Enter a literary realm both filled with the wisdom of nature and the angst of man. In A COW By Deepak Kapur, the story of a cow forces a man to face the madness in his life. While in Anthony Kendrick's poem Departure, you feel the emptiness in leaving a memorable place. Famous authors such as Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Emily Dickinson, Henry David Thoreau and Shakespeare personify nature so well, you'll think it can drop by for lunch and a cup of tea. That's why we're including their work in this issue. But as always, we like to mix it up so you'll also find genre work like Christopher J. Dwyer's Scars and Salvation: One and something so rated G, it's got a baby and a mommy going on a high seas adventure in their bowl of soup Why? We just love words May you rediscover the beauty of words and of nature with our SHALLA Magazine: Winter Blooms pocket-edition. Best Shalla DeGuzman, Editor www.shallamagazine.com www.shalladeguzman.com http: //twitter.com/SHALLAMagazine Who are the very talented authors & poets featured in this SHALLA Magazine? Murray Alfredson Dan Campbell Nabina Das Richard Fein Isabelle Ghaneh Carole Hall Deepak Kapur James Keane Anthony Kendrick Angel Lombard Jack Phillips Lowe Jenni Meredith Suchoon Mo Christopher Mulrooney Nikhil Parekh Shawn Proctor Nanette Rayman Rivera Linda Leedy Schneider Ray Succre Christopher Woods Steve Wheeler & more... Although we mainly publish literary work, our submissions system is open to all forms of writing that have been previously published. That's right, we only like reprints Therefore, beautiful stories and poetry that have not seen the light of day for years--you may find them here, in SHALLA Magazine www.shallamagazine.com