Kaolin Fire, the Founding Editor and “Chief Instigator” of Greatest Uncommon Denominator (GUD) writes “Issue 6 bounds onto the scene with a bright and blooming selection of prose, poetry, and art. Whether it’s old tales retold with a new face, like an irreverent version of Sleeping Beauty, or a tale of renewal on the Wheel of Life, Issue 6 has a fresh feel to it. We’re stepping through doors into unexpected places, washing our brains clean of memories, and getting a shiny coat of paint.
“As always, GUD brings you the cream: haunting stories, evocative poetry, and art that you’ll want to frame and hang on the wall. Issue 6 has a fantastic alternate history from Lou Antonelli that’ll make you look at US/Irish connections in a whole new way. Issue 6 has weird and wonderful art from Andy B. Clarkson. Issue 6 has poetry from Rose Lemberg and Jim Pascual Agustin. Issue 6 has… way too much to summarize.”
Contents of this issue include:
Stories:
“As the Wheel Turns” by Aliette de Bodard
“Salad Days” by E.H. Luptona
“How to Recover From a Hundred-Year Sleep” by Sue Williams
“Dispatches from the Troubles” by Lou Antonelli
“The Naming Braid” by by Lindsey Duncan
“In the Garden of Rust and Salt” by Ferrett Steinmetz
“Annicca” by Ian McHugh
“Who You Talking To, Zone?” by Bob Tippee
“The Last Butterfly” by Lavie Tidhar
“What Happens in Vegas” by Caroline M. Yoachim
“Hateful” by Lydia Ondrusek
“Maisy’s Many Souls” by Matthew Sanborn Smith
“Doors” by Rajan Khanna
Poetry:
“Fire at the time factory” by Jennifer Jerome
“The Dream Reader” by Margaret Bashaar
“Traveling” by Catherine Zickgraf
“Definitely Us” by Brett Elizabeth Jenkins
“Again” by Molly Horan
“Bridging” by Shweta Narayan
“All You Had” by Jim Pascual Agustin
“Whale on the Roof” by Rose Lemberg
“The Girl Who Married a Buddha” by Margaret Bashaar
“Sand Clings to My Toes, Daddy” by Jim Pascual Agustin
“Crumpled Receipts” by Bryan Christopher Murray
“Doll” by Marina K. Richards
“Memoir: Murray Street” by Tara Deal
“soft and bright” by Teresa Houle
“Inner Fabric, Wall-to-Wall” by Richard Spuler
“Moonlight Sonata for a Proto-Surrealist (minor keys only)” by Jonathan Emerson Hobratsch
Art:
“Flat Worm” by Dave Migman
“Thought Process” by Andy B. Clarkson
“The Smoke” by Bob Evans
“Rousing the Whirlwind” by Aunia Kahn
“Erqi” by Elizabeth Kate Switaj
“Mystif Eye” by Andy B. Clarkson
“Generation Gap” by Arthur Wang
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