ISSUE EIGHT
Poetry
More Like Realizing It Was Never There by Estelle Bajou
Factory Infirmary by J. Lynne Price
Autonomy by Anthony Aguero
The Ladder I Won’t Climb by Tamara Raidt
autopsy of war by Kimberly Nguyen
In Response to My Children Who Still Ask about the Coyotes by Candice Kelsey
The First Time I Googled Packing I Got Images of Suitcases Because I Thought Siri Would Call Me a Slur for Typing “Trans” by SG Huerta
Twelve Vanilla Candles by Emily Adams-Aucoin
A Voicemail Left For My Psychiatrist by Emily Adams-Aucoin
Patience by Russell Rowland
Dad by JK Kim
SNICK by griffin epstein
In the Pines by John Repp
Become Desert by Jordan Rodriguez
An Oboe for Me and Grandpa by Jeri Frederickson
Herbert Spencer Theory by Dee Allen
Missing by Steve Gerson
Calyx by Lena Crown
Morning Sounds by Dhwanee Goyal
Masthead
Editor-in-Chief Tyler Pufpaff
Managing Editor Kalyn Livernois
Poetry Editors Ray Ball / Kalyani Bindu / Tianna Bratcher / K.M. Crane / Jasmine Flowers / Megan Nichols / Danielle Williams
Fiction Editors Melissa Boles / Lisa Croce / Dink Dinkins / Barbara Lock
Nonfiction Editors Sofia Benbahmed / Victoria Buitron / Holly Hagman / Dillon Rubalcava
Visual Art Editor c m taylor
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