POETRY

Inside the Frame

By SHARA MCCALLUM

Dear viewer, I know you want / the granular: all the details, / not just the gist;

BACK OF THE ENVELOPE

Crane Nation

By JEN JIHYE SHIN

I read that you migrate to northern china & russia to breed, I say.
What is china? What is russia? you respond.

FICTION

Excerpt from Acid Green Velvet

By GRACE KRILANOVICH

Johnny walked with money, tactile and true. The two of us put together exploited a collision of magics, an abundance we moved within as a gorgeous bubble.


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“She was a good person,” Toby said, as if he was trying to convince himself. He nuzzled his temple against my knee.

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Is it theory / wrenched from memory?

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He was so easy. I despised him for it.