Change is natural-it's beautiful, it's cathartic, it's necessary. But change is also painful, and ugly, and destructive. It's one of life's only constants. You can either embrace it or struggle against it but it's unlikely you could ever stop it.
Inside this anthology we are confronted with many different forms of transformation. Some lift the spirit, some crush the soul, and some show the pathway to the future.
It's difficult to capture the essence of a true metamorphosis, but like the chrysalis, this collection contains the "goo of change," so to speak. These 27 Ohio writers have provided touching and ephemeral poems, intelligent and hilarious nonfiction, and fiction that spans from the distant past to the distant future all while being somehow grounded in the present.
We hope this collection of stories, poems, and essays manages to take your breath away, break your heart, and even inspire change in your own life-because there's no time like the present to break out of your shell, spread your wings, and embrace your own metamorphosis.
Table of Contents
Wild Animals By James Siegel
Upon The Zinnia Petal By Curtis Deeter
The Hidden By Ellen Austin-Li
The Sisters By Jamie Galioto
Chaoyangia By Dong Isbister
A Place For My Brother By Susan Oelbracht
Spring Forward By Elizabeth Barrickman
Experiments In Living Chemistry By Kelly Ferguson
I Am Gilgamesh By John Graham
On Seeing My Great Granddaughter In The Womb By Robin Mullet
Lump By Devon Ortega
Transparent By Heidi Durig Heiby
Miracle Of The Mass By Charlene Fix
My Patient, My Aunt By Nadia Ibrashi
Mystery School By Nadia Ibrashi
Negala Clouds By Felicia Cameron
The Blown Harp Lesson By Pamela Spence
The Rift By Timothy Doyle
The Guts That Come With Love By Schyler Butler
The Sheriff By George Pallas
Unbecoming By Devon Ortega
Red: A Fairy Tale By Jim Hodnett
The Last Susan By Christina Moore
Aubade By Karen Schubert
Grandma Teague And Me By Stella Ling
At The Crossing By Kathy Nicklaus
Eight Billion Wolves By Jeffrey Mckee
Fair Flip By Charles O'donnell
On The Way To Proximata By Joseph Graves