Issue 1

 

Vo. 7, Winter

Letter from the Editor

 

Fiction

 

“His heart is a jackrabbit in his chest.”

Kevin Grauke, “Milky” Read »

 

“I looked at Amy Jr. with my Gesture #1, ultimate love.”

Ron Burch, “Couple Trades Baby for Chevrolet” Read »

 

“You will rue this day, I tell you. You will rue it.”

Dan Leach, “Waxwing” Read »

 

 

Poetry

 

“dark cornflower can’t be explained”

Emily Hunt, “Blue Takes Over” & “Afternoon” Read »

 

“A bell beside a voice.”

Eric Baus, “Deleted Leaves from the Datura Plains” & more Read »

 

“Plasma amen”

Brandi George, “First Arrow” & “Buck” Read »

 

 

Visual Arts

 

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Katrina Kepule, “Sit Silently” More »

 

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Christine Collins, “The Keepers” More »

 

 

Nonfiction

 

“That is up to God.”

Deb Fleischman, “The Closest I’ve Come” Read »

 

“Does an apparatus that has a urinary function define someone’s gender?”

Kathleen Rohr, “Are My Dogs Transgender?” Read »

 

 

Interviews

 

Engine Books Series

 

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Victoria Barrett

 

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Myfanwy Collins

 

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Sarah Yaw

 

 

Flash

 

“While he slept, she put on Mrs. Wellington’s jewelry.”

Michaela Jenkins, “Necessary” Read »

 

“E let the water close over her head.”

Sadie Miller, “E” Read »

 

“It was a shock to see the bloodstain on his white shirt.”

Annabel Banks, “Glimpse” Read »

 

“I bet they’ll take ham this week. Three honey-baked big ones.”

Kat Gonso, “Unfed” Read »

 

 

Reviews

 

Tony Hoagland_Application for Release from the Dream

“Eventually the topic turns out to be Time, Time and the self.”

Tony Hoagland, “Application for Release from the Dream” Read »