Fresh-Cut Lit & More
Issue No. 25 • Spring 2019
ART
Seeing Leaves of Glass
Glass Art and Homage to Walt Whitman
by Paul J. Stankard
POETRY
Glenn Ingersoll, Instead
† mud howard, heat wave
† Catherine Chen, The Ordinary is Worth Investigation
† Will Stanier, The Garden and Poem (in Traffic)
† Brigit Andersson, Zoë
†Dan Kraines, Lines on the Way to a March
Phoebe Reeves, Chapter One: Methods of the Innocent
Barbara Daniels Tall and The Week in Words
Lauren Bender, Corporate Cliff
† Roy White, The Damage is the Truth
Joan Larkin, Fresco
Allison Hummel, Gamelan
Simon Perchik, [You no longer bathe] and [These stones too steep]
CREATIVE NONFICTION
Charlotte Gullick, This is Enough
† Joshua Rysanek, The Waiting Room
† Rae Pagliarulo, Me and Mrs. Bee
† Carroll Sandel, Statement of Account
Andrea Jarrell, Rabbit, Rabbit
VISUAL NARRATIVE
Emily Steinberg, A National Emergency 
FLASH
† Erica Plouffe Lazure, Because I Love Her
† Sue Mell, All The Chinese Food in the World
Mercedes Lawry, Sock Drawer and Dog Sense
Tommy Dean, Victory Lap
† Will Schick, What Will Grow You Up Real Fast, He Said
Yasmina Din Madden, Neutrality
† Michelle Geoga, Fence
Jason Irwin, Shiftless
† Sydney Smith, The Housekeeper
Jacqueline Doyle, Dark Hallway
Raima Larter, Amanda is Moving…
SHORT STORIES
† Marie Baléo, Dispatches from Dead City
Stefani Nellen, Just You Wait
Josh Denslow, Punch
†A Cleaver Emerging Artist
Cover illustration: Walt Whitman’s Garden Bouquet, 4″ (2018) by Paul J. Stankard
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