Fresh-Cut Lit & More
ISSUE NO. 54
SUMMER 2026
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FICTION
Read from Cleaver Magazine’s collection of published fiction gathered from each quarterly issue.
Wizard of a Far Tower
by Meghan O’Toole*
A Gentleman
by Frank Reilly*
The Promise of Impossible Things
by April Bradley*
CREATIVE NONFICTION
Read from Cleaver Magazine’s collection of published creative nonfiction gathered from each quarterly issue.
FLASH
Read from Cleaver Magazine’s collection of published flash gathered from each quarterly issue.
Permit
by Alice Martin
People Say Pit Bulls Are Sweethearts
by Kathryn Ganfield
Pandemonium
by Didem Arslanoglu*
Arsonista & Unripe Peaches
by Johnny Tundish
What Happens When You Play Bananagrams…
by Anne Panning
Birthday Visit to a Grave
by Michelle Bitting
POETRY
Read from Cleaver Magazine’s collection of published poetry gathered from each quarterly issue.
Tying Shoelaces at a Crosswalk
by Stephen Priest*
The Nurse and The Not Knowing
by Dorinda Wegener*
The Nurse Will Add a Hotline Number to Your Phone
by Dorinda Wegener*
VISUAL NARRATIVE
CONNECTICUS DIGGS, Cultural Detective
Episode 6: Culture Blues
by Clifford Thompson
Read from Cleaver Magazine’s collection of published visual narratives gathered from each quarterly issue.
Illustrations by Karen Rile
*Cleaver Emerging Artist
**Artist of Philadelphia
***Both an Artist of Philadelphia & a Cleaver Emerging Artist