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POETRY

Haley Guariglia​ explores the cryptic nature of breast cancer

Jasmine Hart​ wonders why the bruise
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Jonathan Jones follows the path

Ashley Kunsa​ waxes of Rasputin and us all

Robert Okaji has Miles and Coltrane in the background

Elle Pereira tucks us in

​George Perreault spins the wheel

Bethany Reid ​on a marriage that becomes fire

Seth Ruderman surprises on a train platform

Sarah Sorensen views the poet's world

Marjorie Thomsen shows the scent of sea and the un-sweetness of marble 
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CREATIVE NONFICTION

Amanda Buck can't sleep

Lori Horvitz supposes Grief might be feathered. 

​Heather Macpherson never liked the circus, but...

Melissa Mesku says "hello" and waits for what happens next

Brooke Middlebrook ​talks of mice and music

Madeline Rose Williams ​takes a smoke break 
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​FLASH

Jenny Bhatt names the wind

Amanda Brahlek ​on that which dies

Sheldon Lee Compton reflects on a pond

Lisa Mae DeMasi cooks up eggs & a t-bone

Brooke Larson trips down, brooding

Mohini Malhotra takes on a bus trip of kith and kin

Elizabeth Morton loves nontactilely

Lora Rivera preps for the coming year
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Audrey Perry ​reminds that there's always tomorrow

​Sarah Sassone considers the next shot




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FICTION

Paul Curley ​longs for a real dance

Zachary Davis is out of contract

Gregory T. Janetka​ works bar psychology

​Rachel Stewart Johnson goes on the fishing trip of a lifetime

Gabrielle Lawrence looses a memory

Drew Pisarra plays in the snow

Marina Rubin shows a gentleman's lips are sealed
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MULTIMEDIA 

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Michael Colbert ​snaps from swans to streets 

Caitlin Crowley shows Chicago

Emel Karakozak expresses hybridity 

​Michael Peterson captures all in black and white

Bill Wolak composes an intriguing collection of collages

Book Review

Brennan  Burnside reviews Joe Giordano's latest





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