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John Manesis is a retired physician whose poetry has appeared in over fifty literary publications, including Wisconsin Review, North Dakota Quarterly, Zone 3, The Lyric, and Measure. His first poetry book, With All My Breath, was published in 2003 and his second, Other Candle Lights, was published in 2008.

Amit Majmudar

Amit Majmudar is a diagnostic radiologist specializing in nuclear medicine. He lives in Columbus, Ohio, with his wife and twin sons. His first book, 0',0', is forthcoming from Northwestern University Press/TriQuarterly Books. His poetry appears widely.

Adopting Heroic Dreams

In asbestos gloves and oxygen tank,
I snatched a girl from a smoldering cot
last night, lay her on my shoulder, and thanked
her for coming. “You’ve been through a lot,”
I said. “I can’t wait for you to meet her.
She’s been going nuts to have a sister.”

Dave Engeldrum

Dave Engeldrum has won the HR Hays Poetry Prize from Confrontation (twice) andthe Fiction Prize from Inkwell. He’s also beenpublished in Caesura, Alehouse, New Plains Review, The Southampton Review, Gander Press Review, Ampersand Review, andothers. He lives on the East End of Long Island with his wife and two daughters and teaches at Suffolk Community College and Stony Brook University.

My Father Forgot

The Long Window

Hungry

Hungry

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An Unholy Mess

An Unholy Mess

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Mike stood half-crouched, balancing a cup of hot coffee in one hand while lowering himself into the redwood porch chair. Right then he heard her. Rather, he heard the slider open and then the sound of her broom sweeping against the rough boards of the deck floor. He sighed. He had come out here specifically to get away from her.