Fresh-Cut Lit & More
ISSUE NO. 48
WINTER 2024
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CREATIVE NONFICTION SEMIFINALISTS
Read from Cleaver Magazine’s collection of published creative nonfiction gathered from each quarterly issue.
The Hyphenate
by Pamela Balluck*
Highway 90
by Ellen Wilson
Hard Times, Race, and Classic Movies
by Margo Sanabria
POETRY
Read from Cleaver Magazine’s collection of published poetry gathered from each quarterly issue.
Abuelita planting jars at base in rattling cane
by Christopher David Rosales*
Little Ode to Taking the Dog Out
by John Minczeski
True North
by Herman Beavers
FLASH
Read from Cleaver Magazine’s collection of published flash gathered from each quarterly issue.
Your Childhood Was Witchcraft
by Eden Royce
Yellow
by Jeffrey G. Moss*
Legionella Bacteria
by Zoé Mahfouz
Because at least we drink fresh roast
by Coleman Bigelow
We Don’t Talk
by Tracie Adams*
Testimony
by Connor Fisher
God’s Love is Two Women from a Quilting Guild in Missoula, Montana
by Kiely Todd Roska*
The Body Shop
by Jessica Klimesh
FICTION
Read from Cleaver Magazine’s collection of published fiction gathered from each quarterly issue.
When Mountains Were People
by Lindsey Godfrey Eccles*
Prodigal Sun
by David Lydon-Staley***
Spitfire
by Jeff Gabel*
VISUAL NARRATIVE
On The Other Hand… (Part 2)
by Clifford Thompson
Read On The Other Hand… (Part 1)
Read from Cleaver Magazine’s collection of published visual narratives gathered from each quarterly issue.
Cover Design by Karen Rile
*Cleaver Emerging Artist
**Artist of Philadelphia
***Both an Artist of Philadelphia & a Cleaver Emerging Artist