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Editor's Note

4

ANGELINA LEAÑOS

Definitions within Bloodline

9

ANGELINA LEAÑOS

Unblinding

12

REYNIE ZIMMERMAN

At a Party Before Graduation

13

RILEY WHIPPLE

Lilies

14

CAL SHOOK

Tigo at the Pool

15

RILEY WHIPPLE

Lily

23

CASSUND OLIVIER

General Biology for Girls

24

KEISHA THIERRY

In Conversation with Janeth Jackson

30

JANETH JACKSON

Manage

32

JANETH JACKSON

Me, Too

33

JANETH JACKSON

They Say

34

JANETH JACKSON

A Pernicious Premises

35

EMI GRANT

My First Favorite Movie

36

ABIGAIL MONARCH

Let´s Dance

39

MATTHEW SCHMIDT

From Mrs. Byrne´s Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words

40

MATTHEW SCHMIDT

Heimlich Maneuvers

42

RILEY WHIPPLE

Ginkgo

43

HOLLEY COTHAM

International Rollercoaster Tour

44

HOLLEY COTHAM

The Derecho of July 15

45

HALEE BERNARD

Wander

46

IMKE WERNICKE

the discovery

47

IMKE WERNICKE BERGER

In Conversation with Cullen Breaux

48

ABIGAIL MONARCH

Pool Party

50

TAVA HOAG

Treasure Island

51

MATTHUE ROTH

The Only Thing Louder Than the Talking is the Silence

53

ADDISON BRYANT

Yellow Hay

65

CHERYL DYER

On Aging

66

ABIGAIL MONARCH

Its Name Was Friday

67

MIAH O´MALLEY

We Were Home

68

ARDEN ELI HILL

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Walking in on my Lover

71

ARDEN ELI HILL

Garden

73

CULLEN BREAUX

One Day You'll Thank Me

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Summer 2025. |  issue 2

Tethered Literary

Summer 2025. |  issue 2

  Tethered

Literary

ON THE COVER: One Day You’ll Thank Me,

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