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"A Girl Called Tomorrow," originally published in reference mollusk in January of 2026. "With the new name, she would be heartless, strong, angry, beautiful, young forever, temperamental, effortlessly cool. With the new name, she would be anything she wanted."

Discussion with Dale Hall and Charlie Hope-D'Anieri about the best books we read in 2024.

Two original pieces of flash fiction by Alex Carolan - "Lolita" and "Pink Pigeon" - originally published in Pom Pom Lit and Pinch, respectively.

"My Angel," original and unpublished. "I wake up beside an angel. Every morning, she plants a kiss on my lips. And then I get up to make coffee and feed the cat."

Unpublished and original.

An original poem.

"Trimbell's Complaint," original and unpublished. "On October 2nd, 2029, at 7:42 PM PST, the Basketville sheriff department received a call from Mr. Trimbell’s neighbor, Mrs. Petunia Foxwood, stating that she heard strange loud noises coming from Mr. Trimbell’s backyard, including some yelling and profanity."

"Even Me," original and unpublished. "As long as I can remember, I have been alone."

One original poem: "The Little Secret"

"Dog Won't Hunt," original and unpublished. "Barry didn’t know how to refuse the flowers so he accepted them bashfully and left without saying thank you or goodbye."

Krishna Sharma reads three original poems.

"Sunday Morning," original and unpublished. "For the first time that day, I felt sad, for it seemed to me that the place where someone died should be special or noteworthy in some way and yet, for all my riding up and down the tow path, I didn’t see anything besides a few pieces of garbage and a family of deer on the opposite bank and none of it seemed special to me."

Marcus Changed talks poetry and reads several original poems.

"Follow Her," original and unpublished. "My fear is unformed molten steel. It’s a knife, a jet engine, a crutch, whatever I need whenever I need it."

"The Simulator" is an original one-act play. Characters Ben: Nels Challinor Aliss: Alexandra Duprey