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    Bumble Jacket Miscellany: a miscellany for poetry and fiction 2:2
    Bumble Jacket Miscellany: a miscellany for poetry and fiction 2:2
    Bumble Jacket Miscellany: a miscellany for poetry and fiction 2:2
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    Bumble Jacket Miscellany: a miscellany for poetry and fiction 2:2

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    Bumble Jacket Miscellany: a miscellany for poetry and fiction, a biannually published literary magazine, has been created with the purpose of publishing the best poetry and short fiction, regardless of style, genre, or approach. In this Winter 2011 issue of Bumble Jacket Miscellany:

    Go to the race tracks, have a little wine with your breakfast, and overhear a conversation between the ghosts of Henry the VIII and Anne Boleyn in this winter's issue of Bumble Jacket Miscellany.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBumble Jacket Miscellany Publishing
    Release dateDec 15, 2011
    ISBN9781301484874
    Bumble Jacket Miscellany: a miscellany for poetry and fiction 2:2
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    Bumble Jacket Miscellany is a biannually published literary magazine. Please view our submission guidelines if you would like to contribute. The Bumble Jacket has been created with the purpose of publishing the best poetry and short fiction, regardless of style, genre, or approach. While we do feature talented and sometimes well know writers, we also pride ourselves on selecting writing based on its merit.

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      Bumble Jacket Miscellany - Bumble Jacket Miscellany Publishing

      Bumble Jacket Miscellany

      a miscellany for poetry and fiction

      Winter 2011

      Published by: Bumble Jacket Miscellany Publishing

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2011 by Bumble Jacket Miscellany Publishing.

      VOLUME 2 NUMBER 2

      Bumble Jacket Miscellany

      a miscellany for poetry and fiction

      Published by Bumble Jacket Miscellany Publishing at Smashwords. Bumble Jacket Miscellany (ISSN: 2155-1324) is published biannually by Bumble Jacket Miscellany Publishing. Address editorial correspondence to bumblejacketmisc@gmail.com

      Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, in creative works contained herein is entirely coincidental. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without prior permission in writing from Bumble Jacket Miscellany, or as expressly permitted by law. The publisher apologizes in advance for any errors or omissions and if contacted will rectify these at the earliest opportunity.

      We accept electronic submissions only. For more information, please visit our website at: https://sites.google.com/site/bumblejacketmiscellany/home

      Edited by Meredith E. Torre

      Cover and Illustrations

      Meredith E. Torre

      Contents

      Poetry

      Michael Lee Johnson

      Leaves in December

      Fly Wings

      James G. Piatt

      Do Not Tell Me Lies

      Leaving

      Flowing

      Jerome Brooke

      My Lover

      Janine Surmick

      The Fire

      Little Red

      The Wheel

      Joseph Buehler

      Late Night

      The Gem Holder's Candy

      Andy Psomopoulos

      iron church/iron shirts

      the song remains the fame

      class-if-eyed

      Rodney Nelson

      Gone to the Animal

      The Village Part of a Time

      William Doreski

      At the Mournful Resort

      Wine for Breakfast?

      Currency Exchange

      America's Sex Life Has Tired

      Fresh from the One Great Holstein

      Meredith E. Torre

      From Whence I Came

      Gertrude Stein's Balloon

      Fiction

      Jennifer York

      Henry and Anne

      Joseph Buehler

      The Gingerbread Man

      M. E. Mitchell

      An a.m.

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