Stymie Magazine
Spring & Summer 2012
Stymie Magazine a journal of sport & literature :: volume 5, issue 2 :: spring & summer 2012
STAFF Erik Smetana, founding editor Kari Nguyen, nonfiction editor Brett Elizabeth Jenkins, poetry editor Billy Jones, associate poetry editor Julie Webb, fiction editor Matthew Ferrence, web editor Danny Goodman, social media editor COVER ART Aaron Jasinski’s “Roborazzi” Note: Aaron previously provided interior and cover art respectively for the Spring/Summer 2010 and Autumn/Winter 2010 issues.
FICTION M. Cass’s “Love Songs for Ellipticals After Divorce” . . . S. Lippmann’s “The Last Resort” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R. Gay’s “Just Be Nice” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R. Busby’s “Second Battle of Bodock” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A. Sparks’ “Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter” . . . . R. Bryant’s “The Collective Unconscious of Genitalia, Annie Hall, and Coffee Cups” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. Novak’s “Boxer” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
POETRY K. Robinson’s “Belly Fat, After the Run” . . . . . . . . . . . . S. Beers’ “Ode to Plastic Bat and Ball” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. Murphy’s “Umpire Crouched” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NOTES All works – art, fiction, nonfiction and K. Hays’ “Taking Lite Back to the Cave” . . . . . . . . . . . . . H. Stephenson’s “During the Power Outage” . . . . . . . . . poetry – contained herein are copyright of the respective author and/or creator. NONFICTION ETCETERA C. Pivovar’s “On the Similarities Between Baseball and Stymie Magazine is published online, Storytelling” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bi-annually or thereabouts. Archives, C. Hawkins’ “Sport of the Future” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . guidelines and other related inforE. Stahl’s “On Keeping Score at a Baseball Game” . . . . . mation is available for review at C. Ginsberg’s “Swimming Becomes You” . . . . . . . . . . . . www.stymiemag.com.
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