson explore the hidden spaces of family life. Mike Carson, runner-up for the SiWC Storyteller Award, continues the exploration of memory and family in &lsquo,Deep Water&rsquo,, considering the limits of responsibility in fragile relationships. Meanwhile, Rina Piccolo, in &lsquo,Double Flush&rsquo,, reminds us that being human sometimes just means looking out for number one. It&rsquo,s buyer beware in &lsquo,Life4Sale&rsquo,, an epistolary tale for the digital age by Raven Short Story Contest winner Michael Donoghue. And threads of desire and longing stitch lives together in &lsquo,Dannemora Sewing Class&rsquo, by runner-up MFC Feeley. Two historical heroines return as we rejoin Toinette &mdash, &lsquo,La Bergere&rsquo, &mdash, at the gates of seventeenth-century Paris in part two of The Shepherdess by JM Landels, and Frankie Ray and her chum Connie brave the no-less-imposing gates of Monument Studios in part four of Mel Anastasiou&rsquo,s The Extra. Abandon the humdrum and enter these realms of wonder and adventure if you dare &hellip,