December 2019 ||| CONTENTS

 

EDITOR’S NOTE

What Is Your Calling? by Jeannie E. Roberts

 

POETRY

The Calling, by Anne Myles

You hold this stone to your cheek, by Simon Perchik

Candle, by Beate Sigriddaughter

When the Art Critic Spills His Guts, by SethWilson Isaac Gray

Weathering, by Erna Kelly

A River to Swim Across, by Judy DeCroce

The sleeping bag is wet with dew, by Joe Cottonwood

The Chilled Heart, by Barbara Daniels

Pumpkinhead, by Shelly Blankman

Shed Armor, by Susan Scott

The Bouquet, by Anne Myles

Exhortation, by Nancy L. Meyer

The Stable Door, by Jennifer Davis Michael

 

FICTION

Shadow, by Gargi Mehra

Wrecking Malcolm, by Kristi Petersen Schoonover

The Astonishing Rivers Sisters, by Carly Brown

The Way Young Lovers Do, by Tony Press

The Horsemen, by Elle Hurley

God’s Thumb, by Steve Gergley

 

NONFICTION

Second Best Chicken Caller in the State of Iowa, by Victoria Millard

The Last Time I Cried, by Tyhi Conley

 

See all our THE CALLING pieces here.