“Tootles at the MET Gala” by Brenda Hammack

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Story

She Loved Me That Much by Jennifer Gravley

April 2, 2020
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Poem

Breathing Under Water by Stacy Barton

April 2, 2020
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Essay

Dolphins or Bust by Cade Hagen

April 2, 2020
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Story

Ursus Americanus Floridanus: or, Bears & Beer by Shannon Burrows, Matt Forsythe, and David Smith

March 1, 2020
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Poem

Pseudocyesis by Anna B. Sutton

March 1, 2020
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Essay

Kitty and the Coward by Ronan O'Shea

March 1, 2020
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Story

The Birders of Maine by R.J. Patteson

February 3, 2020
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Poem

Exuviae by Paxton Knox

February 3, 2020
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Essay

A Visitor in Black and White by Beth Winegarner

February 3, 2020
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Story

The Shad by SD Williams

January 4, 2020
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Poem

Icon: Snake by Cory Hutchinson-Reuss

January 4, 2020
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Essay

Roadkill Eulogy by Robyn Smith

January 4, 2020
E

Story

Boats on the Horizon by Tony Taddei

December 6, 2019
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Poem

area code 604 by Michael Chang

December 4, 2019
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Essay

Waiting in the Deep by Catherine Fairfield

December 4, 2019
E

Story

Dimensions of a Web by Jeremy Stuart

November 5, 2019
E

Poem

On Finding a Scorpion in Our Bedroom by Taylor Byas

November 5, 2019
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Essay

INTIMIDATING, Or, How My Husky Made a Man Out of Me by Julia Smuts Louw

November 4, 2019
E

Story

The Parable of the Fowl by Cody Bennett

October 4, 2019
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Poem

Carcass by Mark Ward

October 3, 2019
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Essay

The Coyotes of India Street by Whit Easton

October 3, 2019
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Story

Mulberry Pulp by Carmen Price

September 2, 2019
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Poem

The day my teenager moves in with her father, I find an injured bird in the road by Elizabeth Johnston Ambrose

September 2, 2019
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Essay

Growing Closer by Jillian Sullivan

September 2, 2019
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Story

Mau by Joyce Goldenstern

August 4, 2019
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Poem

A Taste by Danielle Kessinger

August 4, 2019
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Essay

Lessons from A Dead Moth by Glenn Moss

August 4, 2019
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Story

Dead Horses by Audrey Fierberg

July 2, 2019
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Poem

for long soft ears by Laura Theis

July 1, 2019
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Essay

Miss Pea by Toti O'Brien

July 1, 2019
E

Story

Buck Passing by William Garnett

June 2, 2019
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Poem

Regression by Carolyn Oliver

June 2, 2019
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Essay

Bonny Bonnie by Patty McCabe-Remmell

June 2, 2019
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Story

Natural Food Sources by Michael Moriearty

May 5, 2019
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Poem

When Texas Was at the Bottom of the Sea by Terin Weinberg

May 5, 2019
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Essay

Grasshopper Trilogy by Elizabeth Bernays

May 5, 2019
E

Story

Annie Everything by Russ Bickerstaff

April 6, 2019
E

Poem

Excerpts from Guidance from the God of Seahorses by Keats Conley

April 6, 2019
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Essay

Colbert! Divorce Dog Extraordinaire by Ana Gardner

April 5, 2019
E

Story

Breaking Through by Lily Iona MacKenzie

March 2, 2019
E

Poem

Eight of Cups by Patrick Samuel

March 2, 2019
E

Essay

McKinsey Point by Yan Sham-Shackleton

March 2, 2019
E

Story

Your Husband is a Star by Trish Rodriguez

February 3, 2019
E

Poem

The Destroyer Defends the Destruction of the Cloud Animals by Martin Ott

February 3, 2019
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Essay

The Exit is an Entrance by Rebecca Young

February 3, 2019
E

Story

Students of Aristotle and Bards by Heather Momyer

January 1, 2019
E

Poem

Ratchewed Sonnet by Zachary Bond

January 1, 2019
E

Essay

The Beheading by Katie Reigel

January 1, 2019
E

Story

The Dog Had a Glass of Milk Before Bed by Vida Mikalcius

December 16, 2018
E

Poem

Twenty-Seven Gerbils by Roxanne Cardona

December 16, 2018
E

Essay

Willie Nelson Tarot by Mistie Watkins

December 16, 2018
E

Story

Something Terrible and New by Melissa Reddish

November 22, 2018
E

Poem

Listening to an Audio Recording of an Ivory-Billed Woodpecker in a Walmart Parking Lot by Derek Berry

November 22, 2018
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Essay

Owl Wisdom by Clare Acerno

November 17, 2018
E

Story

Possum by Gilian Neiditch

October 7, 2018
E

Poem

Orangutan by Mag Gabbert

October 7, 2018
E

Essay

Here, Not Together by Indu Subaiya

October 7, 2018
E

Story

Wistful Instrument, Solitary Creatures by Brigitte McCray

September 1, 2018
E

Poem

The Existence of Snails by Michelle Donahue

September 1, 2018
E

Essay

Slow and Easy Wins the Race by Allan Stein

September 1, 2018
E

Story

Walking Manhattan by Brian Cox

August 1, 2018
E

Poem

The Starfish & The Sadist by Anna Cates

August 1, 2018
E

Essay

Prey by Heather Durham

August 1, 2018
E

Story

No Place to Land by Lisa Booth

July 1, 2018
E

Poem

A Six-and-a-half-foot Python Was Found in a Box of Cornflakes by David Brennan

July 1, 2018
E

Essay

Little Rabbit by AJ Finley

July 1, 2018
E

Story

The Hog Drive by Gregory Ariail

June 3, 2018
E

Poem

Becoming the Fawn White and What It Meant by Rachel Richards

June 2, 2018
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Essay

Starry Night by Lisa Lopez Smith

June 2, 2018
E

Story

The Recluse and the Raccoon by Katherine Holmes

May 1, 2018
E

Poem

The Skin Horse by Nicholas Alexander Hayes

May 1, 2018
E

Essay

From the Hearth by Maria Kute

May 1, 2018
E

Story

SheShe by Gwen Goodkin

April 1, 2018
E

Poem

Bird in a Brick House by Judith Roney

April 1, 2018
E

Essay

Pika Past Present and Future by Rebecca Young

April 1, 2018
E

Poem

letter from the city to the firefly by Jody Chan

March 1, 2018
E

Essay

Feral Manifesto (signed Pig, Cat, Pigeon) by Glena Trachea

March 1, 2018
E

Story

Zugunruhe by Katie Cortese

February 1, 2018
E

Poem

Thirteen Limericks by Sandra Simonds

February 1, 2018
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Essay

Elephants on Parade by Sherri Harvey

February 1, 2018
E

Story

The Remaining Hosts by Danielle Holmes

January 1, 2018
E

Poem

Chameleon by Darla Mottram

January 1, 2018
E

Essay

The Guest by Alan Qian

January 1, 2018
E

Poem

Reading Seneca’s On the Shortness of Life by Sydney Doyle

December 1, 2017
E

Story

If The Wind Should Ever Be Lonely by Jennifer Popa

December 1, 2017
E

Essay

Her Success by Corinna Cook

December 1, 2017
E

Story

The Grooming Salon by Jay Vera Summer

November 1, 2017
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Poem

her bottom jaw unhinged by a hippo, the lioness rests beside a lake by J. Hiba

November 1, 2017
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Essay

Looking at Weasels by Lauren Smith

November 1, 2017
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Story

Fable of a Houseplant by Gretchen Stiteler

October 1, 2017
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Poem

Sweater of Wasps by Raina K. Puels

October 1, 2017
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Essay

The New Losers by Caroline Johnson

October 1, 2017
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Story

When an Otter Brings You Pralines by Joy Kennedy-O'Neill

September 1, 2017
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Poem

How to Deal with Strays by Ben Kline

September 1, 2017
E

Essay

Motherclucker by Rebecca Eckland

September 1, 2017
E

Story

Old Woman and Eel by Joyce Goldenstern

August 1, 2017
E

Poem

Interview Questions by Danielle Mitchell

August 1, 2017
E

Essay

Mercy by Joel B. Mowdy

August 1, 2017
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Story

Harriet Moves by Susan Heeger

July 1, 2017
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Poem

Quetzal's Mourning Song by Caelan Tree

July 1, 2017
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Essay

The Essence of Escape by Lara Dunning

July 1, 2017
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Story

In Transit by Marisa Urgo

June 1, 2017
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Poem

Avian Typography by Delia Garigan

June 1, 2017
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Essay

Love Dad and the Dogs by Laura Madeline Wiseman

June 1, 2017
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Story

Something Low, Something Golden by Becca Borawski Jenkins

May 1, 2017
E

Poem

Dorsal by Mark Ward

May 1, 2017
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Essay

Pro Infirmis by Sarah Giragosian

May 1, 2017
E

Story

Alligator by Mitch Findlay

April 1, 2017
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Poem

Pangea by Will Stockton

April 1, 2017
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Essay

With Luck More Seasonable by Joanna Brichetto

April 1, 2017
E

Story

Gory Details by Earl Hatsby

March 1, 2017
E

Poem

All The Difference of A Line by Erin Kelley

March 1, 2017
E

Essay

Beasts of Sadness by Kevin Ip

March 1, 2017
E

Story

From the Depths by Elizabeth Morton

February 1, 2017
E

Poem

The Spectacle of the Hybrid by Laurin DeChae

February 1, 2017
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Essay

Intersecting the Snake by Iza Bruen-Morningstar

February 1, 2017
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Story

The Earwig Emails by Laura Jackson Roberts

January 1, 2017
E

Poem

Coyote, Trickster by Tamara Miles

January 1, 2017
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Essay

One Fat Toad and Many Moths by Ryan McDonald

January 1, 2017
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Story

Genuine Squid by Elizabeth Morton

December 1, 2016
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Poem

Velella Velella by Brendan Constantine

December 1, 2016
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Essay

Body Language by Mike Nagel

December 1, 2016
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Story

Animals Could Get In by Roz Ray

November 1, 2016
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Poem

Winter Burial by Carrie Conners

November 1, 2016
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Essay

A Country Called Desire by Rachel Economy

November 1, 2016
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Story

Zombie Eyes Princess Death by Matthew Lyons

October 1, 2016
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Poem

Immortality, Part Two by Cassandra Hsaio

October 1, 2016
E

Essay

There, But by John King

October 1, 2016
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Story

Philowneus Phunk’s Polecat Band by David M. Pearce

September 1, 2016
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Poem

Monstrous by Susan Richardson

September 1, 2016
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Essay

Rescue by Jane Satterfield

September 1, 2016
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Story

Dancing Lessons For Princesses by Claire Rudy Foster

August 1, 2016
E

Poem

The Whale by Christina Frei

August 1, 2016
E

Essays

The Best Shade of Blue/Empty Nest by M.A. Jay

August 1, 2016
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Story

An Incident on Pensacola Beach by Julian Drury

July 1, 2016
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Poem

The Hunting Cabin by Stacia M. Fleegal

July 1, 2016
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Essay

Broken by Ginger Gaffney

July 1, 2016
E

Story

There's No Such Thing As Fruit Bats by James R. Gapinski

June 1, 2016
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Poem

Fossils by Michelle Site

June 1, 2016
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Essay

The Cuttlefish by Mia Sara

June 1, 2016
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Story

Inhuman by Christina Scott

May 1, 2016
E

Poem

Bee Triptych by Louise McKenna

May 1, 2016
E

Essay

Wallflowers by Don Raymond

May 1, 2016
E

Story

Clovis Hatches by Robert Ian Bowers

April 1, 2016
E

Poem

Teethe by Tyler Scott Watson

April 1, 2016
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Essay

The Last Stand by Jessica Groenendijk

April 1, 2016
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Story

Those Lips by Sara Kate Ellis

March 1, 2016
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Poem

to scout, and every last liar who said their dog toy was indestructible by Katherine Clark

March 1, 2016
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Essay

Elephant's Graveyard by Don Raymond

March 1, 2016
E

Story

Panda by Christine Stoddard

February 1, 2016
E

Poem

Still Life by Jade Hurter

February 1, 2016
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Essay

Shapeshifters by M.M. Adjarian

February 1, 2016
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Story

Clegg's Nickel Mule by John Grabski

January 1, 2016
E

Poem

The Killer Whales Sing by Ryan Dzelzkalns

January 1, 2016
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Essay

The Revelation of the Chickadee by Ruth Towne

January 1, 2016
E

Story

Bapoto by Shauna Mackay

December 1, 2015
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Poem

Monocacy by Matthew Hittinger

December 1, 2015
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Essay

Shelter by Melissa Oliveira

December 1, 2015
E

Story

Mercy Mouse by Lisa Lebduska

November 1, 2015
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Poem

My Animal by Sarah Kathryn Moore

November 1, 2015
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Essay

Ladybug by Robert Vivian

November 1, 2015
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Story

Stray by Gregory M. Fox

October 1, 2015
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Poem

Stone by Michelle Lin

October 1, 2015
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Essay

Filament, Filament by Jessica Morrey-Collins

October 1, 2015
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Story

The Things We Learn by Cathy Mellett

September 1, 2015
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Poem

Pastoral: Hand-Fasted by Arielle Greenberg

September 1, 2015
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Essay

The Thing About Dogs by Jerry Dennis

September 1, 2015
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Story

Fallout by Thom Kunz

August 1, 2015
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Poem

Bedtime Stories by Annalise Mabe

August 1, 2015
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Essay

Tracking Twashuka by Jessica Groenendijk

August 1, 2015
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Story

deed z the pup n me by Lisa Piazza

July 1, 2015
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Poem

Panthered by Michelle Lee

July 1, 2015
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Essay

Trespassing in the Garden by Donald Mitchell

July 1, 2015
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Story

Rabbit Heart by Anne Bean

June 1, 2015
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Poem

After a Beer by Aozora Brockman

June 1, 2015
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Essay

Me & Sally: A True Interspecies Love Story by David Henry Sterry

June 1, 2015
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Story

Serpent Smell by Vidya Panicker

May 1, 2015
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Poem

A Boy's Notion of Chores by Douglas Luman

May 1, 2015
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Essay

poets in hell by Audrey Dimola

May 1, 2015
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Story

She's A Work of Art by Kelly Lynn Thomas

April 1, 2015
E

Poem

Dream Sonnet by Amy Watkins

April 1, 2015
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Essay

Bear Attack by Peter Arnds

April 1, 2015
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Story

Of Course, Of Course by J. Bowers

March 1, 2015
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Poem

Moth by Claire Marie Stancek

March 1, 2015
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Essay

Goodness, Mercy by Alison Townsend

March 1, 2015
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Story

The Poacher by Zach Fitzner

February 1, 2015
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Poem

Snakeskin Snake by Tyler Gillespie

February 1, 2015
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Essay

Dogalogue by Robert Vivian

February 1, 2015
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Story

Hurricane Deer by John Henry Fleming

January 1, 2015
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Poem

When The Crickets Clash by Brianna Noll

January 1, 2015
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Essay

Island Endemics by Mike Petrik

January 1, 2015
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Story

Chickens by N.T. Brown

December 1, 2014
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Poem

Killer Algae: A Diptypch by Michael Broder

December 1, 2014
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Essay

I Go Far Away by Dallas J. Baker

December 1, 2014
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Story

Miss Bucky Beaver, Miss Bugs Bunny by Nancy Caronia

November 1, 2014
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Poem

To Cruise by D. Gilson

November 1, 2014
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Essay

Recounting Crows by Diana Friedman

November 1, 2014
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Story

Cremating Imelda by Verity Holloway

October 1, 2014
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Poem

Distance from the Slaughterhouse by Austin Kodra

October 1, 2014
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Essay

A Voice of Felt and Thread by Jessica McDermott

October 1, 2014
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Story

The Wild Stag Tango by Austin Eichelberger

September 2, 2014
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Poem

The Tiger by Emily Schultz

September 2, 2014
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Essay

How to Replace Your Dog With a Baby by Caroline Horwitz

September 2, 2014
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Story

Creature Comfort by Mark Piper

August 1, 2014
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Poem

Homage by Lauren Yates

August 1, 2014
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Essay

Lost and Found by Connie Langhorst

August 1, 2014
E

Story

Gorilla by Karin C. Davidson

July 1, 2014
E

Poem

The Beat of Black Wings by Collin Kelly

July 1, 2014
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Essay

Sojourns with Big Cats in Triptych by Laurie Easter

July 1, 2014
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Story

Beggars Do Ride by Christi Mastley

June 1, 2014
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Poem

Distemper by Carlton D. Fisher

June 1, 2014
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Essay

The Flea by Kase Johnstun

June 1, 2014
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Story

Sighting by Hannah Harlow

May 1, 2014
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by Devi Xi; for more information, visit http://depinz.deviantart.com/

Poem

L’Esprit de l’Escalier by Kristina McDonald

May 1, 2014
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Essay

The Hot Box by Kenzie Jennings

May 1, 2014
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Story

The Brief and Sad Life of Bongo by Thomas Kearnes

April 1, 2014
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Poem

Icarus by Emily O'Neill

April 1, 2014
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Essay

Edge by Marcia Aldrich

April 1, 2014
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Story

Radio Gal by Renee Thompson

March 1, 2014
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Poem

Engulf by Sarah Fawn Montgomery

March 1, 2014
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Essay

Vigil by Sarah Pascarella

March 1, 2014
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Story

Sneakers by Charlene Logan Burnett

February 1, 2014
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Poem

Where The Theatre of the Sea Meets the Land of the Hummingbird by Jason Braun

February 1, 2014
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Essay

The Coyotes Are Back by Michael Gentry

February 1, 2014
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Story

Mr. Feathers by Ira Sukrungruang

January 1, 2014
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by Sharon Cummings

Poem

A Few Days at Big Bear Lake by Alejandro Escude

January 1, 2014
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Essay

Deep Inside the Fish by Robert Vivian

January 1, 2014
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Story

Bite by Paul Allison

December 1, 2013
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Poem

Saturday Mornings by Ray McManus

December 1, 2013
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Essay

Neighbor Trim, Also Awake by Kat Meads

December 1, 2013
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Story

Above All, and with Great Pride, a Pig, by G. K. Wuori

November 1, 2013
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Poem

Blackfish by Kirk Schlueter

November 1, 2013
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Essay

Indelible by Lori Sublett

November 1, 2013
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Story

Musk Hog Sun by Nahn Aneira Warburton

October 1, 2013
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Poem

She is Feeding the Birds by Julie R. Enszer

October 1, 2013
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Essay

The Heat Run by Chip Livingston

October 1, 2013
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Story

With Racoon by Kelly Magee and Carol Guess

September 1, 2013
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Poem

Year of the Rabbit by Glen Armstrong

September 1, 2013
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Essay

Rodent Dreams by Jill Foreman Hultin

September 1, 2013
E

Story

My Hood by Shannon Barber

August 1, 2013
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Poem

After Watching 10 Things I Hate About You, Echo Writes Narcissus a Poem in the Vein of Julia Stiles by D. Gilson and Will Stockton

August 1, 2013
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Essay

Veal by Nicole Walker

August 1, 2013
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Story

The Chums by Laurence Klavan

July 1, 2013
E

Poem

Ode to the Jellyfish by Evan J. Peterson

July 1, 2013
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Essay

The Myth of the Starfish by Amy Watkins

July 1, 2013
E

Story

Old Dog, New Tricks by George Yatchisin

June 1, 2013
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Poem

Imagined Farms by Tara Burke

June 1, 2013
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Essay

A Quiver Full by Melissa Wiley

June 1, 2013
E

Story

A Sterile Place by Catherine Evleshin

May 1, 2013
E

Poem

evolution by Roddy Williams

May 1, 2013
E

Essay

Sibling Revelry by Sarah Cedeño

May 1, 2013
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Story

GoatSkin by Jay Merrill

April 1, 2013
E

Poem

More Evidence for the Dinosaur/Bird Link by Valerie Wetlaufer

April 1, 2013
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Essay

Gar Rodeo in the Cajun Swamp: Judge Not, Lest Y'all Be Judged by Mark Spitzer

April 1, 2013
E

Story

I am Mr. Baxter by Nick DiChario

March 1, 2013
E

Poem

Taxonomy by Kirsten M. Holt

March 1, 2013
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Essay

Ruff by Caitlynn Martinez-McWhorter

March 1, 2013
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Story

Substitute for Love by Kyle Hemmings

February 1, 2013
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Poem

The Toy Dinosaur Dreams of Being Larger by Erin Elizabeth Smith

February 1, 2013
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Essay

A Pig of Great Importance by Nancy McCurry

February 1, 2013
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Story

Honey by Brandi Homan

December 1, 2012
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Poem

Japanese-American Beetle by Aaron DeLee

December 1, 2012
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Essay

The Caves by April Jo Murphy

December 1, 2012
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Story

Norm's Room by Michelle Filippini

November 1, 2012
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Poem

Becoming an Animal by Erin York

November 1, 2012
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Essay

Russell, Ceasar, and Me by Dan Martin

November 1, 2012
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Story

The Dogs by N. T. Brown

October 1, 2012
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Poem

Why I Tried to Save the Bird, Which I Think Now Was a Grackle by Tracy Youngblom

October 1, 2012
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Essay

Rehab by Kate Dernocoeur

October 1, 2012

7 Responses to “Read”

  2. Connie

    Beautiful artwork (kitten becomes a tiger). And, I love how your website is presented. A work of art! Beautiful!

    Reply
  5. Wade Thompson

    What is your typical response time for poetry submissions?

    Reply

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