Rock and a Hard Place No. 4

Rock and a Hard Place [v1 #4, Fall/Winter 2020] ed. Roger Nokes. mng ed. Jay Butkowski (Rock and a Hard Place Press, $12.95, 184pp, digest, cover by Peter Rozovsky)
Contents Pages
1 • Forward: Moving Four-Ward with Empathy and Hope • Jay Butkowski
4 • Room with a View • Peter Rozocsky • pt
5 • 7-11, True and Just • Jane Young • ss
17 • Black-Hearted Woman • Russell W. Johnson • ss
28 • Tough Commute • Richard Risemberg • pt
29 • 88 Lines About .44 Magnums • Thomas Pluck • ss
34 • Orbit • Jay Butkowski • pt
35 • Pink Aviary • Barbara DeMarco-Barrett • ss
47 • Hereafter • Stephen J. Golds • ss
53 • We Are Not Publishing Cop Stories • Roger Nokes • es
57 • Red of Tooth and Claw • Paul J. Garth • ss
67 • Drilling • Bruce Harris • ss
70 • Apex Theater • Andrew Novak • pt
71 • Fingerprints on the Razor • N.B. Turner • ss
79 • Day of the Dead in D.C. • Diane Krauthamer • pi
85 • Gator Baiter • Susan Kuchinskas • ss
94 • Ready When You Are • Richard Risemberg • pt
95 • The Limo • Stefen Styrsky • ss
109 • Water • Jeff Maschi • ss
112 • Water • Jeff Maschi • pt
113 • Off the Furrow • Jay Bechtol • ss
124 • Message in the Maze • Anon • pz
125 • The Andrew Devon Logbook • Dan Georgakas • ss
131 • Dream Catcher • Jess Messier • ss
141 • Trap City • Wilson Koewing • ss
149 • Wedlock • Michael Chin • ss
159 • Even the Monstrous • Jason Mykl Snyman • ss
172 • Untitled • Laura Dizon • pt
173 • Contributors’ Biographies • bg

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