Volume 21, Issue 3 :: September 2021

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Featured Writing

Four Poems
Poetry by Joanne Holdridge

Ironing Day
Poetry by Vicki Mandell-King

Two Poems
Poetry by Timothy Pilgrim

Permission
Flash by Natalie Schriefer

The Rabbit’s Head
Fiction by Omid Fallahazad

Zookeepers
Fiction by Minh-Tam T. Le

House Cats
Fiction by Ann Zhang

The Charm of Novelty
Creative Nonfiction by Elizabeth Bernays

The Not-Boy
Creative Nonfiction by Kolton Knapp

Editor’s Picks

Beaver’s Pick * Two Poems
Poetry by Jenny Hockey

Baker’s Pick * Five Poems
Poetry by Russell Rowland

Contest Winners

A Midsummer Tale Writing Contest
Judged by Beaver
Theme: Coming of Age
Word Range: 1,000–5,000 words

First: My Virginity and Other Losses
by April Vázquez

Second: Boys Will Be Boys
by Robin Kirby

Third: The Night on the Rock
by Christina Hoag

Honorable Mention: Invincible
by Bari Lynn Hein

Columns

Candle-Ends: Reviews

The Shot by Anne Greenawalt
Reviewed by Shelley Carpenter

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