Editor: Vallie Lynn Watson
Managing Editor: Karris Rae
Guest Editor: Abbie Skinner
Assistant Editors: Taryn White, Meilyn Woods

Deborah Elam, “Witch’s Brew,” graphic design
Letter from the Editor by Vallie Lynn Watson
Letter from the Guest Editor by Abbie Skinner
Skinner Prize Winner
“Monsters,” “Child’s Play,” & “Bring the Nightmares to Bed” by Michelle Holland
Prose
“The Hunt” by Chris Bullard
“The Cherry Pit” by John R. Muth
“It Came From the Roommate’s Beard” by J.B. Stone
Poetry
“Tedious Monster” by Kathie-Louise Clark
“They Come, Growling” by Foster Dickson
“Never, Never, the Ouija Board” by Mark Hendrickson
“Stop Motion” &“Psalm [Crows rustle in the pine out back,]” by Clay Matthews
“Making King Kong” by Carla Sarett
“Lost in Canterbury” by Colette Tennant
Cover artist: Deborah Elam is an art director and designer with a background in literature who loves exploring the intersection of imagery and type. Her work has been featured in Creative Quarterly Journal, Work National Juried Student Exhibition, and the DSVC National Student Show, and she was named a 2023 GDUSA Student to Watch by Graphic Design USA. She earned her BFA in Graphic Design from the University of Southern Mississippi in 2023 and is currently making marketing purposeful and beautiful at inferno in Memphis, TN.
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