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THE SONNET CORNER
SHORT POETRY VOLUME III · APRIL 2025
edited by Samuel J. Stephens & Nathan Gilmore
Debut Edition of The Sonnet Corner. Poems by Timothy E.G. Bartel, Solvor Bjarna, Daniel Cooper, Sarah Cline, Lee Evans, Daniel Fitzpatrick, Janice Katz, and Stefanie Kate M. Watchorna.
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THE BOOK CORNER
edited by Samuel J. Stephens & Nathan Gilmore
Debut edition. Three reviews by Nathan Gilmore. A biography about King and about a king; a history of WWII.
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ISSUE 16
edited by Samuel J. Stephens & Philip J. Palacios
A SHADOWED SOUL by Matthew R. Briggs
MARNEY AND THE BAD EGG by Philip J. Palacios
ISHRYA’S OUTCASTS by Diana Massengale
THE BARGEMAN WILL NOT COME by Samuel J. Stephens
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EPIC POETRY III
edited by Samuel J. Stephens & Nathan Gilmore
‡ SIR GAWAIN & THE GREEN KNIGHT | Paul Douglas Deane
‡ EPISODES FROM ARTHURIAN LEGEND | Samuel J. Stephens
‡ FORGOTTEN GROUND REGAINED | The Poets of the Modern Alliterative Revival
‡ CIVIL WAR CHARACTERS | William G. Carpenter
‡ THE EPIC BOOK OF SAMUEL PART III | Nathan Gilmore
‡ THE EPIC ACTS OF THE APOSTLES PART IV | Alicia Joy Taylor
In this third issue of epic poetry we welcome the poets of the modern alliterative revival, including Adam Bolivar, Solvor Bjarna, Paul Douglas Deane, Rahul Gupta, Michael Helsem, J.W. Laurel, and Thomas Suddell. Continuing her book-length epic is Part 4 of Alicia Joy Taylor’s The Epic Acts of the Apostles; Paul Douglas Deane lets us peak at a passage from his upcoming Sir Gawain translation; Nathan Gilmore offers the newest addition to his Book of Samuel epic chronicling King David’s rise to power; William G. Carpenter evokes Charles I and Oliver Cromwell, two of British history’s most vivid figures; finally Sam Stephens’ Scenes From Arthurian Legend drops us, in medias res, into the world of King Arthur and the Holy Grail.
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Library of all previous issues and series. A great place to browse and bookmark for a rainy day.
chief editor:
SAM STEPHENS
managing editor:
PHILIP J. PALACIOS
associate editor:
NATHAN GILMORE
associate editor:
DIANA MASSENGALE
art consultant:
EVANGELINA STEPHENS
published by:
ILLUMINATIONS OF THE FANTASTIC
founders:
SAM STEPHENS & PHILIP J. PALACIOS
city location:
NASHVILLE, TN
publishing years:
2020-present
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