loss & broken sidewalks where children once wondered if the sky was as endless as it appeared. Somewhere along the way you realized dying feels like the last rush of exhilaration & even the children grew up to believe in the finality of this place.

Erin Jamieson holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Miami University of Ohio. Their writing has been published or is forthcoming in After the Pause, Into the Void, Flash Frontier, and Foliate Oak Literary, among others, and their fiction has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. They currently teach English Composition at the University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash College and also work as a freelance writer.