INTRODUCTION

Rachel Marie Patterson and Dara-Lyn Shrager

Vesper For The Middle Of The Ocean

by M.G. Martin; artwork by Dorian Vallejo

jellyfish

by Laura Read; artwork by Zoë Sturges

An Adopted Korean Girl's Wish For Her Birth Mother

by Bo Schwabacker; artwork by Julie Farstad

An Adopted Korean Girl's Good Daddy

by Bo Schwabacker; artwork by Julie Farstad

Heaven Hill

by Megan Denton Ray; artwork by Emily Denton

We're Out Of Tin, We Have Aluminum

by Laura Read; artwork by Christian Ruiz Berman

Inheritance

by Brandon Jordan Brown; artwork by Byron Sonnier

Cold Morning With New Catastrophes

by Hayden Saunier; artwork by Mary-Austin Klein

Cattleheart

by Megan Denton Ray; artwork by Emily Denton

[Not the ghost of a rose]

by Karen Rigby; artwork by Christian Ruiz Berman

Owlbear

by Marvin Shackelford; artwork by Dorian Vallejo

The Sublime Object of Ideology, for Kids

by Jim Redmond; artwork by Jin Zhu

[Contributors]