ANTICIPATION
June 15, 2024
Original photograph by Francois Bereaud
TRAJECTORIES
Editor’s Note
FROM CO-EDITORS-IN-CHIEF MELISSA ROTERT & KRISTIN HOULIHAN
Fiction
SAM CHRISTIE | BARDARBUNGA
CHARLES PINEDA | THINGS CAN CHANGE
KAREN GROSE | 180 SECONDS
JENN HAASE VETTER | MILLER, AUGUST
DELPHINE GAUTHIER-GEORGAKOPOULOS | THE LAST CLICK
FRANCOIS BEREAUD | SNOW. FOOTBALL. 9 LIVES.
KRISTIN KOZLOWSKI | AFTER THE DIVORCE
NATALIE NEE | MERINGUES AND MEMORIES
Poetry
ALLISON ZACZYNSKI | OCTOBER GEESE
LILLY KATE DIAZ | 木洩れ日 (KOMOREBI)
ALLISON FRADKIN | SOAR SPOT
THEODORE JAMES | HRT
SAM “ONE-WHEEL” O’NEIL | DISTANCE
SHARON SCHOLL | ALMOST
J.I. KLEINBERG | ODE TO HANGING ON
CHARLY CHOW | NEON HOURGLASS
ELIJAH WOODRUFF | THE BOY’S SONNET
MICHAEL DUFRESNE | EXPRESS
H. TINSLEY | PERSEIDS AND GRANNY, STAGE FOUR
ESMÉ KAPLAN-KINSEY | TIME (THE REVELATOR)
ELIZABETH GAUFFREAU | AT THE GREYHOUND STATION
GRETCHEN FILART | AFTER A NINE-HOUR BROWNOUT, OUR VILLAGE CHEERS & LOOKS LIKE A MOUTH
DEVON WEBB | INELEGANT THING
JENNIFER SPURGEON | EXPECTANT
ALEX CARRIGAN | SAY SOMETHING
NATALYE CHILDRESS | FORETASTE SPACE
DAWN LEVITT | FLYING STANDBY
Creative Nonfiction
EILEEN NITTLER | BOX OF FEAR
GRANT SHIMMIN | THE ULTRASOUND
KATE DUSTO | COUNTDOWN TO SUMMER BINGO, TEACHER EDITION
REBECCA EGAN | THERE IS A GHOST
BETH YOAKUM | BEFORE-AFTER
JOY KRINSKY | IN ONE BOX
JOEL GLOVER | BREADWINNER