Ramshackle Review: Covers

Karen de la Bald photographed this cottage on the moors of Yorkshire, England. Her photo In The Graveyard also appears in this issue. See more of her artwork and photography here.

3.01.2011

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Regret

poetry by Caitlin Roper

No One Will Ever Give You This Poem

That Kind Of Body

poetry and fiction by Darryl Price

Half-hearted Apology

poetry by Nicole Koroch

Helter Skelter Books

fiction by Claire Massey

Downtime

fiction by Justis Mills

Stay

poetry by Michelle Elvy

Time Seducer

poetry by M.P. Powers

What To Do, What To Do

photography by Jennifer Hodgson

For Sale Sign (#3)

poetry by Lori A. May

Outside

poetry by Shannon Peil

Hitting Home

poetry by Rene Foran

Creamsicle

Election Eve

Preserving

poetry by Betsy Sharp

Love and How It Gets That Way

poetry by Bill Yarrow

Barbie In The Maroon Jumpsuit

poetry by Amy Schreibman Walter

My Grandfather Who Runs Away With Me

nonfiction by Matthew Zanoni Müller

The Last Airborne

digital painting by Ian McQue

Falling Into Hugeness

nonfiction by Marcus Speh

There There Now, Bus Buddy

poetry by Steve Subrizi

The Test

The Catfish and the Poem

Lingua Americana

poetry by Norbert Krapf

Late Evening

oil painting by Evgeni Gordiets

no. 190

poetry by Regina Green

In Cases Involving Children of Visa Petitioners, the Calculation is Complex

poetry by Jim Davis

Headstone

nonfiction by Jane Hammons

Outside the Temple of Heaven

Photography by Peter Tieryas Liu and Angela Xu

Jello

Leading A Life of Theory

Something About Cupid

poetry by Robert Klein Engler

Put Down Your Camera And Love Me

poetry by J.P. Reese

Bodensee

fiction by Barry Basden

Listing

Fenced

The Skill in Gravity

poetry by Sara Fitzpatrick Comito

Stick Figures In Love

This Poem Is Totally About Wallpaper, And Not At All About Something Else, Like Breasts

Your Marriage Gets Louder As You Get Older

poetry by Amorak Huey

Artistic Statement #11

poetry by Robert McDonald

A Shift In Focus

In Defense Of Flirting

Illusions Of Spring

poetry by A.J. Huffman

Unsure

poetry by Susan Tepper

Nineteen

Semi-subversive in Los Angeles

nonfiction by Allison McCabe

Humphrey Bogart

poetry by John Tustin

Russian Style

poetry by Heather Abner

October 1988

Scientific Method

The Weight

poetry by Sam Rasnake

Outside Eddie’s Room In The World

fiction by Sheldon Lee Compton

Border War

Writing Life

The Butterfly Garden of Absinthe

Eternal Recurrence of the Same

poetry by Howie Good

Howie Good: On Poetry, Process, and the Writing Life

interview

Going Over the Sketches for the Last of the Big Paintings

etching by James Skvarch

Visiting The Factory

Nonfiction by Nicole Monaghan

Ghost Dance

fiction by Stephen Hastings-King

12.08.2010

for Liz Gerard, and all who love and miss her

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About the Cover

photograph by Nicolas Vigier

How to Love
poetry by Bill Yarrow

After He Stays
fiction by Melanie Yarbrough

Six Months
fiction by Dallas Woodburn

Punishment

Drapery

poetry by Lisa Zaran

Conversation With A Five-Year Old
nonfiction by Shannon Cavanaugh

Fergus
photography by Annie Atkins

Dollars
fiction by Parker Tettleton

Talk To Me
fiction by Len Kuntz

Carnivalesque

Arrival and Departure

poetry by Howie Good

Crocodilian

Drunk Elephant

fiction by Meg Pokrass

Broken Music

paintings by Alexandra Manukyan

Ganghwa Island
poetry by Matthew Stranach

Ma Chere
poetry by Robert Malbin

Amahle and I
fiction by Isabell Serafin

Borrowed Dreams
illustration by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon

Selections from Thinly Sliced Raw Fish

fiction by Christian Bell

Four Images

photomanipulations by Sarolta Ban

Black Dirt
memoir by Denise Emanuel Clemen

Selections from Municipal Archive

nonfiction by Kio Stark

Just Working
13 Eyes
Victory V
nonfiction by Mark Etchells

Prodigal Heart
fiction by James Robison

progression of a body through knives

lately

poetry by Justin Hyde

Nine Stories

fiction by Stephen Hastings-King

Zoomix Village
Digital painting by Sergey Skachov

Zebra
El Mucho
memoir and fiction by Tim Etchells

Last Light
photography by Thomas Wheeler

Not A Hint of Irony
fiction by M. John Harrison

About the Cover

Nicolas Vigier photographed this small refuge, Chalet de Chizeraz, in Beaufortain in the French Alps. See more of his photos on his website.

9.19.2010

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About the Cover

photograph by Pat St. Pierre

In Preparation

fiction by Jessica Hollander

Didn't I Always Let You Have One of My Cigarettes

fiction by Stephanie Austin

Ode To A Girl Who Looks Better Without Makeup

Two Vignettes For Two Lovers

poetry and fiction by Deanna Larsen

Naked Ladies

fiction by Jack Swenson

forest in the early morning

fiction by Susan Tepper

Maison d’Ailleurs

watercolor by James Gurney

Inspiration

poetry by Rachel Fenton

Loom

fiction by R. S. Bohn

Fishboil

poetry by Bill Yarrow

Finlandia

poetry by Mark Swanson

Tsalagi

poetry by Matthew Hamilton

Counting Backwards

fiction by Thomas O'Connell

Two Haikai

poetry by Richard Stevenson

Elephant

fiction by Michelle Elvy

Dolphins

The Ubiquitious Urn

two poems by Darryl Price

Gullible’s Travels

poetry by Julie Innis

Umbrella Sky

digital painting by Marta Dahlig

Language of the Miltonia

poetry by Ernest Williamson III

Wheat Field With Cypresses. van Gogh

poetry by Jerry Ratch

Approbations 684

poetry by Felino A. Soriano

Autumn Song

Birdsong

two poems by Howie Good

Cinéma Vérité

A Geometry of Extremes

Grievous Angel

three poems by Sam Rasnake

Feathered Hopes and Intriguing Dreams

paintings by Pamela Wilson, and an interview with the artist

Duty

fiction by Michelle Reale

North To Rutland

poetry by William Doreski

I Am Oldpoey

Oldpoey Says

two poems by Robert Malbin

Intruder

fiction by Sheldon Lee Compton, with an introduction by the author

The Past Ends Now

Big House

two poems by L. Ward Abel

Ulysses In Ithaca

memoir by Phil McCray

About the Cover

Pat St. Pierre photographed this house near Washington, New Hampshire. Encouragingly, the house has been moved and re-roofed, and Pat hopes restoration continues.

Pat St. Pierre is a freelance writer and amateur photographer. She has published fiction, nonfiction and poetry for both adults and children. Her work has been published by County Kids, Lutheran Parenting, The Homesteader, The Wilton Bulletin, My Light, Kids Ark, Knowonder, and her poetry can be found in The Shine Journal, Flutter, The Boston Literary Review, YaSou, etc. Her 2nd chapbook Theater of Life has recently been published by Finishing Line Press. Her photos have appeared on the covers and in such magazines as: Ken*Again, The Shine, Touch, The Journal of Healing, Wee Ones, The Litchfield Review, The Camel Saloon. She blogs at www.pstpierre.wordpress.com.