Lights Camera Action! Issue 13 of Imitation Fruit Literary Journal is full to the brim with amazing artwork, colorful stories and sizzling poems.

If you've ever wondered what it would be like, but haven't gathered the courage, to try out a nudist hot spring read Courtney Carter's "Adventure Time Contest" winning story Deep Creek. You'll experience all the fun and hairy details without actually having to go to the hot spring yourself.

Autumn Weekdays, a compact punch of a poem by Marina Rubin, sparked the imagination of artist Tina Wong to set her illustration at the momentous time of realization. Both the poem and the artwork point to some real action that's about to happen…

Metasequonia, poem by Changming Yuan delicately celebrates a newly rediscovered species that has survived in secret for ages and against all odds. The action of always enduring lends comfort to those who are passing through.

The editors at Imitation Fruit would like to thank our contributors for another great issue of wonderful content and thank our readers for taking time to enjoy the issue.

Enjoy!
Eva Barrows, Editor
eva(at)imitationfruit(dot)com

• Hairway to Heaven
  
  Story by Patty Somlo
  Artwork by John Barrows
  • Members of a drug recovery group wonder what happened to one of the women that graduated from the program. A man who knows the woman well tells the tale of her success to the group.
• Deep Creek
  
  Story by Courtney Carter
  Artwork by Diana Y. Paul
  • Looking for a birthday adventure a pair of girlfriends trek to a nudist hot spring in the desert.
• The Dybbuk of Spuyten Duyvil
  
  Story by J.S. Kierland
  Artwork by John Barrows
  • A woman confesses to her sister in law that she's under the spell of a new lover and he's no good for her. The two women work together to make the lover disappear.
• Loose Ends
  
  Story by Susan Moorhead
  Photography by James Hannibal
  • A woman's quest to buy everything she wanted when growing up becomes much more when she helps her mother attain one of her life's dreams.
• Secrets
  
  Story by Jules A Riley
  Photography by Keith Moul
  • After her husband's death a woman finds that he had been living a secret life on the wrong side of the law.
• Second Thoughts
  
  Story by Kathleen Glassburn
  Artwork by Courtney Jasiulek
  • A man is angered by his new wife to the point of doing something he'd regret forever.
• Yugoslavia
  
  Story by Marci Goodman
  Artwork by William Hicks
  • After completing a semester abroad a young woman falls in love with a fellow traveler. The pair hitch hike together and find themselves in an awkward situation in Yugoslavia.
• Garden City
  
  Story by Melanie Griffin
  Artwork by Ashley-Renée Cribbins
  • A woman in danger of losing herself in a new relationship finds a new activity to ground her.
• The Finest Weed
  
  Story by Mike Hood
  Artwork by Liz Aragon
  • A classic fairytale of keeping a young woman sheltered from the outside world told in a modern way.
• Blue Pants and Brown Shoes
  
  Story by Steven Mendel
  Artwork by John Barrows
  • A celebrity couple use their family friend to decide which one of them is the winner in their psychological game.

• Quilt
  
  Poem by Allison Whittenberg
  Artwork by Fabio Sassi
• Metasequonia
  
  Poem by Changming Yuan
  Artwork by Harmony Hodges
• Drunk Daisy at Doom's First Light
  
  Poem by Colin Dodds
  Artwork by Diana Blackwell
• Emily as Underneath the Train
  
  Poem by Darren C. Demaree
  Photography by Christopher Woods
• The Arrogant Imposter
  
  Poem by Holly Day
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• His
  
  Poem by Edward O'Dwyer
  Artwork by Colin Maisonpierre
• Floating
  
  Poem by Juliana Dornellas
  Artwork by Laura LoTurco-Gorian
• Autumn Weekdays
  
  Poem by Marina Rubin
  Artwork by Tina Wong
• My City
  
  Poem by Mark Danowsky
  Artwork by Chelsea Walton
• Titanic
  
  Poem by Sean Brendan-Brown
  Artwork by Diana Y. Paul