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INTRODUCTION: WINDOWS
Why wish for the moon? Outside the window night falls,
slender women rush to meet their dates. Men whistle
on the dark blue streets at shapes they want
or, in the pubs, light cigarettes for two. Big Sue
unwraps a Mars Bar, crying at her favourite scene.
The bit where Bette Davis says We have the stars.
—Carol Ann Duffy, from "Big Sue and Now, Voyager"
My aim for this issue is to present pieces of writing that explore windows in all their various representations, both literal and figurative. A window is an opening through which we view the world—or, indeed, an opening through which the world views us. Windows with glass can mimic mirrors, and windows without glass may serve as doors. However, there are some windows—those of time, chance, and opportunity—that can't be seen or peered through at all, unless one really squints. Seek a window on the past or a window on the future, but be careful what you wish for. Bricked or blocked, curtained or closed, windows have the potential to obstruct equally as effectively as they reveal.
STORIES
—Mountain-Hunting for Beginners
Yaroslava Strikha
—Peering Through
Cynthia Odiorne
—Shadow Box
Esther Bergdahl
—Stone Windows
Julie K. Rose
—Windows On the World
Sara Polsky
—The Window Within My Window
Ro Smith
Adrienne J. Odasso is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in the University of York English Department. Her poetry has appeared in Strong Verse, Aesthetica, Hum-Drum, and Succour magazines. Her short fiction has appeared in Issue #2 of Behind the Wainscot and in the recently released Ruins Terra anthology from Hadley Rille Books. New poetry will be appearing in issue #5 of Sybil's Garage, the 2008 Exhibition at Farrago's Wainscot, and in the upcoming Little Red Riding Hood anthology from Drollerie Press.
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