ISSUE SEVEN

Purple and yellow mushrooms.

FICTION

Ice frozen in the shape of a leaf.

THE INN OF FROZEN THINGS
by Lisa Alletson 

A woman's face obscured by a glass of water.

THE CLOSEST THING TO ACID
by Elizabeth Rosen

A silver dragonfly necklace against someone's neck.

EMERGE
by Christine H. Chen, Jessica Klimesh, & Jane Salmons

A street with a gutter next to a fence running downhill.

MY BLOODY SOCKS
by Melissa Alvarado Sierra

A very good god sitting in front of a lake at sunset.

THE END FINDS ME WITH MY DOG
by Nikoletta Gjoni

A lynx starring down from the branches of a tree.

THE WONDER
by Dawn Miller

A white cross on the red-brown roof of a church against a blue sky.

BARBIE FOOTBALL
by Joseph Young

A hand reaching into a dryer and pulling out white sheets.

TELL ME
by Lindsey Harding

White snowdrifts.

ADRIFT
by Gerri Brightwell

CREATIVE NONFICTION

Stone columns leading toward a door down a broad hallway.

NOTES FILED FOR A FUTURE EULOGY
by Shawn Nocher

The doorway of a brown wooden cabin, open, showing the silhouette of a woman inside.

TO PROTECT THE LIVING
by Moa Short

A figure in blue sitting in front of a blue wall.

HALDOL AND THE BLUE HORSES
by Meg LeDuc

Water on a glass mirror.

A MIRROR ESSAY
by Ira Sukrungruang

POETRY

Upturned soil in a trench.

HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT
by Connie Post

Wooden door frame of a confessional booth.

MULTIPLE CHOICE FOR THE QUEER CATHOLIC
by Gillian Ebersole

Blue paint dripping down a yellow wall.

FOR MY BROTHER
by Annie Przypyszny

Green mossy bark on a tree.

MY WONDER BODY
by Lisa Bellamy

A white fishing boat in a blue bay in front of white and red buildings on the shore.

RESISTIRÉ IN THE DESERT WHILE REPEATING GRACIAS (IN THE CASTILIAN DIALECT)
by Timothy Nolan

A white and grey feather on the sidewalk.

BIRD
by Virginia Watts 

A doorframe without a door showing another door and a man partially walking through.

BALANCE OF TERROR
by Shir Kehila

A grey beach and a grey sky.

ON THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF MY DEAD WIFE’S BIRTH
by George Perreault

The tusks of a mastodon skull in a museum.

THE SUGAR LOAF MASTODON
by J.R. Solonche

Metal bars of a jungle gym.

SILK
by Peter Krumbach

Red seat of a monorail.

MONORAIL
by Mary Buchinger

Blue surface of a swimming pool with a yellow divider floating at the top.

NO ROOM FOR ME
by Marianne Kunkel

Wooden handles of knives in a knife block.

WHEN MY KITCHEN KNIVES STRUGGLE TO MINCE CILANTRO, I REMEMBER
by Amanda Russell

A barn house on a hill.

BARNES CORNER
by Randy Bynum

Ice crystals around the base of a stick.

EIGHT DEGREES FAHRENHEIT
by Gwendolyn Soper

Close-up shot of an X-ray of a single vertebrae in a spine.

LAST CHRISTMAS
by Amy Lerman

Two red hearts painted onto a sidewalk.

MARY, QUEEN OF HEARTS
by Annie Przypyszny

A match in front of a yellow matchbox.

ON BEING ASKED ‘WHAT SHAPE IS YOUR HUNGER LIKE?’
by M.E. Walker

A "Hello my name is" tag without a name, plastered onto a wall.

DREAM OF THE ALBATROSS
by Douglas Cole

A riverbed in front of a green forest.

BEFORE DAD LEAVES
by Olivia McClure

An apple hanging from a branch.

THOUGHT ON THOUGHT WITH FRIED CHICKEN GETTING COLD
by Cal Freeman

MIXED MEDIA

Blurry tree outside a rainy car window.

IT IS SAID
by Janet Lees

Black and white music sheets.

EXERCISES/PIANO LESSONS
by Rachel Paz Ruggera

A digital map showing locations marked in green and red.

THE PLACES I HAUNT
by Josie Kochendorfer

Shot of the planet Earth in space, showing its green and blue surface.

CONSTANT
by Colm Scully 

A hand with red painted fingernails taps a brown wooden bar next to a glass of whiskey.

LIGHT THROWING LIGHT ON NOTHING BUT ITSELF
by Michael Martin