Welcome to The Jones Issue of Paradigm. This marks our seventh issue and I think we're continuing to move in
exciting new directions with our journal and Rain Farm Press. First off, thanks to everyone who participated in
The 2008 Paradigm Novel Contest. We have a lot of reading ahead of us before we announce a winner in
September, but it looks like it's all worth it. Also, in addition to the exciting features and interviews here, we're
proud to debut the trailer for
The Horseman, the upcoming thriller written and directed by Ben Bays (The Truck
Driver)
. Be sure to check it out. Thanks for reading! - Paul Fuhr 

INTERVIEWS
Steve Alten [Novelist] - Meg, The Shell Game
Ben Bays [Filmmaker] -
The Horseman
Lynn Miles [Singer/Songwriter] - Love Sweet Love
Forrest Richardson [Golf Course Architect]

FICTION
"A Boy Called Horse" - Barbara Jean Tannert
"Flowers" - Alex Tamaki
"Liquor Store Lust" - Garrett Socol
"Moth, Reversed" - Mia Kammeyer-Mueller
"Serious" - Rebecca Morey
"The Disconnect" - Corie Allen
"The Plagiarist Who Cleans Your House" - Martin Brick
"Vivian" - J. Boyer

NONFICTION
"Circus Turtles, Hellgrammites, Ants and Calling Loons" - Tom Carlson
"Resurrection of the Unholy" - Hardy Jones Jr.
"The Beast" - Mike Peters

POETRY
"Confessions" - Lawrence Buentello
"Heart Pounded When" - Rick Marlatt
"Hobbies" - Christopher Compson
"How to Grieve" - Ashley Widmark
"Lost Stuff" - Gill Laverick
"Made It" - Charles P. Ries
"Napkins, Leaves, and Sheets" - Alissa Grist
"Of Purity" - Olivia Wolf
"Park" - Matthew Putman
"The Faint Smell of Spilled Milk" - Nancy Pulley
"What I want is a graveyard" - Jamie Kerry