As most were probably well-convinced that The Open Scroll had become a vacant lot in this wonderfully tragic webland in which we all reside, it is a true pleasure to release Issue 7. Though not to even bother with excuses (for I feel no guilt), I must say that in many ways The Open Scroll has become paralyzed with submissions. Comatose and without the impetus to rise. Interaction will always be the lifeblood of the web being.
And yet, content is its body. Content in its analagous form exists currently as billboards hollering to the passerby, intersections constipated with traffic, empty monuments dedicated to martyrs not yet dead and certainly not identified, banners flapping behind aeroplanes diving unmanned towards the rock below.
Demand perfection from all that surrounds you, and you destroy the goodness which should be recognized and revered. Allow imperfection to remain unchecked within every dark alley, and you will recognize goodness at the rare times when you can find it, as the dark alley becomes the path. The Open Scroll lay somewhere in between, awake and alive and pondering the day away.
As always, thanks for your submissions and opinions!
Regards,
Thom O'Connor
Editor
The Featured Work for Issue 7
and other masterful scripts
Demonic Sequence, a demon-issue by Jack Wesdorp, 1995
For If I Be Just A Weed, a poem by Joel DeStefano, 1995
Pigeon Bombing, a story by Larry Jay Tish, 1995
A Soul Cancer, a poem by Sheryl Hanna, 1995
The Stronger Eye, a story by Steve Batey, 1995
Old Zeppelin on the Sidewalk, a poem by Samuel Lowe, 1991
Parts of Me, a poem by Jay Marvin, 1995
Behind My Door, a poem by A.E. Jenks, 1995
Senza di Te, a poem by Arlene Ang, 1995
Deceptive Dealings, a poem by Ryan Magoon, 1995
Purging, a soliloquy by Stephanie Brinson, 1995
Meteor, a poem by Patricia Ethelwyn Howell, 1995
Walled Garden, Secret Garden, a poem by Charles Rogers, 1995
Alcazar, a story by Anton Rashad, 1995
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