Pandering to the Audience | Marc Vincenz

"The crow pecks wildly. He’s scarred by last night’s tar and feather. 'Apparently so,' says the raccoon, 'in crow culture the rites of adulthood are cast early.' 'Only the old-fashioned believe such stories,' the crow mutters to the shrike..."

Selected Poems | Christine Tierney

"i found out on the day i was thick-wet-heat / i found out on the day i tussled through the weeks and morphed into sunflower..." Christine's poetry has been published in Fourteen Hills, Poet Lore, Permafrost, and elsewhere.

Any Which Way | Tess Kursel

"Grief is a scoundrel / A sweet liar / It will tell you that / if things stay loud enough / and busy enough, / it will scuttle away..."

Sounds Like | Jennifer Lang

"I read one syllable at a time first-grader fashion: ga-go-a-im, which makes me think of the game charades—sounds like garinim, Hebrew for sunflower seeds, a common Israeli snack..."

How the Island Forms | Jesi Bender

Jesi Bender is an artist from Upstate New York whose first book, The Book the Last Word, was published in spring, 2019 from Whisk(e)y Tit. Her shorter work has appeared in Split Lip, Lunch Ticket, and The Rumpus, among others.

Hues | Daniel Romo

"The season ends and there is too much time to ponder the outcome of the crops. A successful harvest yields one half abundance, one half recalling and mourning loss..."