Smoking With Ellen Parker Art by Marty D. Ison Do you ever get aroused by your own writing? Yes. Oh, did you want more? Sex is in the head, darlink. Writing is in the head. Sometimes they meet each other in the head and they fuck. I know you've had some problems in the past finding markets for stories like this. Is there anything else about lit mags that just pisses you off? Anything else? Don't get me started. OK, do. Push my button right here. I hate lit e-zines with lots of Flash (ed: a graphics and animation program). Fuck dat shit. I'm like, Just show me the words, OK? Could you spare me all that Flash bullshit? My computer throws up this little message that says, Not enough memory is allocated to Internet Explorer. And I'm like, I'm outta here, then. All I wanted to do was read. So knowing what you do like in a zine, you started FRiGG. Why should people love FRiGG as much as we do? What makes it different? I don't know if FRiGG is "different." All I know is that the only people picking the content are me and Sean Farragher. Whatever we say GOES. If you don't like it, you can kiss our asses. Separately. We're never in the same room together. We're never even in the same state. Or the same region, even. So are these questions boring? Should I ask something a bit racier? Yeah, ask me something racier. Let's blow people's heads off. If you're brave enough. How many days worth of stubble is the perfect amount to lick? Probably for each man it's different. I would need to test to see. Gimme your face. Read Lovechild.
	Issue Five (August 15, 2004): Lovers by Karen Simpson Nikakis «» Shore by Susan Henderson «» Lovechild by Ellen Parker «» Lipstick by Claudia Smith «» Back Home by Bob Arter «» Gloves by Gary Cadwallader «» Gilda by Patricia Parkinson «» Attic by Kim Chinquee «» The Radioactive Chicken or the Egg? by Randall Brown «» Summer Swim by Pia Z. Ehrhardt «» Two Benches by Pasha Malla «» Fall by Richard Hulse «» Drop by Roy Kesey «» Galveston by Steven Gullion «» Every Pane of Weathered Glass by Ellen M. Rhudy «» I Can't Talk About Butter Because Margarine Is All I Know by C.R. Park «» Something of Value by Brian Reynolds «» The Therapist Told Her Not to Stop Smoking–Right Now by Astrid Schott «» Maintenance by Miriam N. Kotzin «» Enough by Katrina Denza «» Interviews: Karen Simpson Nikakis «» Susan Henderson «» Ellen Parker «» Claudia Smith «» Bob Arter «» Gary Cadwallader «» Patricia Parkinson «» Kim Chinquee «» Randall Brown «» Pia Z. Ehrhardt «» Pasha Malla «» Richard Hulse «» Roy Kesey «» Steven Gullion «» Ellen M. Rhudy «» C.R. Park «» Brian Reynolds «» Astrid Schott «» Miriam N. Kotzin «» Katrina Denza «» Cover Art "A Character in Short Fiction" by Marty D. Ison «» Letter From the Editor