Issue 42.2

Graphic image of a woman floating in the air knitting the aurora

cover image by Isabel Miller

 

Featuring: 2020 New Alchemy Contest Winner โ€“ Monica Ong

 

 

 

Mi Shebeirach for Miami; or, Magic City Lockdown โ€“ Jen Karetnik

How to Divine Poetry โ€“ Kameron Ray Morton

The Word You Should Never Say โ€“ David Starkey

/ myul /as in โ€œa mewl of cloudsโ€ โ€“ Mary Buchinger

Xenolith โ€“ Nathaniel Youmans

Woolly โ€“ Brittney Corrigan

Free Throw Evaluation of Mom & Safety Information for a New Marriage โ€“ Ashley Memory

Words for My Daughter After Watching Her Dance to โ€˜Girlsโ€™ โ€“ Dante Di Stefano

 

 

Sensation Seeking Behavior โ€“ Carolyn Orosz

You and Me โ€“ Seth Gleckman

Afternoon Meditation โ€“ Natasha Deonarain

Microcosm โ€“ Grace Wagner

Colony Collapse โ€“  R.S. Wynn

 

 

 

On the Shore of the Sea of Songs โ€“ Kelly Kiehl Davis

True Paths โ€“ Kathryn Smith

KIDS WITH NO RELIGION โ€“ Elana Lev Friedland

The Night (After Psalm 2) โ€“ James Miller

Allecto and How Great is Our God! โ€“ Casey Epstein-Gross

Another Dream of Death and Born Again in the Light of Self โ€“ Brandi George

 

 

 

The Man Who Loved Cribbage โ€“ Sharon L. Dean

You Could Become Land โ€“ Rebecca Young

The Coyote โ€“ Grace Wagner

IT WAS NOBODY โ€“ Stephen Massimilla

Dream Catch โ€“ Jeff Tigchelaar

What Is It Like to Live in a Body? โ€“ Trenton Pollard

 

 

 

resources โ€“ Tess Fahlgren

The Manna โ€“ Tyler Wells Lynch

Prospects for Survival โ€“ Kathryn Smith

ghost tour โ€“ Patrick Kindig

Firn โ€“ Claire McQuerry

Being Afraid Isnโ€™t Enough โ€“ Gary McDowell

Reckoning โ€“ Greg Emilio

 

 

Black Trees Whose Names You Never Wanted to Know โ€“ Richard Widerkehr

I canโ€™t remember if she liked broccoli โ€“ Leah White

Elevation โ€“ Alfredo Lafarga

Given โ€“ Liza Katz Duncan

Discarnate โ€“ Melanie Sevcenko

Mitosis Lullaby โ€“ Robert Evory