Art Appreciation, Ken Poyner
“Quibble is astounded that some townsfolk still cannot distinguish a feral violinist from a rogue violinist.”

A Museum, Miles Varana
“The bolts of the old submarine / wake downriver”

A Sandwich for George Orwell, Catherine Kelley
“In my bag is the sandwich I’ve dreamed up for you: English cheddar on homemade brown bread spread with real butter. I’ve wrapped it in a white linen cloth as pristine as your sentences.”

Three haiku, Greg Schwartz
“proprietary algorithms / the robot dog”

Two Poems, DS Maolalai
“a warmth across everything; pots  / boiling over and scorch marks and / everything else. my stove is a pattern”

Cover art: Melting Woman, Alejandro