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    • Robbing the Pillars by Marie Goyette
      Ruth stood on the narrow iron bridge, gripping her father’s obsidian necklace, and wondered how many years it would take before the river wore them both down to nothing.
    • Roll for Love by Cidney Mayes
      She holds the dice up to me. “For good luck?”
    • The Call by Eben E. B. Bein
      I hungered into that quiet until— there—unbelievable!— a wolf spider scuttled onto a leaf.
    • Saturation by Claire Oleson
      I no longer harangue every desk nurse at every hospital for a taxonomic breakdown of her bills. I don’t ask for the numbers of the Benadryl, the water cups, the abdominal touches done with gloved hands. I am the most American I’ve ever been—she costs what she costs and I eat it.

    • Caught by Chris Bullard
      Old lungs puffing like gills, I beg to be thrown back to boyhood’s clear waters.

Essays

Non-Fiction
A Change in View by Jacob Nantz
May 24, 2023
How Unconventional Venues Shed New Light—and New Meaning—on Old Loves
Non-Fiction
Urban Farmer for the World: A Look at the Patience and Persistence Behind Chicago’s Food Revolution by Jacob Nantz
February 22, 2023
On the periphery of downtown Chicago’s glitz and magnetism, in gardens forged on once-neglected real estate, things are growing.
Non-Fiction
Bussing (Ascension) by Jen Knox
February 1, 2023
Our kiss solidified me as part of the team, but her gaze stole something from me that wasn't quite my heart.
Non-Fiction
Fight Songs by Jacob Nantz
December 20, 2022
He had nicknames for all his grandkids (e.g. Jake the Snake for yours truly) and spent weekends on various sidelines rooting for them.
Non-Fiction
Giving Pets a Home for the Holidays by Shaindel Beers
December 8, 2022
Making informed decisions for holiday pet adoption.

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