​POETRY

Aaron Caycedo-Kimura buries his father at sea.
Jim Finley recalls leaving his small town.
Jeremy Griffin contemplates life before life. 
Katherine Lo shares different sufferings.
Jennifer MacBain-Stephens spins around a series.
Bill Neumire would turn into snow.
Karen Poppy breathes in a last breath. 
Whitney Rio-Ross meets loneliness in another.
Claire Scott is on a road trip.
David Spicer creates love in darker times.
Mehrnoosh Torbatnejad illustrates hardship.

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FLASH FICTION

Eleanor Gallagher protects her young.
Nick Lord Lancaster stands up.
Barbara Rath looks for a light in the sky.
Michael Trocchia tells two tales. 



FLASH CREATIVE NONFICTION

Kerry Graham gets a lesson in love.
Kelly Park counts the ways that love crests loss.
Ginger Pinholster can't fix brokenness.
Jan Stinchcomb has a head-on collision.

BOOK REVIEW

James McAdams thinks Jared Pearce slayed it with his new poetry.



FICTION

Mark Halpern holds discourse on fact, friendship, and fetish.
Scott Klingbeil introduces us to a true Son of the Midwest.
Rachael Peretic finds true north. 
Miles Varana lets loose with a clickbait-addicted alter ego.
Linda Wisniewski wants you to see things in a new light.
Matt Whelihan discovers a bluebook mystery.
Jake Zawlacki contemplates  burial rites.



MULTIMEDIA

Amy Whitehouse returns us to the beach.


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​CREATIVE NONFICTION

Anna Davis Abel is temporarily Amish.
Christine Holmstrom remembers the volunteer.
Barbara Krasner plays around with history.
Joe Oswald learns details of omission.
Riley Simmons finds love in a new drink.
Ana Vidosavljevic reads coffee. ​

 

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October 2018 issue of Gravel. 



This magazine is produced by the MFA program
in creative writing at the University of Arkansas at Monticello editorial staff.

Cover image by Amy Whitehouse 



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