INUIT (from “My Life with Dogs”), by Tod Davies.
You learn a lot about just being from a dog . . .
WHAT YOU HATE, by Gregg Winkler.
And a lot about being human from an imperfect world . . .
BACK INTO PARADISE, by David Selzer.
From foxes and Shakespeare . . .
BRUSH UP YOUR SHAKESPEARE, by Bruce E.R. Thompson.
Even if you’re dubious about the name of the person you’re learning from . . .
DEMIURGE HOTLINE, by Galen T. Pickett.
With any luck, it’s Sophia calling the shots . . .
HOW WE BECAME MORTAL, by Brian Griffith.
Or at least inspiring our historians to figure out what being means . . .
GLASS VS. WHEEL WHEEL VS. GLASS VS., by Jim Meirose.
No matter how utterly confusing being might seem . . .
A LIBRARY HEART, by Amelia Arnold.
Or how often sad . . .
THE GULLS HANG OVER THE STATION, by Rachel Kerwin & Kathy Karlson.
Or poignant . . .
RIGA STORIES, by Nick Armbrister.
Or kickass, for that matter . . .
FREE TO BE, by Cliff Beck.
Definitely kickass . . .
LAST TRAIN TO MEMPHIS, by John Brodix Merryman Jr.
Definitely searching . . .
VAGABOND AWARENESS, by Benjamin White.
Untethered . . .
VAN MEANS FROM, by John Van Pelt.
Or tethered to one’s own meaning . . .
A RAINBOW ARCING OVER, by Diana Morley.
Finding being in the meaning of others . . .
MIRRORED IMAGES, by Barry Vitcov.
As do lovers . . .
SCRIBBLING AT 3 A.M., by David D. Horowitz.
And what one loves . . .
SUBLIME, by Marissa Bell Toffoli.
Catch being quickly before it’s gone . . .
The TODBLOG mourns another EAP contributor, welcomes some great new ones, and sends out a call for submissions to indie publisher 1455’s first anthology . . . JAM TODAY discovers a new garlic hack, and what could possibly be better than that? . . .
This issue’s picture is by EAP’s own Mike Madrid, thanks for that, Mike . . .
Next issue is 1 April, the SPRING 2026: A FERAL BOUQUET issue … contributions by 1 March please…
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