by Tony Burnett (Editor)
Volume 5.2
Summer 021
Lust - Love - Longing
Once again, we bring some of the world's most profound scribes to play in our literary garden. As with all our previous summer issues this collection is thematic. Having been sequestered by the dasterdley Covid 19 virus for what often seems a lifetime, we feel the desire to deal with the desire; those strong subcutaneous emotions that drive our head, heart, and hormones. We dubbed The Ocotillo Review Volume 5.2 as our Love, Lust, and Longing issue. When you toss a topic with such powerful energy into the mix you have to be ready to step up. The Kallisto Gaia Press' editorial staff are neither shy nor reserved but we did have what one of our editors referred to as doozies. Yes, I had to look it up. We took the best of the rather hefty batch of soul-stirring stories and poems, brushed off any dust and here we present them for your reading pleasure.