INTRODUCTION

Rachel Marie Patterson and Dara-Lyn Shrager

Once You Leave The Forest

by Jennifer Moore; artwork by Allison May Kiphuth

Requiem In November With Kleptothermy

by Kristene Kaye Brown; artwork by Emily Chase

Puer Malus

by Jennifer Manthey; artwork by Byron Sonnier

Concussed

by Donna Steiner; artwork by Amy E. Bartell

Sixteen

by Liz Robbins; artwork by Sara Pedigo

Self-Portrait With An Open Skull

by Anthony Borruso; artwork by Julia Simoniello

I Cannot Live With You

by Kelly Hoffer; artwork by Christian Ruiz Berman

Extraction

by Joellen Craft; artwork by Sara Pedigo

Coal Towns And Floods That Never Let Up

by nicole v. basta; artwork by Tessa Tapscott

Things We Call Barren

by Hannah Kroonblawd; artwork by Amy E. Bartell

Wisteria

by Jennifer Moore; artwork by Allison May Kiphuth

The Dying Season

by Nancy Lynée Woo; artwork by Lara Torrance

Smokewood Apiary

by Brandon Thurman; artwork by Emily Chase

Hyacinth

by Kelly Hoffer; artwork by Christian Ruiz Berman

Chuck Berry's Music Is Traveling Through Space On Voyager I

by Ruth Elizabeth Morris; artwork by Ellie Davies

[Contributors]