Zyzzyva, Vol. XXIII, No. 1, Spring 2007

FIRST TIME IN PRINT Jennifer Borgcs Foster: Husbandry (poem) 77 Bob Judd: Cora & Clarence & Cars (memoir) 39 Rachel Howard: Bolero (story) 69 FICTION Trevor j. Houser: Piranha-Ottcr 85 Charles McLeod: Exit Wounds III Paul Madonna: Out of the Grapevine II9 Les Plesko: Singer IG9 NONFICTION Gregory Sarris: All This Family 136 POETRY Francisco X. Alarcon: Four Poems 98 Frances Ruhlcn McConnel: The Wishbone of an Angel. . . IoS John Struloefl: Salmon Spawn 129 Old Growth Photograph 131 David Wagoner: In the Graveyard of Major Appliances . . . Tog WORKS ON PAPER ORIGINALLY IN B&W Mindy Alper, 64-67; Juliette Aristides, 96-97; Susan Arthur, 107; Ann Chamberlain, 78-83; John Ciara, 133-135; Terry Scott Chastain, 76; Sophie De Lingerolles, 38, IGB; Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 94; Carlee Fernandez, 95; Karl Haendel, IoB; John Kleckner, 84; Geraldine Lozano, 104; Colleen Mulvey, 102-103; Chris Oatey, iio; Thierry Rosset, 68, 75; Thomas Wood, 130 COVERS Front: Ed Templeton, Artstin, Texas, 2002, photographic RC-print, 14 x ii inches, courtesy: Roberts +'I?ilton, Los Angeles Back: Crystal Liu, hi the Dead (J b0rrter, "Into the Deep Woods," 2005, chromogenic print, ;o x 40 inc:hes, courtesy: hosfelt gallery, San Francisco & New York FROM SHADOW MAN, A CHARLIE MOON MYSTERY, BY JAMES D. DOSS (ST. MARTIN'S MINOTAUR, 2005), P. 324 "Oh piffle," Blinkow Pouted. "Shan't I have even a last word?" I wish lie didn't look so damn cocky. "Say it and die," Hitchcock growled. The man at the tip of the Made opened his mouth, threw back his head in a haughty operatic gesture, sang it: "Zyz-Zy-vaaaaaaaaa!" As if a bee had stung him, Hitchcock's limbs jerked in an involuntary spasm. "Sorry, William H. Didn't intend to startle you."