Editor’s Note

As this issue came together, we noticed a thread running through it: instinctive reactions, even compulsive inclinations. As individuals and as a deeply intertwined collective, we sometimes engage in destructive behaviors, imitate some version of ourselves or what is expected of us, stumble along a path that leads us further from who we want to become. But also, we untangle ourselves from what doesn’t serve us, we fight back against harm and injustice, we discover our authenticity and embrace what is possible. 

During a time of increasing unrest, this issue’s contributors and their words remind us to look to the future, to reclaim our innate strength, and to remember that we are each valuable and deserving. Despite ourselves, others, politics, harmful movements and hate, there is love, there is hope, there is what comes next. 

Table of Contents

Title	Genre	Writer
A Zoo Marriage	Flash Fiction	Will Musgrove
Confessions	Flash Fiction	Matt Barrett
Small Town Trap	Poetry	Matthew Pritt
Another Successful Social Interaction	Flash Fiction	Sara Watkins
Survival Guide	CNF	Lucy Jayes
When I Wassss Young	Flash Fiction	Susan L. Lin
seeing and other holy tricks	Poetry	m.o. kng
Choose Your Own Adventure	Interactive	Vast Chasm Editors