Issue 8.1

Contents

Shorts

To Be a Dog
Angie Kang. Decision making.

There is a pigeon in the airport
Angie Kang. Fast and focused.

Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewidowed
Melissa Knox. Distraction.

Phantasm
Mark Havlik. An early dream.

Monkeyhood
Pablo Saborío. Illusion and language.

The Poverty Heroes
Rich Ives. Little Metalmark Butterfly.

Mugs
Lily Blackburn. Uneasy relationship.

Dreamkeeping
Mary Grimm. Married divergence.

Learning and Leaning
Thomas M. McDade. Visiting Pisa.

Renaissance Rain
Thomas M. McDade. Michaelangelo Square.

Art

Cold Canal
Ricardo Elisiário. Photograph.

Separation Anxiety
Jami Taback. Intaglio.

Ratio
Lisa Kokin. Collage from shredded currency.

big fork big cake
Richard Herring. Drawing with text.

Phoenix Hour
Kim Vanderheiden. Print.

The Rocky Place
Kim Vanderheiden. Print.

Text #1
Lisa Kokin. Collage from shredded currency.

16mm
Robynn Smith. Print.

fear of flying
Richard Herring. Drawing with text.

I Feel
Laurie Szujewska. Collage from prints.

Text #3
Lisa Kokin. Collage from shredded currency.

Returning We Hear the Larks
Robynn Smith. Print.

meat
Richard Herring. Drawing with text.

Erasure

Here Tense
Maggie James. Source: Varieties of Religious Experience by William James (Page 57)

Hidden Gems

Reprise
Casey Killingsworth. Reflection and carrying on.

Red roses in winter
M. Shayne Bell. A haiku.

Social Worker
Benjamin Nash. Only human.

Skittles in Young Love
Jake Tringali. A little pleasure.

Drugstore Mascara
Alessandra Davy-Falconi. Considerations.

Control Theory
Kevin Ramroop. Reality.

Home Is Where You're Normal
Jessica Woodward. Fill in the blanks.

Evolution Theory
Suzanne Verrall. An inventive beginning.

With Alexander Hermnann
Dorsía Smith Silva. Memory and mystery.

Guitar Lessons
Casey Killingsworth. An instrument of memoir.

Blackout
Becca Wittman. Archeological divination.

Word + Image

A Portal in Portixol
Jill Bronfman. Journey for acceptance.



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