Prose/Poetry

Issue 7

Poetry

Today, by Declan Melchoir

Cicada, by Kevin Pataroque

When I asked ChatGPT what it didn’t know, and it told me, by Rebecca Pelky

Also featuring work by Lindsey Brandrup, Michael Brockley, Nickolas Butler, Geoff Collins, Brooke Erickson, Emma Friend, Bruce Gunther, Michael Hill, Thain Irwin, Elizabeth Levinson, Richard Mayne, Meg Muthupandiyan, Jeff Oloizia, Ty Phelps, Karl Plank, Kenneth Pobo, Todd Ruffin, T.N. Turner, Pat Valdata, Clarence White, & Timothy Young

Prose

The Snow is Really Coming Down, by CeCelia Zorn & Tania Riske (fiction)

Also featuring work by Phil Earle, Dale Easley, Allyson Goldin Loomis, Rose Marry, Elan Mccallum, CJ Muchhala, Jennifer Schaefer, Stephanie S. Turner, & Richie Zabarowske


Issue 6

Poetry

eggy, by Isabelle Hoida

Also featuring work by Sandra Ahrens, Devon Balwit, Lopamudra Basu, John Peter Beck, Christopher Chambers, Tony Degenaro, S.D. Dillon, Brady Foust, Olivia Gregorich, Patrick Hansel, Karen Havholm, Richard Hedderman, Dan Jacoby, Jerry Krajnak, Anna Kroll, Victoria Larson, Bradley Mueller, S.Z. Putnam, Deborah Rasmussen, Nathan Reid, Jeannie Roberts, Eugene Stevenson, & Catherine Young

Prose

Figure/Ground, by Emanuel Asher (fiction)

Let Me Tell You About the Time I Almost Became a Hermit, by Richie Zabarowske (fiction)

Also featuring work by Elena Anderson, Yvette Viets Flaten, Kathleen Melin, Debra Peterson, Paul Reid, & Alissa Schneider


Issue 5

Poetry

Shopping at Kmart the Month My Mother Died, by Jackie McManus

Small Town Next Door, by Nathan J. Reid

Also featuring work by Krisany Blount, Lawrence Bridges, Nickolas Butler, Jan Carroll, Pamela Brothers Denyes, Connor Drexler, Bobby Elliot, Elise Eystad, Katherine Langfield, Raymon Luczak, Elan Mccallum, Ty Phelps, Kenneth Pobo, Erica Popple, Deborah Rasmussen, Kelly R. Samuels, Laura Schaffer, Kathleen Serley, & Peggy Turnbull

Prose

Furby on my Bathroom Floor, by Anna Loritz (nonfiction)

Featuring work by Ian R. Jacoby, Elan Mccallum, Aislin Neufeldt, Ryan Purdy, Scout Roux, Margaret Rozga, Joseph Scharton, Ruth Thompson, Bryson Wilkins, Richie Zaborowske


Issue 4

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Poetry

What About Ambition, Its Hunger?, by Nathan Lipps

Also featuring work by Chloe Ackerman, Robert Beveridge, Jerome Berglund, Caitlin Cowan, Isabella Cruz, Todd Heldt, Amorak Huey, Elizabeth Kerlikowske, Mitchell Nobis, C. Mikal Oness, Jessie Paluta, Remi Recchia, Chris Tabor, Tonya Trabant, Patricia Williams, Laura Wilson, & Ralph Tejeda Wilson

Prose

As Far As I Can Tell, by Stephanie Turner (nonfiction)

Faded Pictures, by Kenneth Kapp (fiction)

Also featuring work by Brandon French, Angela Hugunin, Dan Lyksett, Linda McMullen, William Musgrove, Paul Reid, Laura Remington, & Ken Szymanski


Issue 3

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Poetry

It’s 6 AM, by Katy Hackworthy

Also featuring work by Chloe Ackerman, Sandra Ahrens, Tim Brennan, Debbie Brown, Lauren Fisher, Michael Forecki, Max Garland, Tori Grant Welhouse, Michael Hill, Thain Irwin, Sharon Kunde, Karen Loeb, Jackie McManus, Jerome Poling, Margaret Rozga, Erin Skarivoda, Emilio Taiveho, Richard Terrill, Yvette Viets Flaten, Lisa Vihos, & Aryn Widule

Prose

Stranded Scientist Discovers Endangered Species, by Elizabeth Farris (fiction)

All the Difference, by Dan Woll (nonfiction)

Also featuring work by Chanel Harwick, Dan Ingersoll, Samantha Kobs, Karen Loeb, Andrew Patrie, Ty Phelps, Jane Robertson, Ken Szymanski, & Aryn Widule


Issue 2

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Poetry

Children of Barbados, by Charles Haislet

Also featuring work by Josh Borst, Tim Brennan, Jan Carroll, Yvette Flaten, Max Garland, Olivia Gregorich, Matthew Guenette, KB Hadley, Karen Loeb, Jon Loomis, Sandra Lindow, Jackie McManus, Jerome Poling, Deborah Rasmussen, Amy Renshaw, & Brendan Todt

Prose

Solstice, by Laurel Kieffer

Also featuring work by Chanel Harwick, Anna Loritz, Dan Lyksett, Rebekah Morrisson, Debra Peterson, Laura Radmer, & Alex Tronson


Issue 1

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Poetry

The Uncles, by Sharon Kunde

Also featuring work by Lopamudra Basu, Jane Jeffries, Ash Lee, James Lewis, Sandra Lindow, Ruth Nichols, Andy Patrie, Mike Paulus, Doug Pearson, Richard King Perkins III, Jessi Peterson, Jerome Poling, Jason Splichal, Bruce Taylor, Jamie Utphall, & Alex Zitzner

Prose

Throwback, by Ken Szymanski

Also featuring work by e.v. de cleyre, Delaney Green, Ryan Purdy, Darci Schummer, John Thurston, & Sarah Wylder Deshpande