. . . each strange and magnificent in its own way. Welcome to issue One Hundred and One; we’re thrilled to have assembled this mixed six-pack of peculiarities for you.
Calvin Celebuski’s “A Legend Is Born” packs lots of birth, death, and surreal humor into a short space, and Devin Taylor befriends a summer squash in his poem “These Things—They Just Happen.” T. S. McAdams explores “Creaturehood in Contra Costa County” in his hard-boiled tale of canine cops. Gary Moshimer returns with bowling balls and flatulence in his flash story “Lar-a-bowl,” and Alex Pickens takes you beyond the infinite in his playful sonnet “Stardumb.” Finally, Terry Tierney explains “That Buzzing in Your Ear” in a flash piece with a scholarly seventeenth-century cleric and bugs. This month’s untitled cover art from Adika Bell speaks for itself.
If you’re still nursing a green beer hangover and/or battling a leprechaun infestation, we can help (or at least provide a welcome distraction). Please note the recommended tea pairings for the pieces in our 
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