Issue 13.3

Contents

To read the magazine in the mixed genre, sequential print order, start here.

Shorts

Journaling
Caner Akin. Alert to a moment.

Bird Syntax
Jackson McGrath. Birds as related to the world.

She Always Won Battleship
Alyosha Vak. Consequences of a hint.

It's Gotta Be Jelly 'Cause Jam Don't Sting
April Allen. An encounter at the beach.

Character
April Allen. An interaction with a stranger and money.

A Vague Hopscotch
Ali A. Ünal. Visas, paperwork, and shoes.

Rule of Three
Amy Marques. A father's saying in Brazil.

Platonic Love
Harold Bowes. Waiting for a table.

Destined for the Diner
Lori Cramer. Finding family.

Atlantic, Iowa
Jackson McGrath. A collector and a train trip.

Broken Trusts
Amy Marques. Tradition of a calf.

Seeing Them In
Tom Stevens. Working as an gravedigger.

The Viburnum
M. Frost. Symbols of hope.

Art

Road to the Fishing Pier, Point Pinole
Inna Jane Ray. Painting. 

Sit with Me
Lynn Cothern. Painting.

Trailer Camped by Red Birch Creek
Inna Jane Ray. Painting.

Voices of Children
Lynn Cothern. Collage.

Thistles
Lynn Cothern. Painting.

West Oakland, the Freeway and the Wardrobe
Inna Jane Ray. Painting.

Romancing the Star Queen
Richard C. Herring. Drawing and assemblage.

Tea Shoppe
Richard C. Herring. Drawing and assemblage. 

Descendents
Richard C. Herring. Drawing. 

Hidden Gems

Fishing Cherita
Jianqing Zheng. Morning and Night.

Turning the Wheel of the Dharma
Michael G. Smith. More than a meal in Nepal.

The 31st of March
Jean Liew. Gathering strength.

Reincarnation
Michael G. Smith. Human on a pedestal.

when asked about being a Black poet
Matthew E. Henry (MEH). In the midst.

In the Smokies
Jianqing Zheng. Awake and asleep.

Baking
Sandra Kacher. A moment of content.

Three Questions
Preeti Talwai. In this life.

Congregations
Diane Webster. Hold and release.

Limericks from Wordle
Daniel Ari. Beach, torso, broth, gummy, worst, vault.

Overheard, Seppuku on the Costa del Sol
Ewen Glass. Mingled conversations.

Perfection Kills
Preeti Talwai. Missing.

Proofreading in an Ozark Cemetery
Al Ortolani. Reading headstones.

"what is PacMan without the ghosts?"
Matthew E. Henry (MEH). Definitions and context.







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