a literary zine


Sparks literary zine ran from 1993 to 2000. back issues (available on request)

37: pong narratology, dissecting yahoo, bad art of song

36: featuring work by Ken Pobo, Ulf Ronnquist, and Duane Locke. (pdf)

35: An all reviews issue. (pdf)

34 Battle in Seattle issue. (pdf)

33: Dan Olivas, Catherine Daly, music reviews of Moody Blues, Challenge, and Alejandro Velasco. (pdf)

32: Step Up to the Trough, Music reviews: Cockeyed Ghost and more...(pdf)

31 : What the F*ck happened to Sparks? Music reviews: Frodo, Blister, G. America (pdf)

30 July/August 1999: Ernest Slyman, Alan Kaufman, Frank B. Ford, Stacy Tartar Esch, Mort Allman, Larry D. Griffin. Plus Announcements and Reviews (pdf)

29 May/June 1999: Matt Cutugno, Tom Harmon, Vasilis Axfentiou, Sherri Jilek, Colin Scott, Ernest Slyman, Luke Erasmus Davis, John Curl, Lisa Witkowski. (pdf)

28 March/April 1999: Chris Vecchio, Tom Harmon, Sonia Pressman Fuentes, and many more, over 100 pages worth. (pdf)

27 January/February 1999: Richard K. Weems, Robert James Berry, Michael G. Salinger, Raymond Deffry, Ahila Sambamoorthy, Lynley Lys, Ward Kelley,Jessy Randall, Ernest Slyman, Joy Reid, Zoran Sudar, Jon D. Blackstock, Joe Duvernay (pdf)

26 November/December 1998: Best of 98 issue. (pdf)

25 September/October 1998 Featuring an interview with guerilla artist David Gerbstadt, fiction and poetry by Michael Salinger, Michael Estabrook, John Horváth Jr., Marie Kazalia, Michael Salinger, and Ernest Slyman. (pdf)

24 July/August 1998: Joy Reid, Renetta A. Hunter Land, Frank B. Ford, Dave Gitomer, Patrick Morais, Michael Salinger, C.E. Chaffin, Weston Ochse

23 May/June 1998: Alan Kaufman, RoseMarie London, Andie Carpenter, Tim Peeler, Lee Moskow, Joy Reid, Mort Allman, Ernest Slyman, J. Kevin Wolfe, Chris Vecchio

22 March/April 1998: Paul Ford, Jonathan Lowe, Ben Ohmart, Michael Williams, Music Reviews

21 January/February 1998: C.E. Chaffin, Holly Day, Phil Gibbons, Daniel Kelin, David Schneer, Ernest Slyman, Christopher Stolle,Stacy Tartar, Amy Zug 20 Best of 1997 issue. 19 September/October 1997 Excerpt from Steven J. Frank's new novel; down on the farm and to the museum with Ernest Slyman, poetry by janet kuypers and Christopher Stolle; Paul Ford's take on Jesus flesh; bad poetry contest. 18 July/August 1997 Frank Ford, Neca Stoller,Stacy Tartar, Tim Peeler, Joy Reed, Samuel Saks 17 May/June 1997 Robert Klein Engler,Maximillian Gill, Tom Hogan, janet kuypers, Larry Lynch, Tim Peeler, RichardRussell

16: March/April 1997: Richard Garni, Mark Johnson, Ro London, Kevin Sampsell, Richard Russell, Book Review of Mansion on the Hill

15 Jan/Feb 1997 Richard Fein, Robert Klein Engler, Mark Johnson, Ben Ohmart, Neca Stoller

14 Winter 1996 Stacy Tartar, Marc Awodey,Nora-Maria Iancu, Ernest Slyman, janet kuypers, Paul Ford

13 Fall 1996 Ernest Slyman, Ray Heinrich,janet kuypers, William C. Burns, Jr., Robert Klein Engler, David Hunter Sutherland, Karen King.

12 Summer 1996 Lisa Plettinck, Holly Day, Ben Ohmart, Michael Estabrook, janet kuypers, Brian Lewis, Future Scientists of America

11 Spring 1996 Michael Estabrook, Ray Heinrich, Fraser MacFarlane, Daniel Vian, Book Review of The Tunnelby William Gass.

10 Fall 1995 Frank B. Ford, William C.Burns, Michael McNeilley, Paul Ford, John Grey, Mort Allman on Rush Limbaugh and Fascism, Denise Motta, B.J. Best, J. Esch

09 Summer 1995 Thomas T. Hammill, Philip Hughes, Ben Ohmart, John Grey, William C. Burns Jr., Virtual Moby Dick by Paul Ford/J. Esch, Stacy Tartar

08 Spring 1995 Peter Leach, William C. Burns Jr.,Steve Mitana, Ben Ohmart, Frank Ford, John Grey, Jim DeWitt, Slogans forthe Proles

07 Raymond Deffry Jr., Jim Morris, AnneMelone, Michael McNeilley, Ben Ohmart, (h)ugh wynne, William C. Burns Jr.,Daniel Jackson, Stacy Tartar

06 Jim Morris, Michael Gibbons, CarolA. Coates

05 Stacy Tartar, J. Esch, Jim Morris,Lori Ewen, Frank B. Ford, Mort Allman on Bill Clinton

04 Frank Ford, Michael Morell, Mark Twain, J. Esch/Jim Morris on Foucault, Paul Ford/Steve Pav on the complete sayings of Jesus, Jim Morris

03 Frank B. Ford, Chris Vecchio, MortAllman on Madonna, Stacy Tartar, Catullus

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