Issue 2, Summer 1998

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Feature articles, essays, poetry, fiction, art, photography, and much more: This is what you will find in the pages of FC Bytes. The summer issue-- Issue 2--of the Georgia Highlands College student web magazine is weighed more heavily toward fiction and poetry, art and photography than Issue 1. This was not an intentional shift--it just seemed to be the wave that the Bytes staff felt they wanted to ride this summer. As with Issue 1, this issue consists primarily of work by Georgia Highlands College students. Faculty and staff also have contributions this time, along with several alumni. In fact, our primo graphics artist Joel Ball, now an alumnus, found time to help us out this summer as he packs up for the University of Georgia.

Also with this issue, you may find it difficult to define what this creation is, what the focus seems to be, or what you can expect from it. Georgia Highlands College students continue to produce two hard-copy publications—the award-winning newspaper The Six Mile Post (now also online) and the national literary magazine The Old Red Kimono. What we intend to offer in FC Bytes is journalism that does not easily fit into the Post, creative work that may not belong easily in the pages of the Kimono, and other types of work that clearly could not exist in any other medium.

In this issue, you will find feature articles by Janice Cross, Glen Harris, and Debbie Lavoie. Ms. Cross writes about the Moving Wall, which made a recent appearance here in Rome, Georgia. We've gotten a lot of positive reaction to her Memorial Page too, which you may visit every issue as a regular feature. Mr. Harris takes on religious issues in an article that is sure to spark a range of responses. Ms. Lavoie writes a fascinating observation of activity at the mall, both insightful and entertaining.

Fiction and poetry in the summer issue include stories by Wil Nix and Jerry Marks; poetry by Ken Anderson, Ruth Boyett, Adam Carden, Sumer Lang, C.D. Lee, and others; and a continuation of the collaborative novel. The Gallery features work by Paul Clayton, Jessica Holdcraft and Sumer Lang. In our "Sound Bytes" this issue, we feature segments from the most recent Old Red Kimono reading. You will hear student poets Adam Stanley, Jessica Hardman, Jacob Sullins, Lee Wasserman, and Suzanne Wood reading from their work. Take some time to check all of this out.

In addition, we have several returning regular Bytes features. Jacob Sullins takes on the "Looking for _____ in Rome, Georgia" series. Mr. Sullins also contributes a course review--a risk from a recent graduate, to be sure. You can talk all you want to fellow Bytes readers on "Babyl-on-line" under the Miscellaneous Bytes heading. And we offer a new regular feature--Letters--with several entries that are well worth a read. If you missed Issue 1, it is now a part of our Bytes Archive which you can access by clicking on the Back Bytes button.

So enjoy the summer issue. It makes superb beach reading. And let us hear from you--our email address is at the bottom of this page. In the words of Brian Wilson, more or less, "We'll have fun, fun, fun till our daddy takes the laptop away."

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