ShortWorks Poetry Issue The Incomplete Reichenau Sonnets by Joshua Jennings offer a counterpoint to the profane, technical world of our foreseeable future where the written word may be nothing more than information to be indexed and searched. These poems suggest that perhaps we are entering a new Dark Age in the midst of our technical advancements, in which our future hope for safeguarding our culture, and ultimately our humanity, will occur through individual efforts like those of the anonymous monks of Reichenau. - About ShortWorks ShortWorks is an independent publishing group that compiles...

En attendant le jour by Joshua Jennings Although just eleven poems, this slim book is an innovative and evocative poetic achievement of contemporary literature. Regarded by respected critics and writers as highly competent, En attendant le jour is a tour de force in poetry. - A ShortWorks Publication ShortWorks is an independent publishing group that compiles short, compelling works, from arts, music and literature to social criticism and history to science and technology.
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The Sonnets of Orpheus I by Rainer Maria Rilke Translated by Joshua Jennings - A ShortWorks Publication ShortWorks is an independent publishing group that compiles short, compelling works, from arts, music and literature to social criticism and history to science and technology.
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In worlds beset by war between legendary beings and forces, a young boy is dragged into one such conflict in an insidious gambit to tip the scales in a certain favour. But there are other forces at work besides that of evil, and in the struggle between elves, vampires, and more over his fate, he will discover loss, vengeance, and the price of innocence. New Blood is a snapshot story of a much larger universe told from the perspective of a young boy that is drawn into a world much bigger and deadlier than his own. The boy, Shex, lives in a small township by a well trafficked river, with the...