This issue’s theme: Pets. Pieces ranging from lifestyle poetry, to accounts of past family pets, to incidents where animals brought out a conversation that would never happen otherwise. Small, brief flashes of the lives of others. Moments etched into the stones of time for others to connect to and discover. But, honestly, most of the stories are about pet’s dying, so prepare to cry. Grade: A. –Bryan Static (mysmallwebpage.com)