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They’re monsters, the combines and threshers inching along the highway—I’m almost to Saskatoon when they surround me. I drop my speed from 110 to 15 km/hr, and my GPS recalibrates to say I’m an hour and fifteen minutes from downtown.
I look for the end of the vehicles but there’s only smoke and metal. My pulse picks up. Remember to breathe. I make this mistake every year, driving into the city when the ag-show is ending. I want to smash my head against the glass, but that won’t get me to my hotel faster.
I check in ninety minutes later. My phone buzzes, and it’s my partner, wanting to know if I’ve arrived safely. Another beep—the conference app informing me registration’s open. A fellow presenter texts to say she’s inspired by me and can’t wait for my keynote.
When I order pizza, it arrives so greasy it leaves an oil sea on my bed. My phone keeps buzzing, so I have to post something. I write...
Table of Contents
Fiction
We Whose Fathers Have Transformed into Wild Animals of the Land, Sea, and Sky by Spencer Nitkey
Mother’s Bane by Madi Haab
What Is A Lake Beyond An Extinct Word? by Corey Farrenkopf
Strawberry Island by Emily O'Malley Liu
Poetry
The Carcass of the World by Ai Jiang
Poison by Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
What to Watch For by Jordan Hirsch
A Science Center Education by Lynne Sargent
The Archivist of Vanished Tongues by Oladosu Michael Emerald
SOLD: One Soul, Gently Used by Nico Martinez Nocito