Sue O'Neill and I invite you to Issue 19 of Vestal Review. Enjoy five stories where every words counts and every thought is precious. We welcome our previous contributors—Bruce Boston, Bruce Holland Rogers and Sonya Taaffe, as well as newcomers Nick Parker and Pedro Ponce. According to The Atlantic Monthly magazine, there are 15 million writers in the United States. I don't know how many of them are writing flash fiction, but I am sure that what you see here is the cream of the crop. Am I boasting? You be the judge.

Mark Budman