Toasted Cheese 23:1

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The March 2023 issue of Toasted Cheese features poetry by Darren C. Demaree, Marchell Dyon, Jenny Hockey, James Croal Jackson, Vyarka Kozareva & Ogu Nnachi; flash by Tim Love & Shoshauna Shy; fiction by Maithreyi Nandakumar & Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson; and creative nonfiction by Jason Irwin.

TC 23:1 also includes the 2022 Dead of Winter Horror Writing Contest winning stories by Alex Grehy, DJ Tyrer & David Pugh.

At Candle-Ends, Shelley Carpenter reviews Mending the Moon by Emma Pearl & Sara Ugolotti and Six Old Women and Other Stories by Sharon L. Dean.

The cover image is by Su-Lin on Flickr, with additional photos by photographers around the world, all of whom have generously made their work available for use under Creative Commons licenses. Please click through and check out their photostreams.

Congratulations to all. Happy reading!

Toasted Cheese 22:4

The December 2022 issue of Toasted Cheese features poetry by Ann Gibson, Bill Griffin, Janet Hancock, Joanne Holdridge, Judith Taylor, Diane Webster & Sharon Whitehill; flash by Esther Byrne; fiction by CL Bledsoe; and creative nonfiction by David Thow.

TC 22:4 also includes the 2022 Savage Science Fiction / Fantasy Writing Contest winning stories by Susan Smith, Robert Hanover & Mark Neyrinck.

Candle-Ends is taking a break this issue. If you have been published in TC and published a book in 2022, do get in touch with our reviews editor (reviews@toasted-cheese.com) so we can schedule a review for you in the new year.

The cover image is by Maggie Jane on Flickr, with additional photos by photographers around the world, all of whom have generously made their work available for use under Creative Commons licenses. Please click through and check out their photostreams.

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Toasted Cheese 22:3

The September 2022 issue of Toasted Cheese features poetry by Timothy Pilgrim & Ivy Raff; flash by Michael J. Brien, Hugh Cartwright & Sarah Kelleher; fiction by Swetha Amit, Kathryn Bashaar, Victoria Kemsley & Sarah Turner; and creative nonfiction by Laurel Doud.

TC 22:3 also includes the 2022 A Midsummer Tale Writing Contest winning stories by Jessica Upper, Tierney Acott & Laura Sweeney.

At Candle-Ends, Shelley Carpenter reviews Hollowed by Lucy Zhang, Bill Lockwood reviews Was Am Going by Ruth Ticktin, and Ruth Ticktin reviews Forced Entry? by Bill Lockwood.

The cover image is by Joe Haupt on Flickr, with additional photos by photographers around the world, all of whom have generously made their work available for use under Creative Commons licenses. Please click through and check out their photostreams.

Congratulations to all. Happy reading!

Toasted Cheese 22:2

The June 2022 issue of Toasted Cheese features poetry by Lori Bellamy, Sara Falkstad, Jenny Hockey, Hannah Ray, Lacie Semenovich & John Sweet; flash by Mike Hickman, Emma Pearl & Renée Perry; and fiction by Elisse Sophia Ahmet, Sophy Bristow, Mary Chambers, Sarah Hills, Hannah Hopkins, Inés G. Labarta, Tony Press & Annabel White.

TC 22:2 also includes the 2022 Savage Mystery Writing Contest winning stories by Robin Hillard, Janet Innes & Sue Seabury.

At Candle-Ends, Shelley Carpenter reviews The Italian Professor’s Wife by Ann Pedone and Salvatore Marici reviews A Child Walks in the Dark by Darren C. Demaree.

The cover image is by Joe Flood on Flickr, with additional photos by photographers around the world, all of whom have generously made their work available for use under Creative Commons licenses. Please click through and check out their photostreams.

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Toasted Cheese 22:1

The March 2022 issue of Toasted Cheese features poetry by Carla Scarano D’Antonio & Diane Webster; fiction by Aishani Biswas, Jim Ray Daniels & Joshua Shapiro; and creative nonfiction by Mark Liebenow & Layla Sabourian.

TC 22:1 also includes the 2021 Dead of Winter Horror Writing Contest winning stories by Jason Porterfield, Gail A. Webber, Bunny McFadden & DJ Tyrer.

At Candle-Ends, Shelley Carpenter reviews Where the Stork Flies by Linda Wisniewski and Garrett Ray Harriman reviews Sneezing Coyotes by Salvatore Marici.

The cover image is by Ruth Hartnup on Flickr, with additional photos by photographers around the world, all of whom have generously made their work available for use under Creative Commons licenses. Please click through and check out their photostreams.

Congratulations to all. Happy reading!

Toasted Cheese 21:4

The December 2021 issue of Toasted Cheese features poetry by Nathaniel Krenkel, DS Maolalai & David Sapp; flash by Hibah Shabkhez; and fiction by Mari Carlson, Mary Sophie Filicetti, Bari Lynn Hein, Ewa Mazierska & Andrea Stephenson.

TC 21:4 also includes the 2021 Savage Science Fiction / Fantasy 48-Hour Writing Contest winning stories by Cara Brezina, Robin Hillard & Ian Bentwood.

At Candle-Ends, Shelley Carpenter reviews I, Menagerie by Garrett Ray Harriman, Anne Greenwalt reviews Gare de Lyon by Bill Lockwood, and Bill Lockwood reviews The Dime by Mark Paxson.

The cover image is by John Kroll on Flickr, with additional photos by photographers around the world, all of whom have generously made their work available for use under Creative Commons licenses. Please click through and check out their photostreams.

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Toasted Cheese 21:3

The September 2021 issue of Toasted Cheese features poetry by Jenny Hockey, Joanne Holdridge, Vicki Mandell-King, Timothy Pilgrim & Russell Rowland; flash by Natalie Schriefer; fiction by Omid Fallahazad, Minh Tam T. Le & Ann Zhang; and creative nonfiction by Elizabeth Bernays & Kolton Knapp.

TC 21:3 also includes the 2021 A Midsummer Tale Writing Contest winning stories by April Vázquez, Robin Kirby & Christina Hoag.

At Candle-Ends, Shelley Carpenter reviews The Shot by Anne Greenawalt.

The cover image is by Anna Fox on Flickr, with additional photos by photographers around the world, all of whom have generously made their work available for use under Creative Commons licenses. Please click through and check out their photostreams.

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Toasted Cheese 21:2

The June 2021 issue of Toasted Cheese features poetry by Kathleen Bryson & Marchell Dyon; flash by Carla Scarano D’Antonio, Laura Gavin & Terri Mullholland; fiction by Sarah Clayville, Linda Griffin, Caleb Martin-Rosenthal, Laura Mazzenga & DRC Wright; and creative nonfiction by Kimberly Cullen & David Sapp.

TC 21:2 also includes the 2021 Savage Mystery Writing Contest winning stories by Cara Brezina, Morgan-McKay Hoppmann & Jay Bechtol.

At Candle-Ends, Shelley Carpenter reviews Celeste Blue by Lou Nell Gerard and Triggers by Alexa Recio de Fitch.

The cover image is by A. Currell on Flickr, with additional photos by photographers around the world, all of whom have generously made their work available for use under Creative Commons licenses. Please click through and check out their photostreams.

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Toasted Cheese 21:1

The March issue of Toasted Cheese features poetry by Mandy Haggith, Jenny Hockey, W. Joseph O’Connell, Liam Tait & DJ Tyrer; flash by Gigi Papoulias, Clara Schwarz & Shelbi Tedeschi; and fiction by Mari Carlson, Joey Dickerson, Samyuktha Iyer & Allison Meldrum.

TC 21:1 also includes the 20th Annual Dead of Winter Horror Writing Contest winning stories by Karen Sheard, H.B. Bendt & Matt Boyle.

At Candle-Ends, Shelley Carpenter reviews Hinterland by L.M. Brown and The Reflection in a Glass Eye by Simon Perchik.

The cover image is by Jonathan Ooi on Flickr, with additional photos by photographers around the world, all of whom have generously made their work available for use under Creative Commons licenses. Please click through and check out their photostreams.

Congratulations to all. Happy reading!

Toasted Cheese 20:4

The December issue of Toasted Cheese features poetry by Madeleine Claire, Marchell Dyon, James Croal Jackson, Ann Pedone & Simon Perchik; flash by Ala Fox & Josephine Greenland; fiction by Nicholas Finch, Ashley Lewin & Sydney Parrish; and creative nonfiction by Riley Hansen & Celestine Woo.

TC 20:4 also includes the Fall 2020 Three Cheers and a Tiger Science Fiction/Fantasy Writing Contest winning stories by Meg Hilt, Brianna Suazo & David Lukes.

At Candle-Ends, Shelley Carpenter reviews Ravynscroft by Richard Edgar.

The cover image is by Jim Makos on Flickr, with additional photos by photographers around the world, all of whom have generously made their work available for use under Creative Commons licenses. Please click through and check out their photostreams.

Congratulations to all. Happy reading!