Rock and a Hard Place [v1 #5, Winter/Spring 2021] eic. Roger Nokes, mgn ed. Jay Butkowski (Rock and a Hard Place Press, $12.95, 190pp, digest, $2.99 ebook, cover by Ron Santee)
Foreward: Looking Straight at Bleakness • Roger Nokes • ed
1 • A Son Needs His Mother • Deb Merino • ss
15 • Downtown Rises • J. Rohr • pt
17 • Falling and Catching • Claude LaLumière • ss
23 • A Bad-Hearted Man • Travis Wade Beary • ss
37 • Sea, Grass, Sky • Jerry Bloomfield • pt
39 • From the Dark Ages • C.A. Cole • ss
51 • Quarrels from All Sides • John Joseph Ryan • ss
63 • From the Rock, Looking Toward the Hard Place or Hudson River Sunset • B.J. Rozan • pt
65 • Beautiful Jena • R.D. • ss
75 • The Waiting Room • Richard Risemberg • ss
81 • Saddest Recipe Cookbook • S.J. Rozan, Lindsey Heatherly, J.B. Stevens, Paul J. Garth • ms
89 • Bring Me a Pint of Cherry Garcia • Thomas Pluck • ff
93 • The Value of a Dollar • Adrian Ludens • ss
103 • Nursery • Jeff Maschi • ff
105 • Nursery • Jeff Maschi • pt
107 • Drying Out at the Shelter • Braxton Younts • mm
121 • Gone • Don Stoll • ss
129 • A Lone Light • J. Rohr • pt
131 • The Bust Out at Tomato Farm No. 7-1 • Tim P. Walker • ss
141 • The Ocean at Their Shoulders • James D.F. Hannah • ss
153 • How to Love • Michael J. Moore • ss
157 • Requiescat En Pace • Jerry Bloomfield • pt
159 • Mrs. Gotobed • Bill Davidson • ss
170 • Contributors’ Biographies • bi

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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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