Bones

There are bones of the dead everywhere, and they’re sharp. Under your feet as you walk across your yard, in the cement of buildings, under the foundation of your home, in the coffee you drink, in the food you eat. Science estimates 100 billion human beings have lived and died. There are bones everywhere. There are skeletons everywhere, from universities to unnamed places we really don’t want to know about. We love skeletons as we are walking skeletons. There’s an old phrase about skeletons in the closet. What if the skeleton in your closet is real? When we look at strangers, friends and family we fail to see the skull behind the face. And the eyes of skulls are dark and deep. These works of art, poetry and short stories cut deep. To the bone.

From the Back Cover

Short Stories Bruce Memblatt: Bad to the Bone Lily Childs: The Ossillatrice Shift David Greske: Skeleton in the Closet The Bone Boy: Philip Harris Scathe meic Beorh: A Chimney in Time Saves Nine Justin Hunter: Sentimentality Jennifer Clark: Pillar Ken MacGregor: Hands Off! Mike Jansen: The Halls of Bones Dave Dormer: Northern Hospitality Guy Burtenshaw: Bolts of Bones Charie D. La Marr: A Bone to Pick John Grey: Street of Bones John Kujawski: A Few Broken Bones Michael Randolph: The Caretaker From a Shallow Grave: Robert A. Read Tom Johnstone: Flippers Andrew Freudenberg: An Agreement of Flesh Greg McWhorter: Witchbone Robert Holt: Fossils of the LivingPOETRYMathias Jansson: The bone libraryMichael Jozefowicz: TidesongLucas Mangum: Skeleton SongMathias Jansson: Macabre and beautyMatthew Wilson: Bone ManMary Genevieve Fortier: Lovely BonesMatthew Wilson: A Dance over ParisJane Blanchard: FishingJane Blanchard: UntitledDavid S. Pointer: The Bone ManDavid S. Pointer: Open ContainervilleDavid S. Pointer: Supply Chain DilemmasDavid S. Pointer: Truck Stop MirageSteven Alvarez: Fourth SunSteven Alvarez: Screaming South Down MEX 85Valentina Cano: BreakValentina Cano: Gum AchePatricia Anabel: The Ballad about BonesM.E. VonBindig: RebellionJaimie M. Engle: The Graveyard StompWilliam Andre Sanders: Resting PlaceDona Fox: MaliardaStephanie M. Wytovich: CalciumSydney Leigh: Angel of the DeadDona Fox: Last DanceMichael Randolph: Whispering SeasonsJ. T Seate: My AnneDJ Tyrer: The OssuaryDJ Tyrer: Bone FireDJ Tyrer: SkullVyvecca Danae Pratt: The Old StaircaseFLASH FICTIONM.C. O'Neill: Turn Off the SkeletonsAlex S. Johnson: The Music of the BonesStephen V. Ramey: A Creature of Light and AirStephen V. Ramey: Grave MatterMatthew Wilson: Display Purposes OnlyMichael Blommaert: From dust and sandTina Rooker: Heartbreakers David Eccles: A Canine Conundrum L.A. Sykes: What's Left Justin Brooks: No Skin Whatsoever DJ Tyrer: The Bone Lord Lesa Pascavis Smith: The Children of Wellington Parish Jake Johnson: The Lover Within Johannes Pinter: The Big Bones Diet Morgan Griffith: Bone to Pick Thomas Kleaton: Playmates Marija Elektra Rodriguez: Flesh and Phantoms Robert Holt: Fossils of the Living

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