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Editor’s Note by Christine Borne

Fiction

The Long Haul by Jeffrey Miller

Of all my mom’s boyfriends, I liked Jerry the best.

Kearsley Street Bridge by Sally York

Here’s my last-ditch retirement plan: Park my car on the north end of Flint and wait for somebody to shoot me in the head.

Walleyed by John Gifford

When you’ve filleted stringer after stringer of fish every day for the past twenty-nine days, you just lose all interest in going fishing.

The Shoppes at Heritage Trail by Thomas Mundt

Today there’s a free concert at The Shoppes at Heritage Trail, our town’s only mall, because its owners are trying to do some damage control after last week’s “incident.”

Numbers Game by C. George Arthur

I had pulled out of my ma’s driveway 22 hours ago.

Interview

Sarah Willis, interviewed by Christine Borne

Book Review

Hungry Rats by Connor Coyne, reviewed by Christine Borne

Photography

Winter on Lake Erie by Bridget Callahan

Photography by Beth Piwkowski

Nonfiction

Field Trip by Michael Constantine McConnell

One afternoon when I was in third grade I stopped at the big yellow house after school to visit my grandfather Gus.

A Flame that Water Fed by Paul Hertneky

One Sunday before Mass, I followed my uncle Charlie into the crowded vestibule.

Poetry

Water Everywhere : A Song for Cleveland in Eight Parts by Donna Hunt

Laid Flat on Cutting Board by Steve Brightman

Goldfinch by Allyson Whipple

So by Brad Ricca

Hai-jacked : haiku renditions of iconic poems

Backpage

Psst . . . we forgot to tell you by Camilla Grigsby, with photography by Sara Spildener