THE COACHELLA REVIEW
SUMMER 2014

IN THIS ISSUE …

“That was the thing about Quantum Leaping: all the particulars were lost to you. You had a body, atoms and molecules and shame, but anything requiring context couldn’t be grasped.”

-from “Quantum Leap,” by Joshua Mohr

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Stacy Bierlein

 

QUANTUM LEAP

FIRST LOOK: MEMOIR EXCERPT

Joshua Mohr

 

OUR LADY OF THE MINESHAFT

FICTION

Diane Lefer

 

RAGGED POINT ROAD

POETRY

Joe Wilkins

 

OUTSIDERS

POETRY

Lauren Tivey

 

SONG OF WANING GIBBOUS

POETRY

Rosebud Ben-Oni

THE GRAND AND THE DETAILS

REVIEW:  Gondwana: Images of an Ancient Land by Diane Tuft

Lucy Jane Bledsoe

 

WHERE SECRETS MATTER

REVIEW:  Steal The North by Heather Brittain Bergstrom

Heather Scott Partington

 

I GUESS WE’RE ALL GUILTY OF FILLING

THE AIR WITH MORE AIR

POETRY

TJ Lyons

 

EVERYTHING I KNOW I LEARNED FROM

LOONEY TUNES

POETRY

TJ Lyons

 

SINCE BIRTH

POETRY

TJ Lyons

 

ARK

POETRY

Elisabeth Sharp McKetta

 

NEW PSYCHOLOGY FOR INFANT SPIDERS

POETRY
Elisabeth Sharp McKetta

 

 THE BRUTE ON THE TRAIN

POETRY

Paula Marafino Bernett

PRIVACY

POETRY

Peter Leight

 

THROUGH THE WRECKAGE

POETRY

Christine Hamm

 

THE SHALLOW END OF CELLAR CREEK

POETRY

Ashley Maser

 

MY FATHER HEARS THE QUR’AN IN THE BACK YARD

POETRY

Ashley Maser

 

VENUS AT THE EDGE OF OCEAN CITY

POETRY

Ashley Maser

 

SCARY SILENT PRAYER

POETRY

Colin Dodds

WITHOUT A HITCH

FICTION

Jane Katims

 

DEAR I

POETRY

Michael Schiavo

 

LOVE SPEAK

POETRY

Michael Schiavo

LOSS

POETRY

Carolyn Hill-Bjerke

 

CRISIS

POETRY

Carolyn Hill-Bjerke

MISPLACED CEREMONY

POETRY

Carolyn Hill-Bjerke

 

JANUARY, OUTSIDE IT’S 78 DEGREES,

THE WORLD IS PUTTING ON A BRIGHT DRESS

FICTION

Stefan Kiesbye

 

FALLOUT

FIRST LOOK: NOVEL EXCERPT

Jordan Rosenfeld