River Oak Review

Volume 2, Issue 2
Fall 2005

Contents

Fiction

David Evanier
8
Rabbits in the Fields of  Strangers
Mick Cochrane
48
Homeland Security
David Karraker
125
Imagine This

Poetry

Frederick Zydek
1
Portrait of a Poet Priest
Paula D. Anderson
3
The Gift
Simon Perchik5
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B. Z. Niditch
6
Warsaw's Poet
Davide Trame
33
October
Jean-Mark Sense
35
Snake
Melody Lacina
37
Thanksgiving
Gaylord Brewer38
Apologia for the Martini Glass
Gaylord Brewer
39
Apologia for a Martini in Winter
Janine DeBaise
40
Still Life in the Pine Woods
Melody Lacina
41
Morels
Fox DeMoisey42
Old Love
Amanda Auchter
44
Dust
Christopher Travis
46
before the patterns dry
Richard Alan Bunch
51
The Message of Massage
Jan Ball52Photo at the Winery
Sharon Cumberland53Hera at the Piano
Doug Jones54Returning Pianos
Kelley Jean White56Art Lesson
Taj Jackson58The antic face
B. Z. Niditch59The Artist-in-Residence
Alan Britt60The Shaman Cannot Afford to Advertise on Cable TV
P. J. Taylor62A Mother's Plea to the Sketch Artist
Eric Paul Shaffer64A Blue Curve
Glen A. Mazis66Poor Boys, Rare Tortoises, and Existential Choices
Basil Cleveland68The Satellite
Kelley Jean White69The Line
Eric Paul Shaffer70The Floor God
Sandy Fontana72Tutee
Alan Britt107Bicentennial Minute
RickBursky108The History of Traitors
Sandy Fontana110The Women Wore Bloomers
Carol Hamilton112Kent State
Doug Jones114Africa Excess
E. G. Burrows116Treasure
Kurt Brown117Melville at the Custom House
Carol Hamilton119Umbra
Harvey Steinberg120Calypso Immortal
Douglas W. Geyer121Coming to the Altar
Vivian Malloy112The Rape of Persephone
Christopher Travis124ani
Jan Ball142Massage
Mark Smith143The Goldfish
Jan Ball144windsurfer
Julie Dunlop145Rings in the River
Joanne Lowery146Obese Woman Cut in the Water
Julie Dunlop148Crypt
Amanda Auchter149Baffle the Dark
Lisa Alexander Baron150solarium
Rhonda C. Poynter152funeral
Tracy Ahrens154nature will heal
Frederick Zydek156Letter to Blaski About What Goes On Between the Lines

Now Hear This: Stories on Stage

Introduction
74
2004 Contest Winners
L. C. Fiore75
Bluster and Balderdash
Dana Wood
88
The Moving Tree
J. Adam Oaks
99
Connected That Way


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