Issue 1

Welcome to our pond!

We are so excited to share these pieces with you. We received so many wonderful submissions, and we loved reading all of them! We were pleasantly surprised by the amount of people willing to support us, and we hope to continue this journey with all of you. We hope that this will encourage you to reclaim the joy of writing. It certainly has helped us with that.

Thank you.

-The Editors

Each piece can be accessed by clicking the buttons below, or you can use the attached PDF to view everything!

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POETRY

FATAL FIREWORK

FLOWERS

WHEREWITHAL

ALDRIDGE CREEK

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR LOVE?

NEVER TELL A GIRL TO SMILE

MIMING

RE STEVE

SPECTRES

SO MANY DEATHS

THE MEANING

MIRTH, IN TERRACOTTA

A CLERIHEW

CLEAR DAY

SPRINGTIDE BRIGHT

THE MORTAL ASH

FICTION

OPPOSUM

DREAM SONG FOR RED CONVERSE GIRL

NOTHING BUT

LIMELIGHT

STRIPEY

CREATIVE NONFICTION

A STORY ABOUT ANNA

PETRIFIED CORN

MEMORY MIGRATION

SEPTEMBER, 1963

PUPPY