Fresh-Cut Lit & More
ISSUE NO. 50
SUMMER 2025
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CREATIVE NONFICTION DUALITY CONTEST SEMIFINALISTS
Read from Cleaver Magazine’s collection of published creative nonfiction gathered from each quarterly issue.
Still Life with Family and the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
by Michelle Bitting
Body Memory
by Lane Osborne*
As You Wind Down
by Jay Hodges
CREATIVE NONFICTION
Read from Cleaver Magazine’s collection of published creative nonfiction gathered from each quarterly issue.
POETRY
Read from Cleaver Magazine’s collection of published poetry gathered from each quarterly issue.
Animals that have never set foot in a smiling kitchen
by Russell Zintel*
You & I
by Naisha Randhar*
Elegy with Saltwater Pearls
by Nora Gupta*
FLASH
Read from Cleaver Magazine’s collection of published flash gathered from each quarterly issue.
Windows to the Soul
by Christine H. Chen
The Sketchbook
by Gregory Meece**
The Refrigerator
by Frances Blankenship*
FICTION
Read from Cleaver Magazine’s collection of published fiction gathered from each quarterly issue.
A Rocket’s Tale
by Shaun Pieter Clamp
Five Easy Pieces
by Jeffrey Feingold*
The Running Woman
by Alysha Black*
VISUAL NARRATIVE
Connecticus Diggs, Cultural Detective, Episode 2
The Break
by Clifford Thompson
Read from Cleaver Magazine’s collection of published visual narratives gathered from each quarterly issue.
Cover Design by Karen Rile
*Cleaver Emerging Artist
**Artist of Philadelphia
***Both an Artist of Philadelphia & a Cleaver Emerging Artist