Editor’s Note

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POETRY

Half I Donia Mounsef

Is it the unlived dreams of our mothers that haunt us? I Mara Jebsen

Betty May I Melissa Wabnitz Pumayugra

From the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows I Susan Rich

The Thaw I Hari B Parisi

Seeds I Molly Wadzeck Kraus

Two Poems I Lorelei Bacht

Mornings for Eternity I k.p.fen

Ways My Grandfather Says I Love You: A Duplex I Oliver J. Brooks

Motherhood I Alix Klingenberg

FICTION

Four Pieces I Thaddeus Rutkowski

Leylah’s Pomegranate I Sabahat Ali Wani

Shelter Number Twelve I Omi Anish

Professor Elder and the never-ending Lecture I J. Bradley Minnick

The Peacock I Jawziya Zaman

The Village Doctor I Walter Weinschenk

NONFICTION

Whispers In My Ear I Emily Mathis

VISUAL ARTS

Facing It Together I Jack Bordnick

The 1000 Terrible Miles I Jesse Caverly

The Fruits That Do Grow I Ann-Marie Brown

Three Pieces I Michael Moreth

Liver and Gallbladder I Donald Patten

Five Pieces I Karl Zuehlke

Alysha Has No Plans I Samantha Steiner

Five Pieces I Uzomah Ugwu

In Cemento Veritas I Mario Loprete

Abstract Portraits I Hanna Marie Dean Wright