but first, a brief letter from our guest editor

"PIZZA BAGELS & YOU" and "SWEET MOTHER" 
by Devon Webb
"Median Opportunities" 
by Ben Nardolili
"BE-STILL-ING" 
by Scott C. Holstad
"My Week as a Sandwich" 
by Marc Brightside

"Peonies" by Rachel Coyne

"BECAUSE THE KNIGHT" 
by G.W. McClary
"Metamorphosis" 
by Mathieu Cailler
"smoking in my parents' basement (imagined)" 
by nat raum
"Not Scary" 
by Jeff Kingman

"I was born hungry" by Isabella Pozo

"The Shockwaves From Killing Santa Kickstart A Personal Apocalypse..." 
by Jude Potts
"Earthworm Blues" 
by Quinn Dewey
"The Rage of Achilles" 
by Eleanor Graydon

"Split Kiss" by Isabella Pozo

"Self Realization According to the Slime Mold" 
by Jamie Manias
"Autopsy of an Angel" 
by Agatha Beatrize
"Bed Bugs Bite" 
by Chelsea Kinney
"Killing Grace" 
by William Teets

"How You've Grown" by Ashley Gilland

"Communication" and "Sistine Chapel" 
by James Croal Jackson
"nightmare sand lizard rotation would be a sick band name" 
by Katherine Noble
"The Egg Run" 
by Maudie Bryant
"The Ventriloquist's Rumble" 
by Jan Hassmann

"Misinformation" by Ashley Gilland

before you go, a brief note from our guest editor