Contents

I Imagine My Birth
I Imagine My Son's Future
The Monster, the Master and the Windmill
The Monster's Retirement
The Monster's Last Lesson
by Bryan Dietrich: 1

Dreamchild
Feral Tale
by Kathy Davis Patterson
The Succubus's Lament
by Andrew Miller
Artwork: Roses for My Lady by Kathy Davis Patterson: 2

Taking a Bite Out of Crime: The Cardula/Dracula Short Stories of Jack Ritchie
by Michael J. Larsen
Review of Bryan Dietrich's The Assumption
by Gina Wisker
Artwork: Universal Destiny by Kathy Davis Patterson: 3

Zombie Haiku
by Michael A. Arnzen
Cinematic Horror: The Awful Allure
by Cherise Huntingford: 4

Says Who?: Black Women Authors Respond to the 'Reality' of Dracula
by Lynette James
Artwork: Fallen Angel by Jaleen Grove: 5

Horrific Ties to Gothicism
by Thomas K. Fagerholm
The Decomposition of the Contemporary Family: Zombie's Role in the Transmogrification of the Nuclear Family
by Emily Mashak: 6

Sheath
by Nenad Jakovljevic: 7

The Romero Zombie: Society's New Fury
by Heather Hamilton: 8

Second Chance
by Joan Baxter: 9



Dissections Editorial Board

From left to right: Gina Wisker, David Sandner, Michael A. Arnzen, (Al Wendland) and Lawrence Connolly



                                        Frances Auld (for student                                                       submissions)      

          Michael A. Arnzen

   
     Brian Attebery

    Clive Bloom

               Lawrence C. Connolly

                                              Linda Holland-Toll (for reviews)

              William Hughes

       Nickianne Moody

                        Marie Mulvey-Roberts

 David Sandner

   Andrew Smith

Gina Wisker

Stephanie Moss