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ISSUE SEVEN<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Poetry<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Concerning the Moon <\/i>by Adam Schechter
Shadowbox<\/em> by McCaela Prentice
The Encounter <\/i>by Evan <\/span>Peebles
I Have This Dream <\/i>by Joseph Hardy
life lessons, as taught by snails<\/em> by Caitlin MacLeod
Model Answer (Mathematics)<\/em> by David Harrison Horton<\/a><\/span>
Listen, Fable-Writers <\/i>by Hibah Shabkhez
If you ever find pictures of me under the bed of your new lover <\/i>by Kimberly Wolf<\/a><\/span>
Strawberry in pandemics<\/em> by Amanda Hartzell
little sister <\/i>by Nadine Mackell
Nothing feels quite like your grip & other shared memories <\/i>by Selena Cotte
(Trauma Chasm) <\/i>by Kate Sweeney
Infinity Ballot<\/em> by Abigail Minor<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Nonfiction<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Of Rupture and its Fruit <\/i>by Anna Oberg<\/p>\n

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Fiction<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Sweet and Sour <\/i>by Jessica Evans
The Whore of Villisca <\/i>by Samantha Crane
The Bird on the Plateau <\/i>by Eva Eliav
Progression of Good People <\/i>by Sophia Zhao
Windows <\/i>by Alexandra Wagman
The Target <\/i>by Chris Belden
Love and Desperation <\/i>by Elise Good
Eyes <\/i>by Juliana Johnson<\/a><\/span>
Summer Nights <\/i>by Linh Tran<\/p>\n

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Art<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Anna Pierrepont Series <\/i>by Howard Skrill<\/p>\n

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ISSUE SEVENPoetry Concerning the Moon by Adam SchechterShadowbox by McCaela PrenticeThe Encounter by Evan PeeblesI Have This Dream by Joseph Hardylife lessons, as taught by snails by Caitlin MacLeodModel Answer (Mathematics) by David Harrison HortonListen, Fable-Writers by Hibah ShabkhezIf you ever find pictures of me under the bed of your new lover by Kimberly WolfStrawberry […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":159740901,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"

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ISSUE SIX<\/strong><\/h1>

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Poetry<\/strong><\/h3>

Seppuku<\/em> by Mandira Pattnaik
Paternal Confessions of Luxiander Lev<\/em> by Asher Noel
The Future <\/i>by Dmitry Blizniuk
remember that you loved me then <\/i>by Whitney Hansen
Imitation Game<\/em> by Sarah Marquez
Watching Jordan's Fall<\/em> by Allison Whittenberg
As I Tell Siri I want to die since Puerto Rico is dying <\/i>by Nicole Arocho Hern\u00e1ndez
Sanctum<\/em> by Jesse Weaver
She craved the sound of glass shatter<\/em> by Megan Nichols
When depression ebbs <\/i>by Megan Nichols
You Ask <\/i>by Laine Derr
Madhouse <\/i>by Johnathan Focht
Old Meditations on Lumpia<\/em> by Jarrett Ziemer
The Shepherd, Life <\/i>by S. T. Brant<\/p>

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Nonfiction<\/strong><\/h3>

The Five Senses <\/i>by Stephanie Parent<\/p>

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Fiction<\/strong><\/h3>

A Recipe for Scrambled Eggs <\/i>by Irina Talty
The Mona <\/i>by Michelle Munoz
Dancing in the Dirt <\/i>by Andrew Hall
Unicorn<\/em> by Penny Milam
Choice <\/i>by Allison Whittenberg
Thumb Stump <\/i>by Brittany Micka-Foos<\/p>

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Art<\/strong><\/h3>

Pierced Wounds <\/i>by Ishaq Adekunle\u00a0<\/p>

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