Editor’s
Page – Yellow Mama Issue #110 (June 15, 2025)
Hi
all!
There’s
so much going on all over, some bad, some good. We can’t let the bad stuff get
to us. I’m still recovering from my broken ankle, but on Memorial Day I reached
an age that neither of my parents and none of my grandparents did. Way to go,
right? And an awesome way to welcome summer!
Whether
you’re lying on the beach or in your air-conditioned rooms, Yellow Mama
has got the best summer reads for you.
Like
great noir from Zachary Wilhide featuring my fave thugs: Green Johnny and
Priest. In “Crossroads,” Greenie is stomach sick on one of their jobs. Armand
Rosamilia’s “Princess on the Pillow” gives us a hit man who has an
unforgettable Christmas Eve. J. B. Stevens’s “Climat Perfume Is a Capitalist
Decadence” features a reality show couple who turns to crime. In Pamela Ebel’s
tale, “The Dead Key!” helps a steamer trunk stowaway get revenge. And in
Stephen Lochton Kincaid’s story, a grieving father finally gets “Justice” when a
jovial PI locates the perp.
Other
fun stories include Kenneth James Crist’s “Yellow,” in which a yellow-eyed
alien possesses every female a misogynist trucker meets. Robert Jeschonek’s distinctive
“How to Backmask Liner Notes” might recall the “I buried Paul” hoax. And introducing
“shogun noir” with Charlie Kondeck’s flash stories “Merciless Ono” and “The
Samurai’s Signal.”
Our
poetry lineup features works by horror poet John Grey and other regulars, such
as Daniel G. Snethen, Damon Hubbs, and Michael Keshigian. Also check out fine
poems by YM newcomer Yucheng Tao.
Full-length and flash fiction
stories (and some poems) are individually illustrated by our gifted artists:
Bernice Holtzman, Joseph Richkus, Kevin Duncan, Hillary Lyon, J. Elliott,
Sophia Wiseman-Rose, Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal, Steve Cartwright, Michael D. Davis, Henry Stanton, Darren Blanch,
Ann Marie Rhiel, KJ Hannah Greenberg, Katherine Sikes, April Lafleur, Kelly
Moyer, Zachary Wilhide, and Mandi Rose.
Also check out our “seedy beach
noir” cover by Bernice Holtzman and Joseph Richkus!
If you want to submit
full-length fiction, flash fiction, or poetry, check out our guidelines page.
Also, please sign our
guestbook! If you have comments about Yellow
Mama or any stories or poems we publish, you may leave comments there.
And check out our Archives I–III to catch recent stories or poems by
your favorite writers you
might’ve missed.
And thanks for reading!