Fresh-Cut Lit & More
Issue No. 29 • SPRING Forward 2020
Visual Narrative
Ring the Bells by Emily Steinberg
SHORT STORIES
Catherine Parnell, Welcome to the Train Wreck
Nick Kolakowski, Squeeze
Andrea Ellis-Perez, Aniscia
† Caroline Curran, Clean Lines
† Tatyana Sundeyeva, Gaslight and Shadows
Beth Alvarado, La Linea
FLASH
† Uma Dwivedi, how to comb someone’s hair
† Neeru Nagarajan, Closet
Kim Magowan, Chicken for Two
Amy Kiger-Williams, The Substitute
Vanessa Saunders, Excerpt from The Flat Woman
Matthew Tyler Boyer, Empty Parking Lot
POETRY
Marc Harshman, Sorry To Be Late
John Middlebrook, Autumn’s Reckoning
J Pascutazz, Starry Night Credit Card
† Juheon Rhee, Two Poems
Sherine Elise Gilmour, Blessing One: Bless Me
Jackie Craven, Auto Corrected
ART
Umbrellas Could Have Brains
Paintings by Serge Lecomte
† A Cleaver Emerging Artist
Cover illustrations by Emily Steinberg and Serge Lecomte
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