​POETRY

Barbara Brauer travels the natural world.

Christie Cochrell teaches us how to trout fish.

Adam Durso remembers conflict.

Robert Fillman goes back to school.

Lisa Folkmire blacks out her poem.

Jacqueline Gonzalez writes a love letter. 

Maximilian Heinegg remembers the details.

Paul Ilechko speaks of growth and winter.

Xiaoly Li explores entanglements.
 
David P. Miller plays ball.

Alejandro Perez thinks of his children.

Jessica Simmons talks baths and rain. 

Kate Wallace Rogers shares moments of surrender.

Cammy Thomas wraps it all up.

Travis Truax escapes the indoors.

Peter Waldor gives us two poems. 
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FLASH FICTION

Megan Benton on seeds.

Hillary Fink speaks of a woman made of the sea.

Kaely Horton tells girl tales. 

Mark Jednaszewski climbs an obelisk. 

Norbert Kovacs examines decision-making.

Thomas Misuraca grows black wings. 

Robert Penick writes of waffle house and airplane crashes. 

Josh Rank looks for a runaway dog. 

Michael T. Smith shares madness and celebrity.

Rob Walton takes us on a space adventure.

Francine Witte cleans house.


FLASH CREATIVE NONFICTION

Paul Boardman looks at a man's character.

Grace Campbell does her mother's makeup. 

Stephanie Hutton plays a heart-wrenching role.

Roy Isen takes us to a prison visitation room. 

​Clovis Jaillet comes down.

Elizabeth Klaesges hunts for rabbits. 
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FICTION

Paul Gleed goes to an amusement park. 

D. A. Hosek dissects a relationship.

Karen Laws wrestles with love and family.

Charles Lee is in the treetops. 

Jay Merill has a family moment.

Mary-Anne Nelligan fishes for oysters.

Matthew Reed navigates the workplace.

Haley Hemenway Sledge watches Save-A-Lot

Christopher Stolle needs one place to find sympathy. 

Frankie Sturm writes one last odyssey.

​Mike Sullivan has lost his keys.






MULTIMEDIA

Mark Blickley gives us an art manifesto for the disenchanted. 

Margaret Emma Brandl discusses clock-based events.
Michelle Brooks captures flames and time.

Alex Duensing hides form in the abstract.

Mark Myavec puts the camera in frame. 

Shelley Sarna forms hands and seashells in clay. 

Kirby Wright snaps a sliver of paradise.


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​CREATIVE NONFICTION

Katherine Sinback goes to Wrestlemania. 

Max Talley sees snow on a palm tree. 

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You are presently reading the 
 May 2018 issue of Gravel. 
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This magazine is produced by the MFA program
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Cover image by Alex Duensing



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