Synchronized Chaos is pleased to present you with June’s issue Mind Over Matter, an acknowledgment of willpower and responsibility of one’s fate in the face of seemingly never-ending grumble and quarrel, and complicated obligations.

Featured in this issue are paintings with undeniably obscure emotional messages by Artists, Lorette C. Luzajic and Larry Azoth.

Lauren Gann and Krista Tate delve into difficult and painful family relationships in their creative non-fiction pieces.

Joanna Roberts confronts interracial dating in the South, in her essay, Cancer.

In January Was The Wound, returning Word-Master Simon J. Charlton shares a complex poem that he wrote in response to reading the works of poets such as Charles Henri Ford, David Gascoyne, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and more. We also welcome new international poetry contributors, Steven Fowler and Tatjana Debeljacki.

Reviews this month:

• Kyrsten Bean on Love in a Time of Robot Apocalypse, by David Perez
• Andrew Rahal on Music Crystals Poems (1962-2008), by Hale Thatcher
• Bruce Roberts on How Much Land Does a Man Need, by Leo Tolstoy
• Floyd A. Logan on It Felt Like A Kiss, by Leena Prasad
• David A. L. Brown on Nowhere to be Home, by Maggie Lemere and Zoë West

Also, check out Robbie Fraser’s interviews with up-and-coming writer Brent Vickers and author Brian Doyle. Doyle talks about his most recent novel, Mink River.

We thank those who contributed to this month’s issue and to our readers throughout the globe for their ongoing support. Don’t forget to check out the new Synchronized Chaos Fan Page on Facebook! Click here now!