Lily: Poor Marilyn is, well, to put it bluntly,less attractive than the rest of the family.Herman: You might say she’s the ugly duckling.Looks aren’t everything. Still,a boy would be nice, someoneto slide over next to, offer mehis jacket, kiss me goodnighton the porch. But that’s whereit all goes wrong. I close my eyesand lean in,…
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Karen Craigo
Karen Craigo is the author of the poetry collections No More Milk (Sundress, 2016) and Passing Through Humansville (Sundress, forthcoming in 2018). She also has a new chapbook, Escaped Housewife Tries Hard to Blend In (Hermeneutic Chaos, 2016). She maintains Better View of the Moon, a daily blog on writing, editing, and creativity, and she teaches writing in Springfield, MO. She is the nonfiction editor and former editor-in-chief of Mid-American Review, as well as the interviews editor of SmokeLong Quarterly.
Arthur Asa
Arthur Asa was born in Monterrey, Mexico. He studied graphic design and industrial design but decided to leave everything behind and become a construction worker. During this time he discovered all he ever wanted to do was draw and tell stories. He is now an illustrator by afternoon and a comic artist by night—sometimes both by night. He has a comic called Where the Heart Is that you can find online.
