The new issue of Faraway is online, featuring dozens of pieces by many new authors.  Click on the titles below to read the individual stories or poems, or click here to view the issue as a whole.

On the Other Promontory by Davide Trame

Winter Passage For Billy Collins by Michael K. Gause

Dwindling Times and Burden by Gary Beck

A Work in Progress by Benjamin Nardolilli with artwork by Travis Jeffords

Paramecium by S.P. Flannery

Her Shunted Complexion by Ray Succre with photo by James Berkshire

Beyond Organic Groceries by Elizabeth Kate Switaj

“Behold I Am Oblivion” by Terence Kuch

Titian on His Journey Home by Davide Trame

The Book Review by David Kentner

A Family Matter by Josh Mitchell with photos by Atina Thorning

Manic is the Dark Night by Michael K. Johnson

Dwellings by Luigi Monteferrante

The Whole History of Art by William Doreski

Can I Get a Witness by Eric McKinley

Betty With the Peacock by Willow Healy

Fading Flurries by Sean Wiebe

? by Jeff Hendrickson

RedYellowRed by Katie Rutherford

Conceptual Conflict by Felino Soriano

Spirit Faces by William Doreski

Roy Flint, Circa 1988 by Jen Conley

Venge by S.P. Flannery

Smack! by James Berkshire

The Silent Signs by Olga Zilberbourg with artwork by Gay Degani

Some Dark Blue by Beth Mathison

Coming to America by Shane Ryan Bailey with L.A. Harvest by James Berkshire

Let the Dead Bury Their Dead by Mark Konkel
New Grass by Michael K. Gause

In the meantime, our Contributors page has been fully updated to include all of the new writers, poets, and artists from this new issue.

Click on their names to read more about them: Sean Wiebe, Davide Trame, Atina Thorning, Elizabeth Kate Switaj, Ray Succre, Felino Soriano, Luigi Monteferrante, Eric McKinley, Terence Kuch, Mark Konkel, Michael Lee Johnson, Willow Healy, Michael K. Gause, S.P. Flannery, Jen Conley, James Berkshire, Gary Beck, and Shane Bailey.

Thank you so much for including my story in your fine review.  I am honored to be included in it.  The typesetting and graphics look great.  Keep up the good work. . . .  I believe in what you’re doing, so keep doing it.  Therefore, here is a small contributions towards the next issue.  Best of luck in your literary efforts.

Sincerely,
Joseph Grant

To contribute to Faraway and help keep this independent journal alive, please click here.

And remember, we are currently serializing the novella Doing the Dead – 1983.  We just published the first chapter, with the second chapter to follow on the 13th.

Allow me also to take this opportunity to plug Second Story Books of Claremont, which has been one of our staunchest supporters.  They’ve got a great selection of new, used, rare, hard-to-find and interesting titles to choose from.  More importantly, they are one of a rare breed of independent bookstores.  If you’re tired of going into Barnes and Nobles and seeing a million copies of the latest James Patterson or Dean Koontz book, stop by Second Story.  More importantly still, the proprietors of Second Story support writers and artists like those who contribute to and publish Faraway.

So stop in to pick up the latest copy of our journal and browse around for a book to read afterwards.  And don’t forget to let us know what you think!

If not, what are you waiting for?!  This issue contains work by over thirty contributors from all around the world.  The content and the layout are the best Faraway has seen in its two year publication history.  Download it now by right-clicking the image, and clicking “Save Target As” (2.85 megabytes).  And don’t forget to click the comments form below, and let us know what you think!

I’ve also updated the Marathon page with an account of today’s run.

You can also click on the miniviewer below to stream the new issue via www.Issuu.com/faraway.  NOTE: Because Issuu.com is not compatible with the latest versions of Adobe Acrobat, some material in this issue will not display properly.  We recommend that you download the issue from the link above.

Get your own – Open publication

This issue features stories, poems, and artwork from two dozen contributors, including Andy Mills, Suvi Mahonen and Luke Waldrip, Jeff Crouch and Diana Magallon, Jim Lyons, Jim Fuess, Michael Woodcock, Josh Mitchell, Jared Hernandez, Michael Pitassi, T.R. Healy, Ellen Perry, David Kowalczyk, William Walsh, Joseph Grant, Vic Fortezza, Gay Degani, Karen Greenbaum-Maya, Steve Cartwright, Ron Savage, and Christian Pinchbeck.

And please be sure to tell us what you think!