Issue #13

Animals & Health

Letter from the Editor:
Who Rescues Who?

Letter from the Poetry Editor:
Deepening our Connection

July 24, 2023

Eyes of the Mare by Tracy Granzyk

Nonfiction

Sympathy for the Devil | Mary Mahoney
Three Graces | Carole Duff
Surviving Is Little Comfort | Hannah Comerford
How A Stray Dog Infiltrated My Writing Life | Kurt Schmidt
Whose Mess? | Elizabeth Jackson

Poetry

Master Key, Welcome Thunder, Self-Portrait as Kitten, Ars Poetica Haibun: Hospice Dogs, Two Versions, and
Redeemer, Make Me Your Obedient Bloodhound | Darcy Smith
Medicine Ball and Panic Attack Protocol | David Icenogle
Sage Brush Excursions | Ally Campanozzi
Leafhopper and Saving Grace | Grace Downey
Barn Chores, The Dream Again, with Cats and School Horse | Lucia Owen
Car Cure | Joe Cottonwood
Bobbi, I am Healing | Hadley Dion
God Knows, The Shrew | Judith Skillman
Animal, Human, Tree | Lisa Romano Licht

Fiction

Flash Fiction: Special Delivery and Lab Life | Elizabeth Spragins
Group | Victoria Costello
Help | Leah Rose

Mental Health Awareness Writing Contest Winners

Poetry

Community Room Memorial | Darcy Smith, Winner
Arts and Crafts at the Psych Ward | David Icenogle, Runner Up
Black Matte Nail Polish | Grace Downey, Runner Up

Fiction Winner

If Music Be the Food of Love | Alice Ranjan – Winner
The King of Stories | Adam Strassberg – Runner Up

Nonfiction Winner

Earl’s Corner | Dorothy O’Donnell, Winner
Atonement | Andi Brown, Runner-Up

Special thanks to the MedStar Institute for Quality & Safety for their continued support of our mission!