The Death of Light, Simon MacCulloch
“Above a sheen of estuary, below a cloud-clod sky / Is where the light comes crawling when its time has come to die,”

two haiku, Randy Brooks
“windmill pump / a flapping Jolly Roger”

Dillon’s Door, Charlie Kieft
“It’s well past midnight. You’re strung out on horse pills in a client’s bedroom, having broken in through the cat flap you installed four months ago. You’re rifling through her turquoise leather-veneered jewelry box—old rodeo belt buckles, interesting—when something touches your leg.”

The Catch, Nikki Allen
“I am a fisherman who caught old boots, / seaweed sometimes but never any fish.”

Autopsy of a Relationship, Sydney Wagner
“Scalpel slices skin / This new body lacks a heart.”

Cheese Life, Cass Noah
“The mark’s house had giant fingernail clippings strewn all over the lawn. His name was Devon, and he let giants pay to clip their nails on his lawn every week.”

Cover art: Hand Rose, Bianca Blauth