Issue 9: The “Beneath” Issue

Guest Edited by Silas Denver Melvin
A Note From the Editors

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Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey
Welcome to the Whale Inn

Dorian Winter
Shower Duty

Claire E Scott
Opus

Nico Newman
Oh. I think I’d like to know who I’m becoming.

Todd Dillard
New Grief

Mary Simmons
I Cannot Take Your Call Right Now, I Have Become a Glass Museum

Elijah Woodruff
Melted SpongeBob popsicle in Central Park or the poet encounters a beautiful place and loses something of value.

Linea Jantz
Refrigerator Works $50

Liam Crooks
The Death of a Friend

Mike Altstaetter
On the side of the road, the deer looks at his brother and says

C.W. Bryan
From the Window at 6:12 am

Julian River
song of home

Marnie Monogue
liquid smooth

Chris Bullard
At Mayor Frank Rizzo’s Grave

Arthur Lyna
Remodeling

Adrian Matias Bell
perfume

Donald Patten
Two Pieces from The Five Senses of Perception

Deron Eckert
Same

Haley King
Spare Souls

Nailea Salazar
No Matter What You Do

Laura Tafe
whispers on steam
imagination has no roofs

Josh Gaydos
Missionary

Josephine Gawtry
Belly Up

B. L. Bruce
ON CRYSTAL PEAK
THE MORNING YOU LEFT
THERE’S ONLY SO MUCH I CAN DO

Kelly DuMar
Tender Ice II
Cold Brook Mountain Woman

Christopher McCormick
Boot Prints on the River Bank
Duplex with Birds Shattering Perfectly