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Poetry, Special Issue

Purple Heart by Janet M. Greenstreet

From a pallet on the ground I write home that my shrapnel wound is healing.I joke about being named to the hospital’s board of directors. This is not like any…

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May 15, 2022
Special Issue

Table of Contents: Thank You For Your Service

Letter from the Editor Here We AreEd Ahern Aberrant Thought While in a Check-out LineEd Ahern Valor ConcealedJason O’Toole Out in The SuckJoseph S. Pete The SoldierJames Piatt Memories of…

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May 15, 2022
Poetry, Special Issue

Maggie’s Drawers* by Janet M. Greenstreet

Beyond smoking scrub, a red flag rises on a rifle. I hear O’Malley curse the almighty as we all deflate: exhausted, hungry, lice-infested, frozen. Stillness shrouds our brooding group. More hours…

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May 15, 2022
Fiction, Special Issue

Out in The Suck by Joseph S. Pete

No one ever warns you about just how boring war can be. Yeah, there’s that cliche we’ve all heard about war being “months of boredom punctuated by moments of terror.” …

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May 15, 2022
Poetry, Special Issue

A Graveyard for Soldiers by James Piatt

In a graveyard for soldiers under a frowning moon, birds eschew the crumbs of dry bones of dead warriors, dogs curve around the boundaries as they sense the odor of…

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May 15, 2022
Poetry, Special Issue

Four Five Commando by Matthew M.C. Smith

Dartmoor speedmarch ’6630 miles, do or die,de-humans, rake-thin,carry loads on backs.Thick boots, breath-beaten,noses, jaws, like bladesof cattle boneslittered on route. Men of arms,of Four Five Commando,see beyond the upland hill-rim;a…

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May 22, 2022
Poetry, Special Issue

At the Airport by Catherine Zickgraf

I bring our children with chestnut hair.We mixed ourselves making them, saw we faredwell in an untested marriage.  For a decade, thin cottonwrapped the bed.  At night, all poverty forgotten.…

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May 21, 2022
Poetry, Special Issue

Here We Are by Ed Ahern

What can be said or doneAbout what hasn’t happened?Yet living in the momentturns away the inner eyefrom anticipated pleasuresand awaited fears.If we portray ourselvesas what we wish to be,perhaps we…

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May 15, 2022
Poetry, Special Issue

Honor Box by Janet M. Greenstreet

Worn and tattered, the Western Union telegram holds her heart within its folds. Shall I make wedding plans for Thursday or Saturday? She will wait for him to send word.…

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May 15, 2022
Poetry, Special Issue

Omaha Beach, Normandy by Danny P. Barbare

Whatdoeshesee lookingoutthekitchenwindow smokingacigarette anddrinkingaMillerbeer? Statement from the author: I would get up in the middle of the night and dad would be drinking a Miller beer. Looking out the dark…

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May 15, 2022
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  • Poetry,  Special Issue

    Memories of a Peaceful Time by James Piatt

    May 15, 2022 /

    Screams in broken languages of anguish slash into sand and rock leaving a gory scarlet tint to sandy dust soaring high into the air. A cold hopelessness lingers over the blood painted sand as battles continue, on and on. Death circles over the battered arenas of combat as the deafening…

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    Lazy Days by Jason de Koff

    July 1, 2020

    Camelot Triangle by Allen Ashley

    November 1, 2019

    an insincere prince by Linda M. Crate

    January 1, 2020
  • Poetry,  Special Issue

    The Soldier by James Piatt

    May 15, 2022 /

    The pale, lonely man exists in a patchwork put together-life, his parts held together with Elmer’s glue, and bailing wire. His soul… dark brown like Bourbon and Coca Cola; he is a conglomeration of misplaced desires, fantasies, and sounds of gaudy birds screeching stridently inside his tortured mind. He shuffles through…

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    Rusty Mill-Stones of History by Lazarus Trubman

    March 1, 2019

    Ready or Not by Frank Light

    May 21, 2022

    Who Is Left by K. Noel Moore

    September 1, 2019
  • Fiction,  Special Issue

    Out in The Suck by Joseph S. Pete

    May 15, 2022 /

    No one ever warns you about just how boring war can be. Yeah, there’s that cliche we’ve all heard about war being “months of boredom punctuated by moments of terror.”  The terror, all anyone ever focuses on is the terror. The terror is the highlight, the talking point. Everyone cautions…

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    When I write about the military by Ron Riekki

    May 15, 2022

    Lunar Beekeeper by Qurat Dar

    March 1, 2019

    He, Unknown by Ana M. Fores Tamayo

    July 1, 2019
  • Poetry,  Special Issue

    Aberrant Thought While in a Check-out Line by Ed Ahern

    May 15, 2022 /

    It’s okay to cry or smile in private,but if among others, even strangers,displaying our mood is at bestbad manners, and at worstdemented behavior to be evaded. But would it not be simpler to copeif we blatantly screamed or sulkedor laughed out loud for no apparent cause?For we could sense the…

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    Unchoreographed Ballet by DC deWinter

    July 1, 2019

    morning routine. by Taryn Dixon

    May 1, 2019

    The Bone Dance by Lucy Whitehead

    July 1, 2020
  • Poetry,  Special Issue

    Here We Are by Ed Ahern

    May 15, 2022 /

    What can be said or doneAbout what hasn’t happened?Yet living in the momentturns away the inner eyefrom anticipated pleasuresand awaited fears.If we portray ourselvesas what we wish to be,perhaps we need to worryjust a little more aboutwhere the hell we are. ____________________________________________________________ Ed Ahern is a former naval officer who specialized in…

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    Goddess of Time by Robin Louise Smith

    September 1, 2019

    The Last Kiss by Juliette Sebock

    July 1, 2019

    At the Airport by Catherine Zickgraf

    May 21, 2022
  • Special Issue

    Letter from the Editor

    May 15, 2022 /

    In May 2019, Adrienne, Craig, and I embarked on a new adventure — a charity anthology. But not just for any cause. It was for one my near and dear to my heart. We wanted to put together an anthology that would honor those who have served and are still…

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    Hard stubborn things by Lee Potts

    March 1, 2019

    Rhododendron by Lucy Whitehead

    November 1, 2019

    Table of Contents: Issue 2

    March 1, 2019
  • Special Issue

    Table of Contents: Thank You For Your Service

    May 15, 2022 /

    Letter from the Editor Here We AreEd Ahern Aberrant Thought While in a Check-out LineEd Ahern Valor ConcealedJason O’Toole Out in The SuckJoseph S. Pete The SoldierJames Piatt Memories of a Peaceful TimeJames Piatt A Graveyard for SoldiersJames Piatt Omaha Beach, NormandyDanny P. Barbare Come Home SoldierChristina Ciufo When I…

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    Los Angeles, 1952, Part 1 by Wayne Turmel

    September 1, 2019

    coffeehouse window seat. by Taryn Dixon

    May 1, 2019

    The Mirror Lies by Lucy Zhang

    January 1, 2020
  • Announcement

    Hiatus Announcement

    October 4, 2020 /

    ‘If you feel “burnout” setting in, if you feel demoralized and exhausted, it is best, for the sake of everyone, to withdraw and restore yourself.’ Dalai Lama TL;DR Twist in Time Lit Mag is going on hiatus for 2021. No issues will be released until 2022. 2021 will solely focus on publishing…

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    Bioluminescence by Rabiu Temidayo

    November 1, 2019

    Perfect Timing by Jason de Koff

    October 1, 2020

    A Memento, In Situ by Lisa Short

    May 15, 2022
  • Issue 10,  Poetry

    She can’t help herself by Mary Ford Neal

    October 1, 2020 /

    She’s smiling      the woman whose husband      will shortly have her murdered           whose thimble, whose sheets      whose husband’s flesh           will soon be warmed           by a more obliging body      with a lot more give and quite a bit less to say. She’s smiling     and at my leisure I can appraise      every detail of her…

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    happy b-day. by Taryn Dixon

    March 1, 2019

    The Little Mermaid Contemplates the Knife by Allison Armstrong

    January 1, 2020

    My Hips: Myrtle Beach Pavilion, Circa 1978 by Carol Parris Krauss

    April 4, 2020
  • Fiction,  Issue 10

    This Is The Room Where We Tell Stories About The Future by Jonathan Payne

    October 1, 2020 /

    This is the room where we tell stories about the future. It is curved, spacious, and filled with light. The deep stone window frames have no glass, allowing a cool breeze to blow in from the garden. The distant sound of a waterfall can be heard under occasional bursts of…

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    Perfect Timing by Jason de Koff

    October 1, 2020

    Keepstake by Joan McNerney

    July 1, 2019

    Creative Study: Juliette van der Molen

    October 1, 2020
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