Welcome to Theory Train Magazine.
We are pleased to present to you a collection of speculative fiction poetry and fiction. Visit us at theorytrain.com or email us at theorytrain@gmail.com.
Editor in Chief Eileen Young
Selection Board Adam Schreckenberger and Michelle Ristuccia
Cover by K. B. Wittke
ISSN 1925-2439
All contributions are copyright © 2011 by the individual contributors.
Contents
Lucky Streak by Fiona Sinclair
Manhattan Love Stories Five: Suicide Birds by Kyle Hemmings
Appliance by John Bromley
. . . And Let The Apocalypse Happen by Laura E. Bradford
Fear Of Letter Boxes by Fiona Sinclair
An Astronaut’s Explanation by John Grey
Seasonal Affective Disorder by K. W. Taylor
Coronation Ball by Fiona Sinclair
Lucky Streak
By Fiona Sinclair
Fiona Sinclair's work has been published in many reputable magazines. Her second collection is due out late 2011 by indigo dreams Press. She is the editor of the online poetry magazine Message in a Bottle.
Lucky Streak is also featured on the Featured Poetry section of TheoryTrain.com.
You divine the fortunes of each horse
like a sorcerer and his almanac whilst
I play hand bag top trumps with passing
women. At the bookies window I avert
my eyes from your stake in pin number
etiquette. Place a pound each way on a
name that takes my fancy. The winnings
rain coins like a slot machine payout.
By the third race you regard me as if
Satan is my tipster. ‘Pick another’,
I close my eyes and jab at the heraldry
of jockeys’ silks. While men in bespoke