The Sorrows of the Pelican | Matthew Harder

"I have always dreamed of being a writer and, whether it was a midlife crisis or my destiny knocking, I recently picked up my pen and began to write again..."

Selected Poems | Victoria Iacchetta

"We’re stuck in time, / rotting feet with mistakes to / carry. Tongues twist beyond / repair, and our mouths are / held hostage..."

Selected Poems | Cameron Morse

"The only way I can / get his attention is by ripping out / the translucent, turquoise piece of rubber that squeaks in his mouth / in lieu of conversation..."

TNT | Donald Anderson

"The blast rattled my teeth and rib cage. It pushed on the air in my lungs. In the time it took for the concussed dust to settle, I worried I’d loosened the grid..."

Selected Poems | Jennifer MacBain-Stephens

"your outer barbs / the finest and most precious : / the soft palate needs to lift to make sound but sometimes we are silenced in the mud / Diopside stimulates new cycles of growth..."

We Are Bound | J.I. Kleinberg

Artist, poet, and freelance writer, J.I. Kleinberg tears up magazines in Bellingham, Washington.