I. A black bear breaches the school fence, its lopsided gallop trailing mulch behind paws. Every man with a pitchfork: gunpowder grey. Every kid playing hopscotch: corralled to screen doors. This is how we know they are safe. This is how we know the distance of binary stars. The sun carves half-moons into chests, hats […]
Christen Noel
Christen Noel currently lives in Richmond, Indiana, with her husband and two daughters. Her work has been nominated for Best of the Net 2019 and can be found or is forthcoming in Willow Springs, Booth, and The Cincinnati Review, among others.