Fresh-Cut Lit & More

Issue No. 24  WINTER 2018-19

ART
Inspired to See
Paintings by Giovanni Casadei

VISUAL NARRATIVE
**Emily Steinberg, Drawing a Blank

POETRY
*D.R. ShippWith Each Passing Day, The More
*Erik Fuhrer, Stonehenge
Leia Darwish, Liberty/Liberty
Michelle Matthees, Cyanotype
*Christopher Blackman, Pax Romana
James Grinwis, Three Poems
Kathleen Hellen, the juvenile connection
**Gabriel Welsch, The Grave Your Ambition Digs for Itself
***Heather Holmes, Terms and Conditions
*Peter Leight, The Tower in Our City

FLASH
**Valerie Fox, Two Flash Pieces 
*Isabel Theodore, Human Hydroponics
Francine Witte, Two Flash Pieces
Nicole Baute, Barcelona on a Saturday
Leslie Pietrzyk, Icebergs
Yaki Margulies, Talent and Luck
Hannah Harlow, Pencil Me In

SHORT STORIES
***Naomi Xu Elegant, Dinner
Anna Dorn, Leo Rising
Doug Ramspeck, Half-Life
Dawn Davies, Angels in the Architecture

CREATIVE NONFICTION
***David Marchino, Origin Story
***Megan Lunny, A Brief Guide to Dissecting the Fingernails of a Quiet Girl
Vivé Griffith, When My Memories Became His Memories
Leslie Lindsay, Children, Caution
*Andrew Jason Jacono, Marlowe
***Blake London, Sean’s Room  
Dan A. Cardoza, There Is More To Death Than Life

Issue 24 Contributors’ Bios

*Cleaver Emerging Artist

**Artist of Philadelphia

***Both an Artist of Philadelphia & a Cleaver Emerging Artist

Cover illustration by Emily Steinberg


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