Publisher's Synopsis
"I was fairly drunk. Not too drunk to be sitting by myself in a bar, but too drunk to do much else. The radio was playing jazz, someone I liked, maybe Namyslowski. I was thinking about Wanda." - The Sleepwalkers by Peter Newall
"At the laundromat young Lonny McIntyre sat watching the clothes tumbling in the dryer." - Young Lonny McIntyre by Sara Landers
"His spacesuit could furnish him with the nutrients he needed to survive for up to six months." - Margo's World by Peter Biles
"Lawrence sat on a stone bench supported by two angels placed back-to-back." - Here or There by Leland Hames (Paul Cook)
"In the beginning there is terror. That's right-none of the good stuff waiting just round the bend (adventure, fun, friendship), nor the many other shades of darkness that will also visit along the way. Only terror." - Our Grateful Dead Story by Kevin Mandel
"His voice never trembled, but mingled like honey in warm water with the others, reaching up toward the heavens." - Reverie by Calla Smith
POETRY:Last Campout by Phil Flott, I Used to Know My Neighbors by Caitlin O'Halloran, The Lesson, Seemingly in Complete Agreement by Jeffrey Zable, Boy, Shark by Shaun Anthony McMichael, Free-Form Haikus 5-7-5 by Sut Phal, Big by Starry Krueger, What happened with you guys anyway?, Cocksure by Paul Hostovsky, Afterward, she dozes by DS Maolalai, Don't Worry Too Much About People (A Message to My Daughters) by Andrew Buckner, Mourning, Mid Afternoon by Nicholas Grooms, Till Death Do Us Part by Morgan Boyer, Relative Happiness by John Grey, Night Moves by Brandon Ingalls, Heart-bird by JC Reilly, Sun by Marcos Oro CREATIVE NONFICTION:
When Sunlight Meets a Tree by Milena Filipps, Kafkaesque by Margaret Montet, The Acorn Situation by Katie Pippel
MEMOIRS:
Fantasising About You Being Someone Who Loves Me by Jerry Chiemeke, Ariana by Jonathan Woo FICTION:
The Sleepwalkers by Peter Newall, Less Important by Garth Wolkoff, Margo's World by Peter Biles, The Book of Awen, Pt. II by Skye Cooley, Rainy Day by Huina Zheng, Reverie by Calla Smith, Young Lonny McIntyre by Sara Landers, Here or There by Leland Hames (Paul Cook), Maggie and Frank by Crystal W. Pillifant, Our Grateful Dead Story by Kevin Mandel ART:
Snake Study for Medusa by Melinda Snyder, Doorstep, Green Peace by Pia Quintano, Body by Ashley Kaplan
Editors: Emma Grey Rose, George du Bois Midsummer Dream House Literary & Arts Magazine began in the Fall of 2023 near the beach of San Diego, California. The magazine features an eclectic mix of both literature and art and often incorporates experimental works.
