The Battered Suitcase August 2008

August 2008 Issue of Arts and Literary Journal The Battered Suitcase; intelligent and imaginative prose, poetry and art that explores the human experience. Edited by Fawn Neun, Maggie Ward, and Apythia Morges.

Fiction by Louise McGinnis, M.E. Carter, Chris McCreary, James Shackell, Sandra Maddux-Creech, Loretta Sylvestre, and Christopher Tradowsky.

Nonfiction by Laura Carney and Matthew Tod

Photo Comic by Johnette Napolitano

Musical Guests: Lyrics by Vanilla Swingers and Phil Cooper of The Haiku

Poetry by Barbra Annino, William Doreski, Katie Graham, Carol Lynn Grellas, Alan King, Laura LeHew, Corey Mesler, Kenneth Pobo, Sergio Ortiz, Natalie Meisner and Joseph D. Di Lella

Artwork by Sarah Hutchinson Burke of AcuPUNKture Design, Deb Thompson, Ernest Williamson III and Stephen Milazzo