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Backchannels No. 1 / 2019

Welcome to our Inaugural Edition!

Prose:

“Exact Change Cafe” (fiction) – Eric Baysinger

“The Mermaid Birth” (creative non-fiction) – Melissa Chapman

“Timeless” (fiction) – Aaron J. Como

“Cold” (fiction) – Rob Hamel

“Visiting Norman” (creative non-fiction) – Shirley Hilton

“In the Ring” (fiction) – Karen Rawson

“Are You Happy?” (essay) – Lynne Rothrock

“Epitaph for a Neighborhood” (essay) – Karen Rawson

“Whip Smart” (fiction) – Erik Trilk

Poems:

“Day by Day” – David Duer

“Making America” – David Duer

“What They’ve Lost” – David Duer

“The Gilded Age” – Charley Johnson

“Screaming” – Molly Kelly

“Apocalypse Rosary Prayer” – Todd Mercer

“Uncle Bearsuit” – Todd Mercer

“i remember” – Seth Speaks

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