Each piece is indexed by author and title. There is a definite concentration on the author part, seeing that the author is the link and each piece is prefaced with a byline and bio. Nothing seems over-wrought or pretentious; there seems to be editorial powers at be, which is nice for a literary e-zine, where good content is hard to find and is sometimes compromised by lack of submissions (coming from someone who knows!).

To give you a feel of what's in there, it's mostly poetry, ranging from the poem as postured language ("Eyes of mercy / Soul of God / Trembling softly in the depth of the savage night") through an almost Bukowskian ramble ("An ice cream truck / rattles west on Dorothy, / speakers blaring / "Ode to Joy.") and perhaps some fumbling with word choice ("She doesn't see decay. / She doesn't see rain damage."). But isn't this why we read poetry in these small e-zines? To see the makings of poetry, not the final examined products for which we put money up for? There is beauty extracted in small places, niches carved carelessly and recklessly, both, in these paragraphs from strangers on the street. It's cool. I dig it.

And it's done tastefully. Unpretentious, not trying to be "too cool," "all that," and "down with it." It's an e-zine that seems to know it's place. It's comfortable. And that makes me comfortable. I'm that kind of guy.

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