With time’s Tupperware lid poised to seal in the last of 2016’s leftovers, we are thrillighted to share with you our Pushcart Prize nominees for this year, presented here in alphabetical order:

“The Adventure of the Etheric Projection” by Pat Woods

“hinky man” by Natasha Burge

“Life on Mars?” by Dana Mele

“Queen of the Moon” by Emery Ross

“So, Below” by Jeremy Packert Burke

“What You Deserve” by Tabitha Pearson

As always, it was really tough to winnow down the list to just six pieces; every issue we publish has a selection of stories and poems that impressed us so much we had to share them with the world. Congratulatory high-fives to our nominees, and heartfelt butt-bumps of thankfulness to all of our contributors, submitters, and readers. Without you, we’d just be screaming into the void (literally and metaphorically).

Welcome to our 82th issue!

That’s right, eighty-tooth, ’cause this one’s got more chompers than a sharknado at a gator farm, so watch your fingies.

GJ Hart handles the horror. Hamdy Elgammal serves up the surreal. Zackary Sholem Berger meditates on the metropolitan. Timothy Day intimates the infinite. And Fiona McCallum artses the avian.

Sink your canines into it online or bite down on the .pdf.