Issue 8

Spring 2020

THE GLUTTON’S DIGEST: “Sarcophagus” by Katherine Ahl & “Self-Checkout” by Stephen Wack

POETRY

The Plastic Bag Will Not Fully Inflate / Beth Gordon
Poem for My MacBook Pro / Rachel Hinton
we took a self defense class & after another uti or upcoming surgery or rejection or sick child or the boss humiliates me in front of a group of men who’ve stolen my ideas, again— / Jennifer Givhan & Alicia Elkort
Portrait of My Daughter at Twelve Years Old with Lice & Leftover Onions / Maegan Gonzales
Poem from the Inside / Rob Colgate
creature i’ve begotten / Jill Khoury
Snarl-Toothed & It’s Hard to Dance / E. Kristin Anderson
Suicide / Alex Jennings
Before I Could Tell a Man I Was Raped / Anne Champion
a family friend reaches out via linkedin / Lucas Peel
The Blessed One / Jessica Martini
Woman Hollowed Out and Losing Weight & Sister Bodies, Decade Five / Sandy Longhorn
Winter Solstice, 2019 / CJ Scruton

FICTION

Day Trip / Benjamin Kessler
Exorcism / Jamie Collins Kahn
Vigil / Joseph Worthen
The Itch / Michael Chin
Za’atar in the Garden / Rebecca Dimyan
SOFIA / Marianne Villanueva
The Space of Possible / Serrana Laure
He is Not the God of the Dead / Haley Moore
The Fat Woman / Mary Benson
Don’t Forget to Feed the Wall Cats / Zoe Raine Maki
Cake / Candace Hartsuyker

NONFICTION

The Pure Blue Burn / Christina Socorro Yovovich
Rabbits / Darla Dimmelle
I Have Cat Stevens / Gina Harlow
Power Outage / Yuliia Vereta

ARTWORK

Issue 7 Featured Artwork: “Waterworks” “Overflow” “How the Modern Stay Scared” and “Waterstained” by Ian J. Welch
Impatiens / Brenda Mann Hammack
Inexhaustible Grief & The Breathtaking Resonance of Delirium / Bill Wolak
Coffee Monster & I Was / Kelly Sauvage Angel
Trickster / Kelly Sauvage Angel & Hunter Sauvage