Editor: Gordon Grigsby Associate Editors: Jan Schmittauer, Matthew M Cariello, & Donna Spector Managing Editor: Barbara Bergmann Evening Street Review is published in the spring and fall of every year by Evening Street Press. United States subscription rates are $24 for one year and $44 for two years (individuals), and $32 for one year and $52 for two years (institutions). ISBN: 978-1-937347-04-8 Evening Street Review is centered on the belief that all men and women are created equal, that they have a natural claim to certain inalienable rights, and that among these are the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. With this center, and an emphasis on writing that has both clarity and depth, it practices the widest eclecticism. Evening Street Review reads submissions of poetry (free verse, formal verse, and prose poetry) and prose (short stories and creative nonfiction) year round. Submit 3-6 poems or 1-2 prose pieces at a time. Payment is one contributor’s copy. Copyright reverts to author upon publication. Response time is 3-6 months. Please address submissions to Editors, 2881 Wright St, Sacramento, CA 95821-5232. Email submissions are also acceptable; send to the following address as Microsoft Word or rich text files (.rtf): editor@eveningstreetpress.com. For submission guidelines, subscription information, selected works, and news, please visit our website at www.eveningstreetpress.com. Cover photos: North Cascade Mountains, WA; small city, OH. Words from Robinson Jeffers, “How Beautiful It Is,” The Beginning and the End, 1963 © Copyright 2011 by Evening Street Press. All rights revert to author upon publication.

Nelms gathers together poetry that brings the Texas experience into focus forlocal readers or visitors to the Lone Star state.

The STALKING Spirits a book of nitty-gritty poetry. From the "Grey Sidewalk Man" to the "The Copper Queen," the people in this collection are hanging on tight. The scenery shifts from Texas to Arizona to New Mexico to Kansas to Illinois and to Canada. The subjects vary from drunk rolling, to picking gooseberries, to box turtles. All reminding us of The Grand Masterflash's song "The Message" when it says, "Don't push me cause I'm close to the edge!" We too slip when that "West Texas Preacher" slides in the mud down into the hole at the graveside service he is preaching in the rain. We feel the bewilderment when the ER nurse asked us to move our feet and we've been sitting so long that we can't feel them, don't know where they are. Through it all, the words take us there and bring us back. Gary Drury Publishing is Publisher of this TITLE.

No Hats or Bib Overalls On Dance Night is a collection of poetry about people. The sections are Street People, Working Folks, A Bubble That's Slightly Off Center and The Smorgasbord. This book includes poems about bag ladies, bums and panhandlers. There are cremated ashes, a packing plant gut shoveler, an armed robber, a preplanned funeral party, a cross dressing trucker, a dentist, a cowboy, the Copper Queen and a bootlegger. These categories cover the spectrum of life. From sad to happy to belly laughing funny. It is a book of unconditional poetry! This book published by Gary Drury Publishing(TM)

"The Mission" is a poetry book based on the May through August 2012 issues (and occasional Internet chapbook releases) of cc&d magazine (byline: "the UNreligious, NON-family oriented literary and at magazine," founded 1993, http: //scars.tv/ccd) into this poetry and prose (and very occasionally artwork), published by Scars Publications. "The Mission" was released not only as an "issues edition" (of the majority of the writings appearing in issues) and a "chapbooks edition" (of the chapbook releases during this period, plus select bonus writings from the issues). This issues edition contains a larger nmber of writers, and gives a better idea for the feel of the writings in issues of cc&d magazine. The cover art of this collection book was photographed in Chicago in 2011 (and the color was changed for different editions). See http: //scrs.tv for a full list of all contributors to this collection book. Writers in this collection book inlcude Janet Kuypers, Linda Webb Aceto, W. Donta Andrews, Christine Barba, Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal, Dana Blake, P. Keith Boran, Wm. Samuel Bradford, Audrey Burns, Paul J. Burt, Michael Ceraolo, Corey Cook, Kelly K. Darrow, Holly Day, Frank De Canio, Kenneth DiMaggio, Brian Duggan, John Duncklee, Lily Gardner, Deni Ann Gereighty, Matthew Guzman, Fritz Hamilton, Don Hargraves, Joseph Hart, Kyle Hemmings, Eric W Jepson, Bob Johnston, max keanu, Seger Lansdale, Brian Looney, Robert D. Lyons, Brandon A.M., Marcin Majkowski, Bruce Matteson, Don Maurer, Jennifer McCain, Jim Meirose, Drew Nacht, Sheryl L. Nelms, John Newmark, Andrew H. Oerke, Alexander P.S., Jeffrey Park, Emily Olive Petit, S. Progress, John Rachel, I.B. Rad, Stephen V. Ramey, Yasmin Ramirez, Carl Scharwath, Rex Sexton, Derrick Sherwin, Sterling A Slechta, Bob Strother, Jane Stuart, R. N. Taber, David Thompson, Ronald M. Wade, and artwork by Peter LaBerge, the HA!man of South Africa, Cheryl Townsend, David Michael Jackson, Brian Forrest, Zanadu, Rose E. Grier, John Yotko, Nick Brazinsky, George Coston, Oz Hardwick, Aaron Wilder, Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz, Henry Walter Matthews, Uzeyir Lokman CAYCI, Brian Hosey and Lauren Braden, and Eric Bonholtzer.

Worms After Hard Rain is the title of my seventy-one poem manuscript. This manuscript won the Schultz-Werth Research Award at South Dakota State University and five hundred dollars. This book is an account of my life. It chronicles some of the things I've seen and done from hog slopping to visiting the Amon Carter Art Museum. From the Milwaukee zoo to a thunderstorm in Pinetop, Arizona. It contains bits of historic fact and fiction. I take you along across the United States. I transport the reader with me back to the 1950's for a gentle summer day. We go on a tour of the Cudahy Packing Plant, coyote hunting, pheasant hunting, grave digging and taking out the trash. We survive a train wreck, a flying saucer and a South Dakota blizzard. Through it all the writing prevails. Gary Drury Publishing is Publisher of this TITLE.

"a Mad Escape" is a 2015 Scars Publications' cc&d magazine (v255) poetry and short story book by assorted writers and artists. "Children, Churches and Daddies" (AKA cc&d, subtitle "the UN-religios, NON-family oriented literart and art magazine) has been printed in many forms since it's inception in 1993, but since 2014 cc&d is being released every other month as a 6"x9" perfect-bound paperback book, with not only it's usual ISSN# (print ISSN# 1068-5154, Internet ISSN# 1555-1555), but also an ISBN#. With ISBN#s for issue/book releases, all issues now carry a title to accompany the new format, reflecting the writing inside the book and the cover design. Writers and artists in this book include writing by Janet Kuypers, Jane Stuart, Erren Kelly, Alan Catlin, David J. Thompson, CEE, R. N. Taber, Maura Gage Cavell, Sheryl L. Nelms, Brian Looney, I.B. Rad, Jesse Williams, Xanadu (Ofmickiewiczfame), Chris Roe, Elizabeth Harper, Mimi Young, Ronald Charles Epstein, G. A. Scheinoha, DG Mago, Eric Burbridge, Dr. (Ms.) Michael S. Whitt, Thomas Gannon, Ian Bowman, Patrick Fealey, Nora McDonald,, Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz (drawing), Brian Forrest (painting), Cheryl Townsend (photo), Eric Bonholtzer (photo), David J. Thompson (photo), Brian Hosey (photo), David J. Thompson (photo), Aaron Wilder (art), Uzeyir Lokman CAYCI (art), David Michael Jackson (photo), the HA!Man of South Africa (drawing), and Kyle Hemmings (photo).

"Testament" is a 2015 Scars Publications' cc&d magazine (v256) poetry and short story book by assorted writers and artists. "Children, Churches and Daddies" (AKA cc&d, subtitle "the UN-religios, NON-family oriented literart and art magazine) has been printed in many forms since it's inception in 1993, but since 2014 cc&d is being released every other month as a 6"x9" perfect-bound paperback book, with not only it's usual ISSN# (print ISSN# 1068-5154, Internet ISSN# 1555-1555), but also an ISBN#. With ISBN#s for issue/book releases, all issues now carry a title to accompany the new format, reflecting the writing inside the book and the cover design. Writers and artists in this book include writers and artists like Janet Kuypers, Sheryl L. Nelms, Maura Gage Cavell, Jesse Williams, Xanadu (Ofmickiewiczfame), Dr. (Ms.) Michael S. Whitt, Chris Roe, Michael Lee Johnson, Linda M. Crate, Andy Roberts, G. A. Scheinoha, DG Mago, Donald Gaither, Preston R. P., Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozabal, Oz Hardwick, Fritz Hamilton, John Grey, Frank C. Praeger, Ronald Charles Epstein, Traci Lavois Thiebaud, Eric Burbridge, Brian Looney, Keith Kelly, Sarah Szabo, Lisa Gray, Nora McDonald, Bruce Costello, Mike Ducak, CEE, Dr. (Ms.) Michael S. Whitt, Patrick Fealey, Liam Spencer, David J. Thompson (with art), Eric Bonholtzer (with art), Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz (with art), Peter LaBerge (with art), David Russell (with art), Patrick Fealey (with art), Brian Looney (with art), Kyle Hemmings (with art), Dr. Shmooz (with art), David Michael Jackson (with art), Brian Forrest (with art), Aaron Wilder (with art), the HA!Man of South Africa (with art), Uzeyir Lokman CAYCI (with art).