"Present Tense" by Carolyn Adams

Number 2 (2004: "C cell"

Issue 2 People

Andrei Smyslov	images	Dr. Andrei Smyslov is a retired astrophysicist who resides in Russia.  He has produced an extensive body of art depicting batteries.  He has no other interests and remains entirely focused on batteries as art.  The two images in this issue of Right Hand Pointing are from the Rocket C-Cell series, currently on exhibit in Quernertuarsuit, Greenland.  We are currently trying to acquire images from his series Rocket 9-Volt.
Helen Losse	poetry	Helen Losse is a poet and free lance writer with recent poetry publications or acceptances in Facets: A Literary Magazine, Black Bear Review, Rearview Quarterly, Tacenda, TimBookTu, The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, Blink, Domicile, Alba: A Journal of Short Poetry, The Verb, Cold Glass, The Bohemian Rag, Sacramento Poetry, Art, and Music, Poets Against the War, Voices in Wartime, anthologies in the UK, and a micro-chapbook, Absolution, in the POEMS-FOR-ALL Series from 24th Street Irregular Press. Her chapbook, Gathering the Broken Pieces, is available through FootHills Publishing. She also writes book reviews for the Winston-Salem Journal.
Caitlin James	poetry	Caitlin James resides in Texas, writes sporadically, and pursues publication infrequently. Her previous credits include work in The Story Garden  as both a contributor (Issue 1) and co-editor (Issues 2 & 3). She hopes to have her poetic license upgraded from a learner's permit eventually, provided she can pass the vision test.
Carolyn Adams	images	Carolyn Adams' poetry, fiction, art and photography have been published in Asphyxia Digest, Manzanita, RiverSedge, and Alsop Review, among others.  Her poetry has won awards in national contests sponsored by New Press Literary Quarterly, Zuzu's Petals Quarterly and Bayousphere.  She currently co-edits and co-publishes the monthly Houston poetry journal Curbside Review and is Associate Editor of the Austin magazine Ardent.
Allen Smith	poetry	Allen Smith's poems have appeared in Crucible, Maryland Poetry Review and The Urban Hiker, among other publications. He is the editor of the ADA Compliance Guide.
Cara Chamberlain	fiction	Cara Chamberlain lives in Lakeland, Florida, where she tries to avoid working for wages—good wages, anyway. Her fiction and poetry have recently appeared in The Southern Review, The Chaffin Journal, Passages North, and Chattahoochee Review. Her novella, The Devil's Party, was a finalist in the 2004 Low Fidelity Press Novella Contest.
R. T. Castleberry	poetry	A writer, wit and social critic, R.T. Castleberry has published work both nationally and internationally, most notably in Another Chicago Magazine, Poet Lore, Borderlands, Concho River Review, Illya's Honey, Common Ground Review, Snake Nation Press and Pacific Review. He is co-editor of Curbside Review poetry journal  and associate poetry editor of the online literary journal, Ardent
Taylor Graham	poetry	Taylor Graham is a volunteer search-and-rescue dog handler in the Sierra Nevada, and helps her husband (retired forester/wildlife biologist) with his field projects. They are dealing with ailing/aging friends, relatives, and neighbors (not to mention the people they search for with our dogs), and they hope to never grow old.
John Grey	poetry	John Grey is an Australian born poet, playwright, musician.  His latest book is What Else Is There (Main Street Rag). His work has recently appeared in Terminus, Eclipse and Hidden Oak.
Darrell B. Grayson	poetry	Darrell B. Grayson resides on Death Row at Holman Prison in Alabama.  He is the Chairman of Project Hope to Abolish the Death Penalty.   Mr. Grayson's poetry has been published in the Open Door Newsletter, Wings of Hope and the ezine Axis of Logic.  Several of his poems are published on the phadp.org website.  He has a chapbook due out from Mercy Seat Press in 2005.

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