The forty-fifth, or July-September 2010, issue of ChiZine (also known as Chiaroscuro, and subtitled “Treatments of Light and Shade in Words”) is now available.
The fiction (edited by Editor-in-Chief Brett Alexander Savory and Fiction Editors Hannah Wolf Bowen, Michael Marano, and Gord Zajac) includes:
“Lindsey Hearts Mark” by Jacob A. Boyd
“Their Own Executioners” by L.L. Hannett
“Turning, or Turning” by Patricia Russo
The poetry line-up (edited by Sandra Kasturi with Colleen Anderson and Carolyn Clink) in this issue is:
“Behind the Locked Door” by Arlene Ang
“Nyctalops” by Robert Borski
“Waiting for the Harrowing” by Helen Marshall
“Blue Velvet” by Jayne Pupek
Also available are:
From the Shadeaux: “Scarlet Mashup” by David Niall Wilson (column)
“Screaming Mimis” by Ian Grey (column)
Book Reviews (archived) by William D. Gagliani, Ray Wallace, David Niall Wilson, Cherie Priest, Stephen Studach, Gord Zajac, and Kurt Dinan
“Son of Celluloid”—archived film reviews by Phillip Brugalette
“Mike and Lisa’s Throw-Down Review”—archived film reviews by Michael Marano and Lisa Morton
Nancy Kilpatrick presents: “How I Spent My Summer Vacation, or, Films to Love Forever”
And the results for the Chiaroscuro short story contest. Of the 121 entries, the winners are:
1st place: “Pugelbone” by Nadia Bulkin
2nd place: “Last Days” by Dave Chua
3rd place: “A Loss for ____” by Brenta Blevins
honorable mention: “East on West I-90” by Gregory Wolos
honorable mention: “Semblance Market” by David Austin
honorable mention: “Calling Gideon” by Ian McHugh
The top three finishers will be published in the next issue of ChiZine.