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Table of Contents

Editor’s Note

Michael Robins
p. 6
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Appalachia in the Time of the Tang Dynasty

Philip Arnold
p. 7
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Winter Solstice in Kansas

Emma Aylor
pp. 8-9
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Endings

Zachary Barrett
p. 10
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Busy

Abby Caplin
p. 11
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I wish I was a blue crab losing my claws

Alyx Chandler
p. 12
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Last Night at El Coyote

Claire Christoff
p. 13
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Heritage Patch

Jordan Cobb
p. 14
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The Gates of Hell, Turkmenistan, 2024

Jie V. Cohen
p. 15
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Hauntologies, and: The Summer After

Chelsea Dingman
pp. 16-17
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I’ve Been Faking a Lot of Orgasms Lately

Jacklin Farley
pp. 18-20
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Little Hell

Rebecca Faulkner
p. 21
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I dove into the lake and tried to swallow but floated instead

Kailah Figueroa
p. 22
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Revelation

Lisa Higgs
p. 23
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Copyist

Susan L. Leary
p. 24
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In Which I Cut My Mother’s Hair

Madelyn Musick
p. 25
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Competitor-Lovers Leaning into the Wind

Madeline Newell-Wilson
p. 26
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After the Adrenaline of Leaving Subsides

Sara Pirkle
p. 27
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Sans Souci, and: Desire

Joy Priest
pp. 28-29
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Midsummer

Kelsey L. Smoot
pp. 30-31
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Cockroach

Stephanie M. Wytovich
p. 32
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(Un)Homing

Sharon Yam
pp. 33-34
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We’ll Have Coffee First

Rebekah Bloyd
pp. 35-37
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(dis)ordered

Joshua Corson
pp. 38-47
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Night Swimming

Anne Freier
pp. 48-51
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He Was Forty, Maybe

Marika Guthrie
pp. 52-54
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What do I do with the dirt

Julian Hickman
pp. 55-61
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Nirvana in Terminal C

Kate Poverman
pp. 62-66
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Three Acts

Judith Shapiro
pp. 67-68
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On Writing “Copyist”

Susan L. Leary
pp. 69-70
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On Writing “Nirvana in Terminal C”

Kate Poverman
pp. 71-72
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On Writing “The Excelsior Water Tower”

Michael Thériault
pp. 73-74
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Interview: George Saunders

Karris Rae
pp. 75-80
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Interview: Vincent Wright

Taryn White, Vincent Wright
pp. 81-84
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Images

Vincent Wright
pp. 85-92
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Sweet Nothings

Molly Bibeau
pp. 93-96
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Headstones

Addison Blake Bushnell
pp. 97-110
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Deer There

Patrick Duane
pp. 111-114
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You Have Not Been Forgotten

Diane Lefer
pp. 115-124
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Hunger Strike

Erin Matson
pp. 125-137
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Legacy

Kyle Mercer
pp. 138-146
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Disaster

Evan Miller
pp. 147-155
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The Breathtaking Portrait of Madame Agnew

David Daniel Riedel
pp. 156-167
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Ruins of Pompeii

Carolyn Silverstein
pp. 168-180
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Nighthawks

Jeremy Stelzner
pp. 181-189
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The Excelsior Water Tower

Michael Thériault
pp. 190-194
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The Wanderer

Caitlin Upshall
pp. 195-205
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Gifted Sarah

John Van Wagner
pp. 206-214
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Contributor Notes

pp. 215-221
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