Mark J. Mitchell

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Indoor Angels

They choose
stark rooms with
wooden floors

marked by time,
wiped by death. No more
than three chairs—

also wood. They
gently tap the backs,
turning them

away from any
compass points. This
is meant kindly.

Mark J. Mitchell's latest novel, The Magic War just appeared from Loose Leaves Publishing. He studied writing at UC Santa Cruz under Raymond Carver and George Hitchcock. His work has appeared in the several anthologies and hundreds of periodicals. Three of his chapbooks– Three Visitors, Lent, 1999, and Artifacts and Relics –and the novel, Knight Prisoner are available through Amazon and Barnes and Noble. He lives with his wife Joan Juster and makes a living pointing out pretty things in San Francisco.