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Spring 2006
Potential

Edited by Kevin Standifer

The moment we open our mouths to say hello to someone new, we never know how the association will end. It could be just a simple conversation, with words left unsaid; a brief flirtation, doomed to remain unfulfilled; or the beginning of a deeper connection. The characters in the following works are taking the first tentative steps toward bravely seeking out new connections; or they are struggling with the ones they've already created, trying to make more (or, in some unfortunate cases, less) of them. These writers explore every aspect of that personal connection, bringing their characters closer to euphoria, or that next uncertain hello.
 
Last Call
by S. J. Powers
 
Poetry
by Amanda Laughtland
 
Gay Alsace
From Posthumous Timeline
by Don Bapst
 
Poetry
by Barry Frauman
 
Fate Fucks with Me
by Jason P. Freeman
 
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by Fareen Butt