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CREATIVE NONFICTION

Read from Cleaver Magazine’s collection of published creative nonfiction gathered from each quarterly issue.

black and white image of hospital beds

IN WARD G by Kharys Ateh Laue

December 29, 2019

Overhead projection of victims' names with the phrase "May these names be a blessing."

RICOCHET by Debra Fox

September 16, 2019

a beauty queen receiving her crown

AFTER MISS COLUMBIA by Kathryn Fitzpatrick

September 16, 2019

Panel One: Dear Friends and Family. Text bubbles around the figure read from left to right: 1. It was as if I had brain worms constantly moving around in my head. Changing my mood and making me feel afraid of something all the time. 2. Fear responses. 3. Amygdala 4. Neural Circuitry. 5. Hippocampus 6. Prefrontal Cortex 7. I’m screwed 8. Where’s the off switch?

DEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS by William J. Doan

September 16, 2019

Little girl working with hammer

MAKING HUMANS by Misty Urban

September 16, 2019

Interior of a contemporary church from the back.

SUNDAY by Suzanne Farrell Smith

June 3, 2019

live oak tree with sunlight behind branches

THOUGH YOU ARE GRATEFUL by Susan Scott Peterson

June 3, 2019

A vulture bird in front of an urban backdrop

THE VULTURE by Micah L. Thorp

June 3, 2019

A man's hand holding a sniper rifle

WE’RE NOT ALLOWED OUTSIDE by Chelsea Stickle

June 3, 2019

MID CENTURY HIPSTER by Emily Steinberg Panel 1: It's been quite a year. Last June I went under the knife. And got a new hip. 6.5 years ago dancing like a 20-something freak at my niece's wedding, my left hip snapped.

Mid-Century Hipster by Emily Steinberg

June 3, 2019

Cicada on tree leaf

MAGIC CICADAS by Kat Saunders

June 3, 2019

Dentures wearing braces on a formica table

BEHIND THE SMILE by Geoff Graser

June 3, 2019