Welcome to issue 20 of ESC! Magazine.

ESC! regular Bob Potocki leads off our fiction selections this issue with his new story "Snapshot." In addition we have three more short stories by Jnana Hodson, Angela Mankiewicz and Kendra Paredes Hayden.

We welcome back G. Scott Hughes and Ryan G. Van Cleave to our poetry section, &. In addition we have new poems from Violet Toler, Angela Mankiewicz and Coffee House to Go contributor Monica Ellen Smith.

In our Reading Lounge, you'll find Charles Ries' chapbook of poetry, "Odd" reviewed by Kris Rued-Clark.

This month's cover comes from the imagination of award-winning Florida based illustrator Stephanie Rodriguez.

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Table of Contents

ARTWORK

Giant Robot
Stephanie Rodriguez

Vex: Hands
Paul Tucker

FICTION

The Curse
Kendra Paredes Hayden

With Harvest
Jnana Hodson

The Cell
Angela Mankiewicz

Snapshot
Robert Potocki

& - POETRY

Kenworth
G. Scott Hughes

Murmers
Angela Mankiewicz

Pianissimo
Monica Ellen Smith

Summer's Return
Monica Ellen Smith

Kaleidoscope
Violet Toler

Milwaukee Blizzard of '79
Ryan G. Van Cleave

Dear Kay Ryan
Ryan G. Van Cleave

A P.S. on Narcissus
Ryan G. Van Cleave

THE READING LOUNGE

CHAPBOOK REVIEW:
Charles Ries' Odd
review by Kris Rued-Clark