ISSUE TWENTY-ONE

 Prose

Holes by Nicole Desjardins Gowdy

Nothing Dead in Your Ear by Angela Townsend

Sparrow’s Work Song by Matthew Jakubowski

Burn by Rachel Salguero Kowalsky

My Teenage Daughter by Andrew Graham Martin

Terminal by Derek Shirae

Micro Series by Laci Mosier

Red White Fur by Sonny Fillmore

The Lesson by Matthew Wood

Glass Eyes by J.M. Vesper

Masthead

Editor-in-Chief Barbara Lock

Managing Editor Megan Nichols

Managing Prose Editor Tessa Rossi

Managing Poetry Editor Keana Moreau

Managing Editor, Nominations and Awards David Eisenstat

Copy Editor David Eisenstat

Prose Editors William Cagle // Catherine Roberts // Barbara Byar // Tori Walters // Suzy Eynon // Brandon Haffner

Prose Reader Emma Basco

Poetry Editors David Eisenstat // Erica Abbott

Poetry Readers DW Baker // Emily Adams-Aucoin // Emma Smith //Alicia Marie // Kevin Risner

Social Media Editor K.M. Crane

Production Assistant Theodore Heil

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