issue 68

Here we are with another June issue, when the forecast for fiction and maybe art in general seems cloudy with a chance of precipitation. Yet love springs infernal (eternal? stet), and perhaps for that reason, this issue features a lot of stories dealing with romance and sex. Here’s what we’ve got:

a space trip that goes nowhere
the aftermath of a shoplifting attempt
a girl, a boy, her mother, and the cat
a pair of unwelcome advances
a sisterly rivalry that gets out of hand
the potential in a hairbrush
a maternal lack of concern
the same tale to different women
three people in one bed
an unwanted shadow
a tryst with the teacher
the corporate angle on time machines
a car ride halted by more than a road block
tobacco and booze
a romance of the sea
lust on fire
two author interviews largely about craft
one book review of the year’s best flash fiction
some great cover art

Thanks, as always, to our contributors, readers, submitters, and hardworking staff, without whom we would have no magazine.

David Galef
Editor in chief
Vestal Review