After last issue's excellent guest editorship by Chris Neenan, I'm back at the helm for one more issue before taking a wee break while I try to re-start my PhD (ahem). So there will only be one issue of Electric Acorn in 2005 - we should get back to normal by the end of 2006, says she ever hopefully.

But there's wonderful work in Issue 16, more than enough to keep us going for a while. I'm delighted to feature the fine Irish poet Nigel McLoughlin, who favours us with seven poems, as well as work by current and former members of the Athens Avenue Writers Collective, a virtual writers' group with members across the globe. They are Moshe Bennaroch, Janet I. Buck, Del Corey, Maria Jacketti, Ward Kelley and Jack Wesdorp.

There's also good work from new and established Electric Acorn writers who I'm sure you'll enjoy.

See you next year!

Nessa O'Mahony, September 2004