Issue 40

FICTION

Tattoos by Galen Schram (Contest Winner)
Admonition by Benjamin Kessler (Honorable Mention)
Neighbors by James Prier
Saffron by Douglas Fenn Wilson
Ching Chong Ping Pong by Jacob R. Weber
The Opening by Emily Saso
The Crazy One by Hadley Leggett
In Praise of Silence by Moshe Zvi Marvit
Honduras Trip by David Allan Cates

NONFICTION

The Tapeworm by Amy V. Blakemore (Contest Winner)
Viable by Justine Feron (Honorable Mention)
Breathing by Shanda McManus
Houseguest by Christine Chen
Motherhood Requiem by Nadia Ghent

POETRY

Never the Less by Saleem Hue Penny (Contest Winner)
Yellowthroat by Eileen Elizabeth Waggoner (Honorable Mention)
Why Punish the Water for What It Needs by Stephanie Berger
A Person With a Medical Doctorate by Joanne Godley
House of Endurance by Haolun Xu
To See How the Snow Blanketed the Trees by Cory Brown
a glossary of (un)common terms by Kristina Moriconi
Mastectomy, Simple by Bonnie S. Kaplan
The Color of Rainwater by Earl Sherman Braggs
Plantation by Kwame Dawes
The Tic by Nikita Bastin
Fever by Prartho Sereno
Misoprostol by Chelsea Bunn
a/gender by Pooja Mittal Biswas
Fertile by Kai Coggin
Brighter When Wet by Kai Coggin

EXTRA

Foreword by Danielle Ofri
Editor’s Note by Jerome Lowenstein
Book Review: Anodyne by Khadijah Queen, reviewed by Monique Ferrell
Artist Statement by Matthew Weinstein