Issue #2 (Full Issue)

Dual Coast Magazine is at it again! Featuring fine fiction and poetry in a format that is fun to read. Add to that the articles, recipes, images, photography, art, caption contest, and just plain fun that Dual Coast Magazine has an abundance of, and what results is a great magazine that you’d be crazy to miss out on.

Dual Cost Magazine has a beautiful layout with themes of nature and retro-goodness, but features modern writers, both emerging and established, making it one of the most selective and distinguished venues for writers today. We know today’s readers have plenty of choices, which is why Dual Coast is so diligent to ensure readers won’t be disappointed. The offerings are compelling, and they seem to build into beautiful waves of delightful reading. Dual Coast is fresh, inspiring, and fun. Don’t buy a stuffy journal that is mired in the boring traditions of yesteryear. Grab a copy of Dual Coast and get excited about literary magazines again!

Issue #2 features these fine writers, Adiba Jaigirdar, Amber Lucik, Anne Britting Oleson, Barbara Braverman, Bill Melton, Brandon Barrows, Catfish McDaris, Dave Gregg, Dixon Hearne, E Campbell, Eliza Horn, Emily Vanston, Galen R. Faison, Gary Beck, GF Boyer, Heather M. Browne, James Croal Jackson, James E. Guin, Jeremy Da Rosa, Jim Meirose, John C. Kojak, Jordan Blum, Jude Conlee, Judi Calhoun, Ken L. Jones, Kevin L. Kennel, Lela Marie De La Garza, Mark J. Mitchell, Mary Gunn, Melissa Davis, Michael Blake, Michael Kemp, Milo James Fowler, Nicholas Thacker, Nikki Carr, P. M. Merlot, Polly Buckingham, Renee Rivers, Rhonda Parrish, Rich Ives, Robert Bates, Sam Barbee, Tom Pescatore, Travis Lee, and Troy Farah. Artist, Judi Calhoun, contributes her artwork (featured in color on the cover with a large black and white rendering inside), and we also feature a throwback to depression-era photography with beautiful and heartbreaking images by Dorothea Lange.

Contents

All 114 pieces in Issue #2, in the order they were printed. Each one has its own page. You can also browse Issue #2 as cards.

1. Victoria Adiba Jaigirdar Poetry · page 1
2. Paper Boats Adiba Jaigirdar Poetry · page 1
3. Epidemic Adiba Jaigirdar Poetry · page 1
4. Enjoying Me E Campbell Poetry · page 2
5. Float Like a Butterfly E Campbell Poetry · page 2
6. Love Works in Strange Ways Melissa Davis Fiction · page 3
7. Leaving the Last Line Fiction · page 5
8. Acceptance Rich Ives Poetry · page 7
9. After the Revolution Rich Ives Poetry · page 8
10. Afterword Rich Ives Poetry · page 9
11. Resolutions Troy Farah Fiction · page 10
12. O Fathers, Be a Compass to Your Sons Galen R. Faison Fiction · page 13
13. Never Was Dixon Hearne Fiction · page 15
14. Neither Are Good Jude Conlee Poetry · page 17
15. Sans-all Jude Conlee Poetry · page 17
16. Things that Catch Jude Conlee Poetry · page 17
17. Pearl Thief Heather M. Browne Poetry · page 18
18. Sunflowers Heather M. Browne Poetry · page 18
19. Pieces Heather M. Browne Poetry · page 18
20. Scent of Orange Heather M. Browne Poetry · page 18
21. The Comedian James Croal Jackson Fiction · page 19
22. What We Pieced Together About Our Father After His Death James Croal Jackson Fiction · page 20
23. Dickey’s James Croal Jackson Fiction · page 20
24. Clover Emily Vanston Poetry · page 21
25. Faultless Emily Vanston Poetry · page 21
26. Strange Material Emily Vanston Poetry · page 21
27. Where Everybody Knows Your Name Brandon Barrows Fiction · page 22
28. Travel Dave Gregg Poetry · page 24
29. Poets Warren Dave Gregg Poetry · page 24
30. Birth Place Dave Gregg Poetry · page 24
31. Blues Noise Dave Gregg Poetry · page 24
32. The NEW Dave Gregg Poetry · page 24
33. The Marriage Test James E. Guin Fiction · page 25
34. A Sequence of Rainbows Ken L. Jones Poetry · page 26
35. Talk a New Language Ken L. Jones Poetry · page 26
36. Beyond Velvet Ken L. Jones Poetry · page 27
37. Old Orchard Slow Melt Ken L. Jones Poetry · page 27
38. Trembling With a Strobe’s Tint Ken L. Jones Poetry · page 27
39. The Traveler Travis Lee Fiction · page 28
40. Bob The Bear Judi Calhoun Art and Photography · page 29
41. Saving the World with Frozen Coffee Eliza Horn Fiction · page 30
42. Sudden Fiction Sam Barbee Poetry · page 32
43. Solar Eclipse Sam Barbee Poetry · page 33
44. Hybrid Sam Barbee Poetry · page 33
45. A Validation Forbidding Mourning Sam Barbee Poetry · page 33
46. Trick Photography Sam Barbee Poetry · page 34
47. Horse Training Renee Rivers Fiction · page 34
48. A Method for Monday Mornings Amber Lucik Poetry · page 36
49. Venice Morning Bill Melton Poetry · page 37
50. Seashell Bill Melton Poetry · page 38
51. Hong Kong (Fragrant Harbor) Bill Melton Poetry · page 38
52. On Natchez Trace Bill Melton Poetry · page 39
53. Fitzgerald, Georgia Bill Melton Poetry · page 40
54. Big Sky Falling Fiction · page 40
55. A Series Of Bridges Ken L. Jones Poetry · page 42
56. Walter Kevin L. Kennel Poetry · page 42
57. The Elusive Fisherman Kevin L. Kennel Poetry · page 43
58. In the Ancient Cemetery Jim Meirose Fiction · page 44
59. Harsh Reality Gary Beck Poetry · page 44
60. Swan Song Gary Beck Poetry · page 44
61. Beaten Down Gary Beck Poetry · page 45
62. Planned Obsolescence Gary Beck Poetry · page 45
63. Soldier’s Pay Gary Beck Poetry · page 45
64. Drought Barbara Braverman Poetry · page 46
65. White Doves Will Fly Above the Lie P. M. Merlot Fiction · page 49
66. Sadness, My Darling Waltz Polly Buckingham Poetry · page 51
67. Waking in a Church in Cedar Key Polly Buckingham Poetry · page 51
68. The Forgotten Land Polly Buckingham Poetry · page 52
69. Glass Pipe Polly Buckingham Poetry · page 52
70. Beaten Blues Polly Buckingham Poetry · page 52
71. Untitled Tom Pescatore Poetry · page 53
72. 23rd St. Works from Home Tom Pescatore Poetry · page 53
73. Dialogue Mark J. Mitchell Poetry · page 54
74. Baseball Weather Mark J. Mitchell Poetry · page 54
75. Beach Music Mark J. Mitchell Poetry · page 54
76. Dreaming of Italian Food Mark J. Mitchell Poetry · page 54
77. You Were but a Ghost in My Arms— Jordan Blum Poetry · page 55
78. 40 Little Feets John C. Kojak Poetry · page 56
79. La Petite Mort John C. Kojak Poetry · page 56
80. Rejoyce! John C. Kojak Poetry · page 56
81. ~~~Waves John C. Kojak Poetry · page 57
82. Radio Free Michael Kemp Fiction · page 57
83. Dreams Past the Length of Her Two Leather Shoes Nikki Carr Poetry · page 59
84. Lost in Quicksand Nikki Carr Poetry · page 59
85. BFF Jenny Nikki Carr Poetry · page 60
86. Spin Cycle Nikki Carr Poetry · page 61
87. What You’ve Missed So Far GF Boyer Poetry · page 61
88. Trimming the Wandering Jew GF Boyer Poetry · page 61
89. The Quick Brown Fox GF Boyer Poetry · page 62
90. Breasts GF Boyer Poetry · page 62
91. Two Wrongs Rhonda Parrish Poetry · page 62
92. Golden Hour Rhonda Parrish Poetry · page 62
93. Sunday Nicholas Thacker Poetry · page 63
94. The Real Cost of Gas Depends on How You Drive Articles · page 64
95. Hypermiler Caption Contest Humor · page 65
96. River of Whiskey Catfish McDaris Poetry · page 66
97. There’s No Such Thing as Friendly Fire Catfish McDaris Poetry · page 66
98. Second Hand Catfish McDaris Poetry · page 66
99. Santa Claus is Dead Catfish McDaris Poetry · page 67
100. Sea of Love Catfish McDaris Poetry · page 67
101. Those Insidious Details Michael Blake Poetry · page 67
102. Wide-Eyed Michael Blake Poetry · page 67
103. Right There Michael Blake Poetry · page 68
104. Seeing My Lady Dance with Her Disturbances Michael Blake Poetry · page 69
105. Anger Lela Marie De La Garza Fiction · page 70
106. Dream Weaver Lela Marie De La Garza Fiction · page 72
107. Memories of My Irish Great Grandfather Mary Gunn Poetry · page 73
108. Chanteuse Anne Britting Oleson Poetry · page 76
109. The Prodigal Anne Britting Oleson Poetry · page 76
110. The Horthrace Jeremy Da Rosa Fiction · page 77
111. Veronica Smythe and the Dreamboat of Oak Valley High Milo James Fowler Fiction · page 78
112. Glory Robert Bates Fiction · page 80
113. Knockout Robert Bates Fiction · page 80
114. Dorothea Lange: Photography Feature Dorothea Lange Art and Photography · page 48

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