EXCERPT from "Naked Ladies" by Camille Griep

"And it's true: we really are beautiful. The fat ones and the skinny ones. The dark ones and the light ones. The ones with the big black bushy bushes and the ones with the sparkling navel rings. The ones with the muffin tops and the ones with the sagging hips. The ones with perfect, bobbing breasts and the woman with just one breast, paired with a scar bigger than my outstretched hand."

EXCERPT from "Fear" by Valentina Cano

"I rattle,
bones on metal,
the force if the zipper’s trail
up and down turning my body
into train tracks
through which this can only pass."

CONTRIBUTORS

Abigail Bautista, Cathy Bryant, Patricia Budd, Valentina Cano, Alexandra Caselle, Suzanne C. Cole, Shawna Ervin, Camille Griep, Susan Grier, Catherine Lanser, Amasa Guy Larkins, Nicci Mechler, Danial Powers, & Melissa Wiley.