Vol 39, Spring 2026

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Contributors

• Trudy Lewis - Green Scream
• Christopher S. Wilson - I Want to Fuck the Moon
• Tom Noyes - Gutenberg
• Charles H. Webb - Dirt 
• Jeffrey S. Chapman - This is How 
• Abubaker Zahoor - Elopement 
• Tom Andes - A Mouth’s a Mouth 
• Caitlin A. Quinn - By Any Other Name 
• Mary Lotz - Bloodline 
• Sofia M. Rabate - Back from the Hospital 
• Patrick T. Howard - And There I Will Be Buried
• A.J. Ward - Haakon County Birding Society Listserv Communications: 10.26.23-11.12.23 
• Jeffrey S. Chapman - Beautiful, Beautiful
• Marcie Alexander - The Battle of Apache Creek 

Journal Cover Artist

• Annie Chen - Tangerine No. 1, 2018

Producers

Editor-in-Chief

• Chris Fink

Managing Editor

• Fiona Hughes

Production Editors

• Levi Hansen 
• Marcus Studinski

Board of Editors

• Ruby Baudhuin
• Tony Epperson 
• Bristan Fialek 
• Evie Gonzalez-Messmer 
• Alyssa Hartline
• Mandy Hill 
• Shyanne Jakubiak
• Kristen Laiosa
• Ella Silva
• Jared Torres 

Cover Design

• Christopher Chambers 

Contributors

L.L. Babb - The Mentor

Vanessa Blakeslee - Biology Collections

Kurtis Clements - Deer Season

Marissa Dechant - Peaky

Robert McKean - Atlas, Three Score and Ten

Molly McNett - Relentment

Manuel López Ramírez - Ascension of a Goddess

Eric Paul Shaffer - Pastor Disaster and the Spring-Loaded Drop-Kick Dog

Connie Corzilius Spasser - Last Rooms

Dean Marshall Tuck - Sanctuary

Natalie Villacorta - Renovation

Dominic Viti - Jacksonville

Christopher Stetson Wilson - Chow Down Saturdays at the Pig Slop

Cover Photo: 

Producers 

Editor-In-Chief

- Chris Fink

Managing Editors

- India David

- Azalea Swan

Production Editors

- Fiona Hughes

- Brigid Parker

- Lucy Traynor

Board of Editors

- Mahdin Ekram

- Drea Greuel

- Sydney Harbison

- Wells Hull

- Tazia Machl

- Leilani Schaller

- Jabari Scuefield

- Kiley Shew

- King Snider

- Regan Thompson

- Lydia Williams

Administrative Assistant

- Hannah Flores