March 2023
Volume 4, Issue 1
Poetry
Salvador Espriu trans. Cyrus Cassells Song of Triumphant Night and After the Trees — death
Candice Kelsey Aerodynamic Lift — body shaming
Adrian Silbernagel American Dream — depression, addiction
Peter Serchuck Car That Can’t Resist a Wall — gunfire
Lisa Delan C-PTSD — child abuse, arson
Rebecca Irene Weigheth — eating disorders, body dysmorphia
Bailey Quinn in the house where god lives and EVP Session in the Basement of My New Home — self-harm, suicide, mental illness
Emily Lake Hansen WOMEN WITHOUT A COUNTRY — eating disorder, mental illness
Cecilia Savala CARDIO (n.) — disordered eating
Sara Burge Talk Show Haibun and The Call Is Coming From Inside the House — murder, cancer, anxiety, animal attack
Zackary Medlin Bleeding Mycena (M. haemapotus) — drug overdose, death
Matt Hohner Note from an Adoptive Mother in a Baby Book, or Actual Results May Vary, with Addendum — child abandonment
John Salimbene The Economy of Boyhood — physical violence
Prose
Marlene Olin The Squirrel on the Driveway — animal death
Chelsea Catherine This Won’t Matter — violence, murder
Charisse Baldoria Elements — racism, racial slurs
Timothy Laurence Marsh Groundskeeping — classism
Leah Harris Built to Last — discussion of Nazis
Debbie Feit Thirteen Days — death