This is the end of 2015, the beginning of 2016. It is a time for things to be made new.
The stories and poems of this quarter, including the works of #MICROVEMBER, are all here, and all have something to say about the cracks we have and what we fill them with. The title of this volume, “kintsugi”(Japanese: 金継ぎ), represents the traditional practice of repairing broken pottery with gold or some other precious metal. This is an act of preservation, of restoration, of acknowledging the history of an object –where it has been, where it is now, and where it is going.
We hope to continue in the future with an energy that recognizes how we began this year, an energy that transforms this new thing into something truly memorable.
My sincere gratitude goes out to everyone involved in our first year, the supporters and the crack-fillers, be they reader, author, staff, or just someone who shared a piece with their friends.
Table of Contents
“Plastic Scissors” by Travis Englefield
“Fortress” by William Ables
“House for Sale” by Christina Dalcher
“Adagio in F” by Haley Gill
“Liner Notes From Detroit” by Michele Finn Johnson
“Construction Off Lincoln and Collins” by Michael Ashby
“Into Sleep” by Cathy Ulrich
“The Vapors” by Christopher Mulrooney
“Yuan Fen” by Stephanie Lu
“Outside” by Paz Spera
“Scratch” by Sarah Kedar
“Frequency” by John C. Mannone
“Thin Places” by Amy Orazio
“You Win a Prize” by S. Kay
“Augur” by Robb Dunn
“Zenith and Nadir” by Brian Michael Barbeito
“The Guessing Game” by Gen Del Raye
“Bomb Fragments” by James R. Gapinski
“The Gardener” by Sylvia Heike
“Sagebrush Crazy” by Garry Gunnerson
“(Forget About Greenland Calving Numbered Icebergs)” by Eldon Craig Reishus
“Baseball & Wine” by Claire Polders
“Soft in the Morning Light” by Julia Kingston
“The Lost Egg” by Rebecca Harrison
“Scenes of Scenery” by Brad Perry
“Untitled” by C.C. Russell
“Dark Lotus, Black Noise” by Ryu Ando
“The Wizard” by Chris Bedell
“The Uncanny Disappearance of Fishboy” by Charles L. Crowley
“Intervention” by Manek R. Mistry
“Invented Anyway Everyday” by Joseph Patrick Pascale
“In the Peloton” by Yoni Hammer-Kossoy