Black Petals Issue #113, Autumn, 2025

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Deadly Depictions: Fiction by Carolyn O'Brien
Last Call: Fiction by Gene Lass
Lost Years: Fiction by Billy Ramone
New Hell: Fiction by Arón Reinhold
Recess: Fiction by Stephen Lochton Kincaid
The Chicken or the Egg: Fiction by Roy Dorman
The Fungal Frequency: Fiction by Emely Taveras
The Secret: Fiction by M. B. Manteufel
The Siren: Fiction by Kalliope Mikros
You're Not Wrong: Fiction by James McIntire
Transformation: Fiction by Stephen Myer
Lucky: Fiction by Jessica Elliott
Icing It: Fiction by Cindy Rosmus
Joe Meets the Wizard:Flash Fiction by Stephen Lochton Kincaid
The Sex Life of Royals: Flash Fiction by David Barber
"68":Flash Fiction by Cindy Rosmus
Acme Bio-Refrigeration Services, Inc.: Flash Fiction by Hillary Lyon
The Yellow Room: Flash Fiction by Bernice Holtzman
The Beast of Warehouse 9: Flash Fiction by Hillary Lyon
Burn at Both Ends Baby Please: Poem by Donna Dallas
I Know the Time in the Road: Poem by Donna Dallas
Manhattan 15th Street 1986: Poem by Donna Dallas
Rita's Off the Charts: Poem by Donna Dallas
Only Me: Poem by Joseph Danoski
Opening Day: Poem by Joseph Danoski
Rising Star (Sixth Magnitude): Poem by Joseph Danoski
The Nomads of No-Man's Land: Poem by Joseph Danoski
+o remEMBER: Poem by Casey Renee Kiser
No One Came: Poem by Peter Mladinic
Pink Ball: Poem by Peter Mladinic
The People, The People: Poem by Peter Mladinic
Remote: Poem by Peter Mladinic
Have a Blessed Day: Poem by Peter Mladinic
by the way: Poem by John Yamrus
he rubbed the wet: Poem by John Yamrus
you ready for this?: poem by John Yamrus
The Dream Exhibit: Poem by Stephanie Smith
An Evening Lament: Poem by Stephanie Smith
Black Night: Poem by Stephanie Smith

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Art by Sophia Wiseman-Rose © 2025

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Kenneth James Crist—Editor
Hillary Lyon—Art Director
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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
(In order of appearance)
Carolyn O'Brien
Gene Lass
Billy Ramone
Aaron Reinhold
Stephen Lochton Kincaid
Roy Dorman
Emely Taveras
M.B. Manteufel
Kalliope Mikros
James McIntire
Stephen Myer
J. Elliott
Cindy Rosmus
David Barber
Hillary Lyon
Bernice Holtzman
Donna Dallas
Joseph V. Danoski
Casey Renee Kiser
Peter Mladinic
John Yamrus
Stephanie Smith


CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS

Cover: Sophia Wiseman-Rose

Chris Bunton

Zachary Wilhide

Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal

John Sowder

April Lafleur

Kelly Moyer

Hillary Lyon

Sean O'Keefe

J. Elliott

Bernice Holtzman

Andrew Graber


















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