Summer 2023
Fiction
Rachel Arteaga
Territorial Claims
Jody Hobbs Hesler
Other People’s Pain
Ifeanyi Ekpunobi
Silence Is All I Dread
L.Vocem
Catire
Poetry
Austin Alexis
My Father's Room
Facing a Buck
James H Duncan
Grunewald
Suzanne Frischkorn
Elegy for the Chicks in Martins Ferry, Ohio
Perimenopause
Jules Jacob
Battlefield Road, Summertime
Dorian Kotsiopoulos
Cocktail
Garnet Juniper Nelson
(fake) letter from mom after coming out
sestina w/dysphoria & Marilyn's gold pumps
Elizabeth Ruth Shehter
California, Early Fall
Keri Withington
Cold Snap
Laura Donnelly
Spring, and
Double Merge
Madeleine French
Zipped
Jared Harél ^
Self-portrait as Nature Preserve
The Messiah Thinks Back to His Long-Deceased Love
Erik Kennedy
The Anteater and the Ants
Michael Lauchlan
Marble
Biman Roy
Obsessing on James Wright
Varun U. Shetty
A Morning in the Anthropocene
Anne Dimock ^
The Voyage Taking Shape
Play
^ Westchester writer
About the cover artist: Jane Crowley graduated in May from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY. She majored in Studio Arts and has significant interests in oil painting, fiber arts, and anime. Jane grew up in Manhattan and fostered her interest in art at many of the incredible museums there.