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Cover
Table of Contents
Editor's Notes
Donations
Submission
Guidelines
Website
Stories
& Essays
...gone
tomorrow
_ By
jp Rodriguez
Barbie
and the Burn Scars
_ By
Dion OReilly
Bright
Lights
_ By
Nicole Exposito
Cricket Theory
_ By
Sophia Alev
Dieciseis
_ By
Kate Delany
Fines Double In Work Zone
_ By
Brian Stumbaugh
Guy and Doll
_ By
John P. Loonam
Lake
_ By
Erlynda Jacqui Chan
Lala's Diner
_ By
Nicole Exposito
Laundry
_ By
Allison P. Boye
Love Story
_ By
Cynthia Burke
Magic Bags and Forgotten Princesses
_ By
Ken Goldman
Squirrels
_ By
Benjamin Buchholz
Poetry
Baking Bread and Other Subtleties
_ By
Leland Jamieson
Corpus Christi
_ By
Taylor Collier
Early Cold
_ By
Yvette A. Schnoeker-Shorb
Ekphrasis at the Mall
_ By
James Owens
Games In Your Uncle's Den
_ By
Robin Stratton
My Spanish Rose
_ By
Jose Rivera
Northern Lights, Southern Soul
_ By
E.F. Kramer
Posted on Fifth Avenue
_ By
J.R. Salling
Sirens
_ By
Naiya Wright
Summer Sojourn
_ By
Cheryl Butterweck-Bucher
The Himalayan Sunset
_ By
Rohith Sundararaman
Time Decays, Clots
_ By
Kristine Ong Muslim
Turn
_ By
Terrance Schaefer
Where You Rest
_ By
Stephanie N. Barnes
Art
& Photography
Bissan Alhussein
_ Paintings
E.W. Hung
_ Photography
Papa
Osmubal
_ Drawings
Linda
Pakkas
_ Drawings
Anastasiya Tarasenko
_ Paintings
Filip Wierzbicki
_ Paintings
and Digital Photography
Nancy Xu
_ Paintings
and Drawings
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Editor's
Notes
By Sharon
Hadrian
One year ago, Antithesis
Common published its debut issue online on free Geocities and
AOL web spaces; twelve months later, we have had an
immeasurable amount of success and growth at the magazine. In
February, a generous donation from one of our supporters allowed
us to purchase a year's worth of web hosting, and the magazine
officially moved to its new www.antithesiscommon.com
domain. Then in July, we welcomed Niki MacFarlane to our editorial team
to help with the reviewing and decision-making tasks. Her
invaluable assistance with reviews and comments really helped to
pull together the Autumn 2006 issue.
While all of these
positive changes were happening, we also watched proudly as our
visitors and literary contributions grew. A year ago, we were
proud to announce that we reviewed 53 pieces of
writing, 44 artworks and three poetry collections; since then,
submissions have gone up every quarter to nearly double that
amount!
It has been a
very exciting year of publishing, and with that comes perhaps our
proudest feat to date. This winter, Antithesis Common will
be releasing an anthology featuring the best works we've published
so far. Tentatively titled Antithesis Common: Best of 2005/06,
the book will be published at the end of the year, and best of
all, it will be in print.
The Internet
publishing revolution has come a long way. A scant ten years ago,
emailed, simple text e-zines were just starting to emerge, but now
web publications are a bona fide part of the publishing world.
Still, nothing beats seeing your name in print, or curling up with
your favorite book on a cold, rainy day when the only thing on
your schedule is to enjoy life.
Reading is
without question one of the best escapes from the world or,
depending on your tastes, one of the best ways to expand your
world and discover new things. Antithesis Common has always
tried to provide both for our readers in online form, but we have
also always endeavored to move into the printing world. We hope
our first anthology will help us to do that while giving our
readers a look back at what was a great year of literary works.
More details
about the anthology will be announced soon, so please stay tuned to
the "News" section of our website.
As I hope will
become habit, I'll close with
a few emails from our readers, since comments like these (some
surprisingly prophetic) are the things that keep us going:
_ "Just read the article written by D.E. Fredd on the copier machine guy. I thought it was terrific. I loved the technical depth that the character displayed and the kinship he developed with Ruthie. How fitting, quirky and utterly romantic at the same time was the idea of being buried with the Gestetner!
This was my first time at your site but I will definitely come back. You also have the best artwork of any of the zines. So nice to see a collection of international artists.
I will definitely bookmark your site. Thanks for sharing."
--Sophia T.
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"I came across your website when I was perusing NewPages, and was impressed by how friendly it is. I very much like Foster Dickson's "On Hearing Li-Young Read His Poetry" as it reflects the disconnect that sometimes occurs between visiting poets and the communities in which they read. The cover art of the summer issue is quite appropriate for completing your first year (Congratulations!); someone once told me that purple is symbolic of changes to come.
[How right you are! -Ed.]"
--Yvette S.
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