Toasted Cheese Literary Journal

Toasted Cheese Literary Journal is published quarterly, in March, June, September and December.

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*Featured Writing is work selected for inclusion by a majority of the editors.

**An Editor's Pick is a piece that did not receive a majority vote, but that had the strong support of at least one editor.

Volume 13, Issue 2 :: June 2013

Photo Credit: Kelly Bone

Featured Writing*

Waiting on Grandfather
Poetry by Jeff Bernstein

My Ex-Girlfriend Wouldn't Let Me Celebrate Halloween
Poetry by Ron Riekki

The Star Ferry
Poetry by Tim Suermondt

Dead Letters
Poetry by Diane Webster

The Janitor
Flash Fiction by Julie Harthill Clayton

In the Books
Flash Fiction by Anna Moriarty Lev

Late
Fiction by E. Branden Hart

Identity
Fiction by Brittany Michelson

Suckers
Creative Non-Fiction by Melissa Leavitt

Qingyundian Vignettes
Creative Non-Fiction by Hannah Samuels

Contest Winners

Three Cheers and a Tiger Writing Contest
Judged by Bellman
Topic: Write a mystery in which the
"There was an Old Man of New York"
Edward Lear limerick plays an important role.
Word range: 2,250–2,350

Gold: Derry's Down, Deary
by Alison Reeger Cook

Silver: Rare Books
by Ellen Wright

Bronze: Marginalia
by Jen Julian

Honorable Mention:
A Source of Innocent Merriment by Elisabeth Setzler
Mr. Oldman and His Magical Fork by Trevor Brunsink

Columns

Candle-Ends: Reviews

Consonant Sounds for Fish Songs by Traci Chee
reviewed by Shelley Carpenter

One Night in Bridgeport by Mark Paxson
reviewed by Bob Zeanah

The Snark Zone: Letters from the Editors
The Storytellers
by Stephanie "Baker" Lenz