Pulp Literature Spring 2023

<ul><li><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Ups and Downs</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> by cover artist </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>M St James</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> offers us a feathered familiar to guide our way through this issue starting with 'The Caged Bird Sings in a Darkness of Its Own Creation' by feature author </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Richard Thomas</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>.</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Winged creatures fly to the rescue in 'Olympian' by </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>FJ Bergmann</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)></span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>'Andouille' by </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Mike Carson</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> and 'Dragon's Greed' by </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Sherilyn Moreton </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>and </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Anat Rabkin</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>. But human rescues miss the mark in 'All our Swains Commend Her' by </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Mitchell J Toews</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> and 'The Least of Myself' by </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Sylvia Leong</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>.</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The winner and runner-up of the Raven Short Story Contest alight carrying memories and regrets in 'Revolutions' by </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Catriona Sandilands</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> and 'Foam' by </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Alison Stevenson</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> while 'Waffles and Strawberries' by </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Susan Alexander</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> shows us a present that fails to live up to the past.</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Finally leave the known world behind and take charge of your adventure into the unknown with </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Melanie Martilla</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>'s 'Psychopomps Are Us' </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Mel Anastasiou</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>'s 'Stella Ryman vs the Board' and 'The Shepherdess: The Trail of Yellow Roses' by </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>JM Landels</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>.</span></li></ul>