Poetry by Khaty Xiong
Tapestry | Abundance | Altar Call
Issue No. 6
Poetry
“SEPTEMBER NOTEBOOK (2017)” by Daniel Poppick
Poetry by Daniel Poppick
Poetry by Heather Christle
EVERYTHING FASTENED TOGETHER | THE ALTITUDE | DRAWING ROOM
Poetry by Montreux Rotholtz
CAVE OF RUBIES | HOMEWARD | STATIC
Poetry by Sheila Black
Naked April | Fear Food
Poetry by Paul Cunningham
THE WORD IS VINES | THE WORD IS WISHING WELL
Poetry by Ben Pelhan
A whale on a runway is always a mistake. | big splashing | Together person is not a bridge.
Poetry by Abi Pollokoff
The Auction | stains of an enemy’s century | Reckoning
Poetry by Jos Charles
From “February”
Fiction
“Side Effects Include Dizziness, Ringing in the Ears, and Loss of Memory” by Venita Blackburn
She forgets how to swallow . . .
“Mongolian Horse” by David E. Yee
Andy had the top bunk, and I was below, liquor-dazed, letting her sister teach me how to touch . . .
“Inorganic Daughters” by Tessa Yang
Radish was born of the earth, plucked from the soil by the tufts of her leafy hair . . .
Non-Fiction
“Look at My Chest” by Laura Johnsrude
Tom Petty dies of a heart attack on the day of my breast biopsy. I picture him, this rock star I loved, looking down at his chest, clutching it with his hand, and then collapsing, lying down for the last time. If I live as long as Tom Petty, I only have ten more years . . .
“Trucks in Nevada” by Jared Stanley
Like most Nevadans, I’m from somewhere else. And like many of us, that somewhere is California . . .