Table of Contents
Introduction 1
The Triumph of Small Things by Rosanne Parry 7
Growth by Janet Burroway 10
Disfiguring History by Carolyn Adams 21
Shout by Benjamin Gorman. 22
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Bird by Lydia K. Valentine 36
The Tides of Macon by Zack Dye. 40
comparatives by Rebecca Smolen. 57
Hope for a Green Hero by Eric Witchey 59
Last of Our Kind by Heather S. Ransom 73
In the Days of El Dorado by Joanna Michal Hoyt 85
Fantasia for Gun Control: Tiresias, Songbirds, & the NRA by Stephen Scott Whitaker 98
Emma’s Knives by Karen Eisenbrey 101
The Runner by Meagan Johanson 117
The Creamy Ichor Sauce Over Lake Michigan by TJ Berg 134
No Collision by Jennifer Lee Rossman 140
The Sewer People Stole My Skateboard by Carlton Herzog 147
Dark Summit by Austin Case. 161
Their Lips Are Moving by Allan T. Price 169
Dandelion by K.A. Miltimore 184
The Children Who Lived on the Stairs by Jill Hohnstein 197
Ballad of the Swamp Refugee by Kurt Newton 212
Shrinking by Taliyah St. James. 214
The Passport by John Miller. 229
Not Even Asking the Right Question by Christopher Mark Rose 231
Anthem by Bethany Lee. 241
About the Authors 243
Special Thanks 255