C O N T E N T S

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PREFACE

Inset 3

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EDITOR'S NOTE

Editor's Note

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SHELBY EDWARDS

Daybreak

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SHELBY EDWARDS

Clementine

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GIGI MASTRAS

Go

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ROBERT MCDONALD

From a Summer Notebook

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GIGI MASTRAS

Fever

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NELLIE BRIDGE

Dandelion

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ELLEN MCQUEEN

Rebellion

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ELIZABETH HIGGINS

In Conversation with Amy Shin

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AMY SHIN

in this world of yesterdays

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AMY SHIN

On Saturdays, We Make Kimchi

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KATYE LEGGETT

Stitched Together

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KATYE LEGGETT

and I'll be holding onto you

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IRA BATRA GARDE

It is Best

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ALBA V SARRIA

Manicomnio

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GIGI MASTRAS

Family Portrait

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CHERYL DYER

Family Farm

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AUDRA BURWELL

I Missed Your Funeral

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AUDRA BURWELL

What They Called Me Wasn’t My Name

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DAIJA ESSIEN

In a Picture Daze

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ABIGAIL MONCOEUR

To Remember You By

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ASHLEY DEVRIEZE

Accession

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ASHLEY DEVRIEZE

Habitat

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ERIC BRAMAN

I Think the Pothos Knows

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ERIC BRAMAN

At Pace on Monday

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GENEVIÈVE MATHIS

To My Brother

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HAVVAH KELLER

Birdsong as Heard From Underwater

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GIGI MASTRAS

Drinks

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MOHAMMADMAHDI HEIDARI

Bloody Moon

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Winter 2026

issue 3

Tethered Literary

EDITORS:

Ari Blatt

Elizabeth Higgins

Tava Hoag

Amelia Salzman

Keisha Thierry

Imke Wernicke Berger

SOCIAL MEDIA:

Amelia Salzman

PRODUCTION & DESIGN:

Imke Wernicke Berger

PUBLISHED by:

Tethered Literary Collective

Cover Art: Bloody Moon, March 14, 2025, Ruston, Louisiana.

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