POE BALLANTINE’s latest book is 501 Minutes to Christ (Hawthorne Books). He lives in Chadron, Nebraska, where he is a school custodian. He says, “It feels good to be back in education.” 

They Dream By The River

by Poe Ballantine, November 2009 (Issue 407)

The Fine Art Of Quitting

by Poe Ballantine, April 2009 (Issue 400)

Cristinaland

by Poe Ballantine, November 2008 (Issue 395)

These Dark Woods

by Poe Ballantine, June 2008 (Issue 390)

Confessions Of A B-Movie Zombie

by Poe Ballantine, March 2008 (Issue 387)

The Thousand-Peso Suit

by Poe Ballantine, February 2008 (Issue 386)

Methamphetamine For Dummies

by Poe Ballantine, July 2007 (Issue 379)

Wide-Eyed In The Gaudy Shop

by Poe Ballantine, March 2007 (Issue 375)

Blessed Meadows For Minor Poets

by Poe Ballantine, October 2006 (Issue 370)

God's Day

by Poe Ballantine, September 2006 (Issue 369)

World of Trouble

by Poe Ballantine, February 2006 (Issue 362)

Brasalina

by Poe Ballantine, January 2006 (Issue 361)

My Pink Tombstone

by Poe Ballantine, November 2005 (Issue 359)

The Irving

by Poe Ballantine, October 2005 (Issue 358)

501 Minutes To Christ

by Poe Ballantine, August 2005 (Issue 356)

Realism

by Poe Ballantine, September 2004 (Issue 345)

Where The Rain Belongs

by Poe Ballantine, June 2002 (Issue 318)

Estrellita

by Poe Ballantine, November 2001 (Issue 311)

An Unfamiliar Form Of Solitaire

by Poe Ballantine, August 2001 (Issue 308)

Things I Like About America

by Poe Ballantine, July 2001 (Issue 307)