"The impressionism Of a drizzle-stippled windshield, Glad memories shining through" Check out "The Light Remembered" by Richard Maghirang! agapanthuscollective.com/the-light-reme…

"when he had stood up in his own grave greeted by his sisters and brother-apostles — did Lazarus feel a twinge of craving?" Check out "IF I WERE A ZOMBIE I WOULD NOT BE BLOODTHIRSTY" by Venus Knowles (yejiteamo)! agapanthuscollective.com/if-i-were-a-zo…

"Behind the backdoor of our house                          are leaves and dirt strewn across the garden we invented as a child, pecks                          of canola flowers and bushes sprouting unevenly." Check out "Hadori, Jeju" by Michelle Park! agapanthuscollective.com/hadori-jeju/

"The sky was darker and redder than usual, making it a perfect day to grab water. My grandmother told me not to go to the river alone so there was Annenna beside me, swinging her arms." Check out "A Star Falls on Mars" by Olivia VanDenbos! agapanthuscollective.com/a-star-falls-o…

"This is the easy part of the journey: our submarine still at Sunlight level, jellyfish bodies pressed flush against window glass." Check out "AFTER WE’VE COMBED THE ENTIRE BEACH" by Venus Knowles (yejiteamo)! agapanthuscollective.com/after-weve-com…

"The jargon of green                            and brown hues dappled beneath a layer of clear water, frogs dragged their bodies                            across a small curb." Check out "Up North" by Michelle Park! agapanthuscollective.com/up-north/

"a word I learned much later, as my dad diagrammed the accident it felt like an omen – what does a fox with a rabbit mean?" Check out "Double Exposure: Short Drives" by Sarah Peecher! agapanthuscollective.com/double-exposur…

"Escape from posthumous platitudes to Be a truth they cannot deny Despite all their search for A One and Only" Check out "Who may be listening" by Hana Shapiro! agapanthuscollective.com/who-may-be-lis…

"Most days, Renata liked being surrounded by restless relatives jostling for attention, laughing at jokes that were stale millennia ago, and singing ancient songs. Today was not one of them." Check out "Voices" by Russ López (Russ Lopez)! agapanthuscollective.com/voices/

"Dear God I see you in the setting sun and see myself in these blue currents below darkening to purple as the minutes pass and think of my parents—" Check out "Seaside" by Mia Freeman! agapanthuscollective.com/seaside/

"Come morning, a blackbird knocks at the window to the right of my alarm clock. The two machines share more than a propensity to track time. They understand needs, including mine." Come check out "As the Blackbirds Sing" by Jennifer Schneider! agapanthuscollective.com/as-the-blackbi…

"I keep finding myself in situations where I'm telling myself: RUN." Come check out "Oh Deer" by Jack Cariad Leon! agapanthuscollective.com/oh-deer/

"Oscar and Jaime were in agreement: while Jaime was at Sunday mass, Oscar would look after his dog." Come check out "The Angels In Ocotlán" by Ratón Moreno! agapanthuscollective.com/the-angels-in-…

"For a full year I made myself into a dog, ruddy with pure love on awkward paws," Come and read "Wings" by Sara Eddy! agapanthuscollective.com/wings/

"in pools of red rippling out like rings from bridge-dropt stones; Pieces of people" Come and read "Pieces of people" by Robert Nimmo! agapanthuscollective.com/pieces-of-peop…

"I said this word proudly, like my mom taught us, because 'we were the chosen ones'. I guess you did not know that." Come and read "The Unchosen One" by Taylor Thomas (Tayter-Tot)!

"a mess of brains to fuel them to work but the café doesn’t offer human offal, only baked goods" Check out "Your Squad of Zombies" by William Doreski (wdoreski)! Happy Halloween!🎃

"I catch us looking different directions on the highway, cars zipping through; we nearly collide something cosmic." Come read "This House Withstood" by James Croal Jackson! agapanthuscollective.com/this-house-wit…

"they’ve hunted the whales to near extinction, they’ve kept lawyers from having weekend hours, they’ve eaten all your cheese, they’ve unionized the dust bunnies under the bed," Check out "A Walk-on Part in the War" by Robert Beveridge! agapanthuscollective.com/a-walk-on-part…

"The raincoat was a birthday gift the year I turned twelve. It came packaged in a wrapped Wanamaker’s box. She gave it to me after I finished a sandwich of bologna and mustard on Wonder." Check out Green Raincoat by Jennifer Schneider agapanthuscollective.com/green-raincoat/