KYLE MINOR, "While the Baby Burned"
from Juked
MELINDA MOUSTAKIS, "MooseBlind"
from The Kenyon Review
JESSICA NEWMAN, "A Way No Longer Had"
from Action, Yes
DAVID PEAK, "Just Boys"
from Pure Francis
GLEN POURCIAU, "Mercy"
from Freight Stories
JIM RULAND, "The Lever"
from Fanzine
MATTHEW SALESSES, "That Was When They Remembered Our Sweet Oblivion"
from Cavalier Literary Couture
SIMON A. SMITH, "Things I've Eaten That I'm Not Proud Of"
from Prick of the Spindle
AMBER SPARKS, "The Dictator Is Drinking Alone"
from Annalemma
SAŠA STANIŠIC, "Let's Go Sleep Japan Soon"
from Gigantic
SABRINA STOESSINGER, "Black Summer"
from Dogzplot
TERESE SVOBODA, "Credit"
from JMWW
VALERIE VOGRIN, "Apologies"
from Prick of the Spindle
TEDDY WAYNE, "Therese Says"
from Fifty-Two Stories
JOSHUA WHEELER, "Mother on the Wall"
from The Dream People
JAMES YEH, "Girl with Cool, Damp Mouth, or Four Very Short Stories"
from Everyday Genius