March 2026 ||| CONTENTS

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EDITOR’S NOTE

A New Page, by Phillip Watts Brown

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POETRY

First Green, by Sam Aureli

Concrete Gardens, by Ismael S. Rodriguez, Jr.

Brown House Moth Before Dawn, by Brett Warren

Explaining the Patient’s Worldview, by Carol Alexander

Matrescence, by Jodi Andrews

When the Light Learned My Name, by Neo Brightwell

Astral Bodies, by Dan Saulpaugh

Thirteen Ways of Looking at Birds Migrating at Night, by Dick Westheimer

September 10, 2001, by Eric Paul Shaffer

Meditation with Push Broom, by Brett Warren

Daybreak, in April, by Dixie L. Partridge

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FICTION

Sleepless Monsters, by Nicole Mishra

Back Before Dark, by Ken Post

for this dawn in their summer, by Paul Lamb

One More Three, by Michael Howard

Never Send to Know, by Craig Dobson

Ghosted, by Karen Zlotnick

Ink, by Rown Siah

Freezer Burn, by Matthew Green

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NONFICTION

Waiting for a Bit of Light, by Patty Somlo

All Day Yesterday, by Janet Steen

Seasons, by Wendy Fontaine

Dachshund in a Peacoat, by Kevin Bain

Getting Back on the Horse, by Helen Sheehy

I Haven’t Been to my Father’s Grave Since They Put Him There, by Gabby Parker

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