Contents

Crossword Puzzles
Elizabeth Schoppelrei

Another Restless Night in My Apartment
Charles Childers

A Dark and Early Breakfast
Kara Wellman

I Speak of
Lindsay Hansard

Self Portrait as a Ghost
Jenna Citrus

Pocket Watch
Andrea Ruffier

Allison
Katy Knight

Listening In
Elizabeth Schoppelrei

Priceless Advice
Erin Amschlinger

Make Me Like Autumn
Emily Sirko

What I Want to Know About You
Emily Sirko

Time Lines
RoseMary Klein

Danger of Devotion
Jennevie Stephenson

Lies We Tell Our Children
Paige Thulin

The Night of the Dance

The ghost of that ugly beat thrums
hard in my chest.

“So I guess I’ll see you tomorrow.”

I know you’re waiting for something,
but all the sugar I’ve eaten is
grit in my mouth,

and my mother’s headlights
break through the night

About the Author

Devin Prasatek is a freshman at Grand Valley State University. She is studying writing so that she may one day become an editor or an author. Her main focus in writing is poetry, and she has had three pieces published.