Welcome to Issue 8 of StylusLit, where I interview poet, writer, editor and teacher, Mark Tredinnick. There are poems by Mark in this issue which will delight you.
As well, we have poems by renown Greek poet, Tasos Leivaditis, translated by N.N.Trakakis.
Other poets in this issue are Emily Barker, Anne Collins, William Doreski, Elanna Herbert, Julie Manning, Fardowsa Mohamed, Lyn Reeves, Brenda Saunders, and Nathan Shepherdson.
Fiction from Paul Bluestein, Luke Evans, Peter Murphy, Rodney Williams and Natasha Rai.
Finally, read reviews of Ben Adam’s Synonym for Sobriety, Rebecca Jessen’s Ask Me About The Future, L.K.Holt’s Birthplace, and Felicity Plunkett’s A Kinder Sea.
Enjoy!
Rosanna Licari
Bios
Fiction
Lone Wolf
By Luke Evans
Psychic Reading
By Paul Bluestein
The Space Behind The Masks
By Peter Murphy
Trading Name Changed
By Rodney Williams
You Could Make This Beautiful
By Natasha Rai
Poetry
A Poet’s Day
By Anne Collins
Black Swan Moment
By Mark Tredinnick
Calm
By Tasos Leivaditis
Cherry blossom (and other letters from lockdown)
By Emily Barker
Cocktail
By Julie Manning
dry run
By Brenda Saunders
Elsewhere
By Fardowsa Mohamed
Encounters in the Park
By Tasos Leivaditis
Late Light with Whitefaced Herons
By Mark Tredinnick
Magic
By Tasos Leivaditis
on that morning
By Elanna Herbert
silent approach
By Nathan Shepherdson
Stepping Out
By Lyn Reeves
Still
By Mark Tredinnick
The Present-Tense Lacks Genius
By Willaim Doreski
Reviews
A Kinder Sea
By Felicity Plunkett
A Synonym for Sobriety
By Ben Adams
Ask Me About The Future
By Rebecca Jessen
Birth Plan
By L.K.Holt