In this issue master book reviewers Lori L. Lake (writer and teacher) and Tony Heyes contribute reviews from small press books on both sides of the Atlantic. They are joined by guest reviewer Bob Lind (a frequent contributor to Our Bookshelf, a glbt book review Yahoo group), Elizabeth Conley (an accomplished editor and Wildlife Rehabilitator), and Keith Morrisette (a writer).

Writer/publisher Patricia Nell Warren of Wildcat International writes a tribute to the late Gail Lang in "A Fitting Monument of Books."

An interview conducted by Anne Foley features writers Greg Wharton and Ian Philips, better known as "the two terrible infants" of Suspect Thoughts Press. This interview segues nicely into The Project: QueerLit Contest for unpublished authors of English-language novels with queer/ bent/ outsider worldview content.

Gary Phillips, a frequent contributor to this newsletter provides us with another slice of his coming out with "A Day on the Farm."

Ronald L. Donaghe, writer and editor of The Independent Gay Writer, talks about "Getting Serious About Self-Publishing," from the perspective of the writer as business person and what writers should expect of publishers. It is no longer the publisher calling the shots in this increasingly fluid industry.