fall 2019
Table of Contents
Return to Home Page{steeple-chase} {grave-tending} {declining dessert} David Morgan O'Connor
Glory and the Neighbors Untidy Ending Lauren Camp
Women of Trachis Savannah Pulfer
Concurrent Incidents I Flip a Coin and My Life Becomes Her Jaimie Gusman
Wife Lessons Jody Burke-Kaiser
Border Song: Within the Paper Spiral of Wasps Janet Youngdahl
Inherited Water View Looking at My Hand I See Her Robert Carr
Cherry Orchard Isabelle Ortner
The ice was coming nicely Matthew Schmidt
Not really a father, John Sibley Williams
Powered By English Y Pronounced EE Meredith Quartermain
Invocation I hold your ashes in my hand Angeline Schellenberg
reflex 800possessedmoments Edward Wells
Now She's Going to Get It Marjorie Silverman
Dear Jennifer, Bridget Gage-Dixon
Dark Night Full of Stars After Trout in Siskiyou County Bruce Robinson
Ladybug, Ladybug Cristalle Smith
Visionary Nebraska Katie Berger
I hold your ashes in my hand
or I believe I do—
hidden as they are
inside a heart-shaped locket.
Heavy as a finger across my palm.
You speak loud as lavender.
I am babysitting the betta fish
your husband bought after you died—
in blue because you love it.
Before I sleep, I watch
its tail. The flick, a heartbeat.
Whenever I leave my driveway
brake lights stare back at me
from your window.