MASH Magazine Issue 1 | Page 6

Writer’s World
on the

Contents
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About Mash Stories
by S.E. SEVER

Editor’s note in 500 words

Bergamot by Cheryl Whittaker

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An Interview with William Hertling
Self-publishing vs. Traditional publishing

First Runner Up
Lost Balls by Ross Baxter

First Runner Up
Tina, Trapped and Released
by Carrie Guss

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The Dog by Luke Southan

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Interview with Miles Rausch

Do Nothing Day: 1st May
Can idleness be inspirational and
constructive? Two male guinea
pigs experiment with the Doing
Nothing cure on themselves.
www.40daysofdoingnothing.com

Dark Blue by Rebecca Strong

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Mash Competition’s winning story
Nearly Nine by Miles Rausch

Web

The First Cosmonaut by Bill Bibo

A Catty Confession by Lynne Bronstein

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The Review Review
Website
With over 600 print and online
journals, it can be hard to know
where to begin. At The Review
Review Website, writers can get
a deeper sense of the journals
by reading reviews of the latest
issues. This is not intended as a
substitute for the actual journals,
but merely a way to guide writers
toward the journals that interest
them the most.
www.thereviewreview.net

by Herwig Kopp & Norbert Trompeter

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